Happy New and happy Monday.
Here are a few thoughts and ideas to embrace as you enter the new year.
1. Become uncomfortable
If you are comfortable and content where you are at present then there will not be the desire for a change.
2. Set seemingly impossible goals
A decision to be realistic is a decision to abide within personal perception. Goals that are easily achieved will not require any extra effort. Challenges will require digging into your inner reserves. You can either achieve or watch others achieve.
3. Meet the uncontrollable with a smile
In spite of the best laid plans there will rise situations over which you do not have control. How you respond to these situations will determine your approach to life. You can smile or get angry and curse.
4. Associate with superior persons
It is a natural tendency to desire people to whom we believe we are superior. Growth require defying the laws of gravity and go up instead of down. Associate with those who can lift you up.
5. Celebrate each new day
Life comes with no guarantees so enjoy the blessings of each day. Partake of the goodness each day brings. Life does not have to be a drag and one of misery.
6. Invest in others
Remember the principles of planting and harvesting "What you sow is also what you shall reap".
What is invested in others will ultimately come back to you. New crops are not invented but it is the seeds that are continuously replanted.
7. Do not ignore the spiritual
It is a proven fact that in order for the physical body to function properly then the mind and spirit must also be nourished properly. A healthy mind and spirit can function in a broken body but it is unlikely to find a healthy body with a sick mind and spirit.
8. Devote some time to reading
It is not everything that is printed that is worthy to be read. The wisdom, knowledge, experience, discoveries of other men are written down for posterity. You do not have to reinvent the wheel but you can learn from those who lived before and improve on their achievements.
9. Think about other people
Your life is not yours to live as you please. You live in a global village and what you do and say affect others. It is your choice whether you want others to be negatively or positively affect others.
10. Have fun
There are some thing that you will be spending much of your time doing so chose those things that you will enjoy doing. Work, career, play, recreation or whatever be creative and let it become a source of joy.
Be creative in 2016, pursue your ideas and your dreams. Live your life as if today is the last day you will live and yet with the expectation that you will live to be 120.
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