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Written by:
Greg Fellows
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Think of a day, any day in 2009. Got one?
Now ask yourself if on that day, if there will not be a need for honesty, integrity, compassion, goal clarity, good judgment, or focus.
And the answer is, of course not.
The truth, the skinny, the straight down the middle of the plate reality is that there will never be a day in the coming year (or your life) that will not require honesty, integrity, compassion, goal clarity, good judgment, or focus and the feeling that you can improve.
Each and EVERY day offers an opportunity for improvement and each moment serves as an advance or retreat in the pursuit of your goals.
Now that 2009 has arrived, you must decide if you are going to make it the best year of your life. To do so, you must focus on self-mastery as the key to creating a personal revolution.
Self-mastery is a lifelong pursuit because life is a work in progress. You never totally arrive; there's always some polishing to do, knowledge to gain, and love to deepen.
Self-development ends only when we run out of time. You are, and will always be, a self in evolution.
Who can't improve a little as a parent, child, spouse, friend, citizen, or employee? No one is perfect; no one walks the straight and narrow line all the time. The absence of perfection leaves the door open for improvement.
Our fight is not external; it lays internally-mastery over self. The aim of personal development is self-mastery. If we are to dominate events and experience greater levels of performance, we must first dominate ourselves.
Let there be no doubt: as long as you continue to blame others instead of assuming your responsibilities, you will make no meaningful and enduring change for the better.
What kind of people are we, if we don't have the character to own up to our own shortcomings and responsibilities? To have and enjoy certain liberties requires us to hold each other and ourselves accountable for our actions.
Here's a truth you can lean on: Self-mastery is dependent upon you becoming a better person. It's a solo act, which requires contemplative thought, behavior modification, along with a healthy dose of humility.
To enjoy a better life, you must first become a better person. If you want to be a better manager, become a better person. If you want to become a better parent, become a better person. If you want to be a better doctor, become a better person. If you aspire to greater spheres of influence, become a better person.
One well-executed idea-or one person who's attracted to you because of what you've become can change your life forever.
So goal setting should primarily focus on yourself-becoming the best person you can possibly become so people are attracted into your life.
Self-mastery means surfacing and re-examing all those assumptions that operate today in your life and business.
It's about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it's also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning.
Self-mastery begins with a few questions:
"How should I live my life so that I am fulfilled content in the new year?"
"Am I becoming the person I was meant to be on the day I was born?"
"In order for me to make more money in 2009, what habits must I begin to initiate-immediately?"
"What should I begin doing today in order to leave a lasting legacy once I'm gone?"
"Which behavioral vices must be removed and replaced with virtues?"
"How can I can contribute and make myself more useful as a human being?"
Answers to questions like these require an intense evaluation of your life.
In 2009, concentrate your energies on what needs development and how you can perform better. Don't play games by denying the reality of a certain part of your character or personality because it's easy and convenient through the creation of false perceptions.
Habits-good and bad alike-are lifelong companions and hold court, acting as both judge and jury, over personal development. Your primary challenge in the coming year is to withstand the effects of your own bad habits which are like psychological landmines strewn through the landscape of your life.
Life is an ongoing journey, with lots of beginnings and continuations. We never get to a point when all knowledge is attained and understood, when our bodies function flawlessly, when we completely honor our values, and achieve every goal.
Astonish Yourself in 2009
If you'll allow me, I'd like to help you make 2009 the best year of your life by introducing you to a very special program put together by a very special guy.
The program is the Personal Strategic Plan and it was created by one of the brightest strategic thinkers on the planet, Gary Ryan Blair. You may remember him from the 100 Day Challenge that many used to supercharge the last 100 days of 2008.
PersonalStrategicPlan.com
Gary is a leading consultant to Fortune 500 companies,
Professional Sports Teams and high-achievers throughout the
world. He's put together a step-by-step personal strategic
planning program that walks you through the entire process
and which is designed to facilitate this lesson on
self-mastery.
If you want to perform better than you have in the past and
to achieve more than you have so far, you have to make sure
that what you do today - this very day - not tomorrow -
will move you closer to those dreams.
So why not mark today as the day you decided you are going
to reach all of your goals in 2009?
It's easy to get started right away. Click here and in just
a few minutes you'll have the entire plan at your
fingertips.
PersonalStrategicPlan.com
I wish for you a new year of abundance and ever increasing
opportunity. Your investment in this Personal Strategic
Planning program will put you in the best position possible
for success.
Happy New Year!
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