- 2009 is pretty damn amazing and yet you know you haven’t released anywhere near your full potential yet. You absolutely know you haven’t! So, that’s going to be your 2010 ‘thing’. Full Potential. Full On. From Today.
- Because you don’t wait for New Year Resolutions; you simply don’t need to hang around for some ceremony.
- When you have decided: you get on with it.
- It’ll be the year of your book. It may or may not be published but you are going to write your heart out: what’s your mission, your manifesto, your passion? People don’t get it: the publication isn’t the thing (when you run a marathon, do people say: did you win?). No: it’s the clear and current expression of you; writing will clarify it, determine it and action it. 60000 words or so about why you are on the planet. That’ll give you focus. Sound a lot? Not enough when you get going: rain or shine; early or late; one coffee when you start and the second when you finish your 1500 words a day to make the world a better place.
- It’s the year when you finally get it: it’s down to you. Sure school wasn’t bad, the degree helped. And m a y b e you will do an MBA. But you know what, deep down? Success doesn’t correlate that strongly with educational qualifications. Nor even with good ol’ IQ. It does with realising: ‘it’s down to me’. Make it happen. Don’t wait for politicians (ha-ha, as if you would), the lottery (what: are you serious?) or that recruitment consultant to ring you back (whatever bulls*it he gave you about your cool CV). Don’t wait for ‘an improving economy’, until you have a bigger study, you’ve moved out to the country, moved back into the city, sorted this relationship….. Things aren’t perfect: Life needs a bit of Wabi Sabi (…’one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete’-Leonard Koren) to make it truly complete.
- You’re going to breakthrough on your wellness. You are going to make sure you have so much energy you see sun-rise every morning, that you walk almost everywhere, lifts are for wimps and a cluster of ten press-ups is simply something you do while waiting for the copy machine to dispense its sheets. Your sheer presence is enough to bring a meeting to its senses, a presentation to action and a bar-tender to serve you immediately.
- Fun and contribution are going to be integral to you new 2010 version Life. Fun as in what’s the point if you are not having fun? You’ll restart your band or join the Latin American dance class (hey they need more men…and have you seen some of the girls who attend…) or clean up your touring bicycle. And contribution as in how can I help the growth of others? There are some good people in your team: a bit of coaching would do wonders…And you’re going to have more impact on saving the planet than a dozen Copenhagen conferences by never ever purchasing a bottle of still water. Unless you’re in a certain part of the world where it really is necessary for your health. Like Paris.
- It’s the year where you will gain real wealth. Soft wealth that is: great relationships, time to travel, health, feeling valued, walking by the shore, holding hands with those you love, waking up without an alarm, trying watercolours without feeling you have to get it right, time with the kids…. Anyone can get their hands on the hard stuff (money). But when they do, they only want it for the soft stuff, so why not short-circuit the process?
- It’s the year where you stop talking, any form of procrastination, writing lists of nine things and get on with it . You’ll set up a mission control centre which puts 24’s CTU to shame. Charts, plans, notebooks, high-lighters, arrows, goals and TTD (things to do)….And you are going to start today. Oh boy, are you going to have fun. And watch them wonder what happened.
- (Based on an original post I did for the great Ian Aspin a few weeks ago)
- Bonus: for further guidance, check out Instant Brilliant 2010.
