{"id":2306,"date":"2012-12-04T06:24:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T10:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:45","slug":"make-next-year-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2012\/12\/make-next-year-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Steps You Can Take Now to Make Next Year Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Have you ever watched a construction site?<\/strong> First plywood fences go up to establish a safe area and… nothing. Every day, you walk or drive by and nothing changes. This continues for months. You might even think, “did they stop this project?” Then one day you notice a few steel girders peeking above the fence and in what seems like no time at all you are looking up to the sky.<\/p>\n You see nothing happening because the initial work is underground.<\/strong> Once the foundation is poured and the utilities connected, a new building can appear to spring from the ground.<\/p>\n If you want to personally spring from the ground and make 2013 one of your best years ever, start now to build a solid foundation for success.<\/strong><\/p>\n Download this Core Values worksheet<\/a> from my website to help you with the exercise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n You can do this in an hour or over several days.<\/strong> Notice what themes emerge as you scan across the columns. That’s what you need to work on next year. (You can also do this on a wall with sticky notes.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Instead, break it down into tiny pieces.<\/strong> Use the next six weeks to write, rewrite, and flesh out the details of your goal(s). What will success look like? What is the first step you will take? The second? The 20th? You only need to take one step at a time to complete a long journey.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n What if you love them all?<\/strong> Use the time between now and year end to sit with your goals. Read them every day; notice which ones continue to keep you excited. Six weeks from now you’ll know which ones you want to carry into 2013.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Digging out the foundation is a messy business, and it can be discouraging because you don’t make visible progress above ground.<\/strong> Rest assured that if you do the work, get your hands dirty, and use this time to dance around and make friends with your goals, by the time you hit New Year’s Day you will be amazed at how fast you can build a successful year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s never too early to start planning for SUCCESS in your life. This post offers ideas you can start on now to build a better 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,274,62,50],"tags":[290,304,115],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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