Find Success From Within

We love the start of a New Year. It brings hope and energy and renewal to most of us. It is a chance to review what is important, how we spend our time and evaluate balance in the things that matter most. Often we get lost in the details of the day to day activities. We can be good at planning the priorities but how do we keep them in the right order? Often we get on the permanent schedule of other people's to-do lists and can't seem to get off. In the beginning of the day we have a perfectly executed plan that somehow gets derailed in the first hour. When we realize that success comes from within, we learn that all the plans and good intentions will not stick unless they are attached to our core values and dreams. If you are feeling frustrated and even lost it could be because you are going through the motions without really knowing why. Our WHY for doing what we do starts from within. Determine the authentic path that you once dreamed about and evaluate the key areas of your life like your career, community activities, family time, spiritual time and overall well being and see how they line up with that path. Going through the motions is not very satisfying if you are not looking at the bigger picture and long term goals. What you do today ripples through many of your tomorrows. Look at your eating habits, family time, TV time, and work time. How has the past affected today? Are you on track with your long term goals? Are you healthy, are you happy? What about your relationships, are they deep and caring or casual acquaintances? This year, take some time to soul search and re-prioritize what matters most to you. Get off the roller coaster of cramming in too much and stick to the things that build and achieve the lifetime dream stuff.