Tuesday with Michael: How to Make Next Year Your Best Year Ever

By

Michael Gidlewski

First, you need to define what “Best Year Ever” means to you. You need to know what you want to achieve. Your ability to get crystal-clear about what a successful year looks like will allow you to make the leap towards that ideal year.  

You need to create a strategic plan for your life. In order to have a great life you need to have a personal strategic plan, so you don’t end up like Woody Allen who said, “When I die I want someone else’s life to flash in front of me”. Most of us don’t want to think about dying but the reality is that we all will. What is the legacy that we want to leave behind? How are we living our lives in the present moment to make that legacy a reality? We cannot wait until tomorrow because tomorrow may never come.

You need a plan because a good system paves the road to a goal. An intelligent plan is your first step to success. With a plan, you know where you’re going, and you’ll know what progress you’re making, you’ll even have a pretty good idea of when you will arrive, God willing.

So, dream! Take off the blinders and go crazy, let your imagination go wild and write everything down. Writing crystallizes thought and thought motivates action, so write it down and then go for it. Start to live your life by design and not by default. 

It is so critically important that you think about what really matters most to you and that what matters are the things to which you commit your time and energy.

Ask yourself these questions: What do you want to achieve in the next year? And what do you want to avoid? The answers to these questions should become your objectives. 

How do you go about achieving your desired results? The answer to this will be your strategy. As Dr. Phil McGraw said, “Stop complaining about what you’re not getting, and start creating what you want.”

Over the next 10 weeks, I am going to go over the 10 Secrets to making 2022 your best year yet. Next week, I will dive into detail on Secret #1. Until then, keep dreaming, keep writing, beep believing and keep achieving.

Tags:

Connect With Your Community

Subscribe to stay informed!

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Advertisement
Creative Capital logo