As we approach the end of another year, take some time to reflect on the past year. Take a look at the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the year. (You did set your goals didn’t you?) Are you where you want to be? Are you where you planned to be? Did you meet your goals? Did you surpass your goals?

Analyze what you did (or didn’t do) throughout the year and why you surpassed or missed your goals. Take notice of how closely you followed your plan throughout the year. Be honest with yourself. If you make excuses to yourself, you will not learn anything from this past year. Even if you did miserably, if you are honest with yourself, you can see why. Don’t make excuses about anything. You are where you are because of the choices you made.

Whatever your results were this year - good or bad - they don’t matter for the next year. If your results were less than what you wanted, you can change your behavior to get better results. If your results were what you wanted, you can’t just sit back and relax, you need to follow the same type of plan that worked for you. You can even work on improving it this coming year.  Just don’t think the work is done.  There is more work to do.  You are just now building the momentum.  You need to keep adding to the momentum.  Don’t relax and lose the momentum.

Keep pushing forward no matter what happened in the past. Any “failures” are just one more way that doesn’t work. It means you are one step closer to something that WILL work. Never give up. Focus on the positive.

Start planning the coming year now. Set your goals and break them down into smaller attainable goals that you can build on. Be ready to hit the ground running on Jan. 1st. Make it the best year you have ever had. You can do it. Plan on it……

- Hill Robertson