"The New Year" (Part #2)

01, January 2017

"The New Year" (Part #2)

‘With God all things are possible.’ Matthew 19:26 NIV

Jon Gordon offers practical New Year’s resolutions:

(1) Stay positive. You can listen to the cynics and believe success is impossible, or believe ‘with God all things are possible.’ 

(2) Each day when you awake complete this statement: ‘My purpose is ____________.’ 

(3) Take a morning walk of gratitude.  It creates a fertile mind for success. You can’t be stressed and thankful at the same time, and when you combine gratitude with physical exercise you give yourself a double-boost of positive energy and natural anti-depressants. (4) Instead of being disappointed about where you are, think optimistically about where you’re going. 

(5) Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a college-kid with a maxed-out charge card! 

(6) Believe that everything happens for a reason, and good things come from challenging experiences. 

(7) Don’t waste energy on gossip … past issues … negative thoughts … and things you can’t control.  Invest in the positive, present moment. 

(8) Mentor someone and be mentored by someone. 

(9) Live with the 3 E’s: Energy. Enthusiasm. Empathy. 

(10) Remember there’s no substitute for hard work. 

(11) Zoom-Focus: Ask yourself, ‘What are the three most important things I need to do today?’ 

(12) Implement the ‘No Complaining’ rule. Complaining is like vomiting; afterwards you feel better but people around you feel sick! (13) Read more books than you did last year. (14) Get more rest. You can’t replace sleep with a double latte! 

(15) Before bed complete these statements: ‘I’m thankful for ____________; ‘Today I accomplished ____________.’ 

(16) Think of your mind like a garden.  If you weed the negative and feed the positive for one day it doesn’t do much, but when you do it every day you create a magnificent garden’.