New Year - New You?

The beginning of every new year for most is riddled with talk of goals, goals & goals again. Everybody wants to do better, be better & have better - and I am right there with you! I have big dreams I want to see come to pass in this new year which span beyond my business into my family, health and so forth. See, there is something about a new year that always brings with it fresh hope, excitement, strength & a newfound determination (seemingly overnight) to achieve amazing things!

But setting goals is not enough. In fact, goals are only the very beginning and dare I say a very small percentage of any journey to greatness. This includes your journey and mine too. I say this because as 2022 progresses, it is not going to come and test the goals that you have set but rather, it will test YOU. There are factors within you which dare I say are even more important than the goals themselves or the achievement of the goals. Why? Because these factors don’t only get you to the goal, they help you maintain the goals! What am I talking about? Your commitment. Your faith. Your discipline. Your tenacity. Your strength. Your people skills. Your patience. And so much more that is internal and hardly external. The intangible things that cannot be seen by the naked eye but are very much real.

Think of a beautiful mansion. One could be tempted to think that what makes it a mansion is to be found in the beautiful sun-burnt bricks on the outside, or even the perfectly colour coordinated decor on the inside, or perhaps the size of the garden at its rear. But everyone knows that without a deep and sturdy foundation which is invisible to everyone walking past - that house could not be standing where it is today. The width, depth and length of the foundation is what gives the builders a go ahead to build a mansion on that plot of land. Small, weak foundation = Small house. Big, strong foundation =Big house. The thing we cannot see with our eyes when we walk past - that which is hidden beneath the surface, holds more value than anything we see on the outside.

The same will apply to you in 2022. What are you cultivating beneath the surface in terms of your character? Have you gone a step further and written another list to accompany your goals? A list of the characteristics & attributes you will need to develop and maintain in order to achieve these goals? Think how useless it will be to have a multi-million pound or dollar business but lack communication skills… who would work for you?

Virtues must always accompny goals!

Happy Planning & Happy New Year!

-Prieska