What a crazy week you may have been into!
After all that holiday travel and fun meeting family and friends, the first week of January may seem to come in a blur. There seems to be so many things left undone and unsaid. As you look at your own calendar, plans for the New Year seem to be in disarray leading to you to chuckle while your brain scrambling for more coffee to feel “settled” in the office. With a steaming mug at hand, you step back and assess how far – or how not-far—you are from your goals.
While the New Year (or any special event) may be considered landmark occasions that present an opportunity for you to reassess and rediscover your business or career efforts, they can also be limiting your abilities to truly unleash the power within. Special occasions though useful in creating timetables for goal-setting, they should not be regarded as the end-all of your desire to become successful.
Set No Limits
People who tend to rely on New Year’s resolution or penance to be done during Holy Week or some other belief mumbo-jumbo to change for the better are bound to lose a lot of opportunities in the process. They are so tied-up to the perception of timeframes when it comes to implementations of their goals. This somehow leads to the habit of “waiting for something to happen” instead of doing one’s best by the minute.
It is important to remember that it is quite limiting to simply wait for any life events to start implementing your goals. It is futile to say “I will go on a diet after I consume this huge tube of ice cream.” It’s almost akin to saying that you will not start working on your business goals until you fail.
The waiting game is just not going to cover the many opportunities you allow to pass by.
Seize Every Opportunity
But while “carpe diem” or “YOLO” are heavily scoffed at by many conservatives, millennials are actually doing great in this regard. A generation known to shun procrastination, this new breed of young entrepreneurs and professionals runs after opportunities instead of waiting for them to fall on their lap. They shape their lives in the perception that a break comes rarely on its own accord. One has to pull strings to make things happen—and almost always, it does work the magic.
So, dear subscribes and followers, I strongly advice to make everyday a “new year.” Treat special events as icing on your cake. With or without it, you are moving. Every day you are growing and only reach a full year older on your birthday. Every day is Christmas if the intention is to glorify the Heavens and to share goodwill to everyone.
Yes, treating every day as a new year will ultimately bring in more successes. Instead of waiting for momentous occasions, cultivate the habit of making daily adjustments. This allows you to see your progress in a clearer perspective, work on your misgivings and mistakes, and prevent accumulating negativity. Everyone has 365 opportunities to pursue this 2017. It is high time to commit to the habit of making each day the “new year” and embrace success one day at a time.