Intensive Focus
Focus more intently on the top two or three areas that I most want to expand most this year.
Something from Nothing
In challenging times, all around us we see despair, confusion and a
lack of hope and energy. It’s contagious. We also see businesses
drying up before our eyes. It’s scary indeed. But success comes from
being your own source of positive energy, from finding a way to
internally generate your own authentic enthusiasm, energy, and
excitement about what you do, even when outside forces are pushing
against you.
Several years ago, my son came home after school and told me that his
teacher asked the students this year to “be the change you want to see”
(Gandhi’s beautiful invitation to the world). There’s such a keen
nugget of truth in that for all of us. If we want success, joy, meaning
and purpose to come to us, we must first be that — embody and live the principles and experiences of the success and fulfillment before they’ve been manifested. That is how doors open to new success. Energy attracts like energy.
Undying Commitment
The key is to commit yourself without doubt, without reservation, to do
what’s required, yet to be flexible and not overly attach to what
“success” has to look like. Realize that you have vulnerabilities and
gaps in knowledge, ability and vision, and continually work to fill
them. Believe in yourself, get the outside help you need as soon as you
need it to keep growing and learning.
