2015 will be Different

2015 will be Different – Goal 1

For the New Year, why not select goals that change your vision and outlook on life?

I have 3-simple but powerful goals for 2015.

I have always wondered why older people are generally bitter and out of touch with daily events. All you have to do is turn on cable news, read the internet news, or listen to those inside the beltway. The barrage of bad news day after day will turn us bitter and out of touch. We can’t let that happen to us regardless of age.

I don’t want to be bitter; I want to be a blessing.

I don’t want to be beaten down; I want to lift up.

I don’t want to be negative; I want to be a positive influence. 

For me, I have three simple but powerful goals for the New Year. The first is

Be an Optimist – I want to be a positive role model and always find the good in everyone. Appreciate life everyday! 

Our minds are clouded everyday with the evil in the world shaking us to our core. We can’t let events that are out of our control shape how we live or how we should think. We can however impact one person at a time by changing our outlook on life. Being an optimist is not a new phenomenon but practicing each day may be. It doesn’t take much to change our own outlook and by relentless practice, we will change one person at a time from bitterness and sorrow to hope and joy.

Practicing optimism in the face of pessimism is easy. A smile, a hug, and holding a door open for someone else goes beyond practicing a daily act of kindness. It is common courtesy and decency toward all of those people you encounter each and every moment of every day.

Start with your sphere of influence and work with them to have a positive and impactful 2015.

If you are reading this post, let’s work together to promote a positive and encouraging outlook each and every day in 2015.

   

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;

an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Sir Winston Churchill

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Charled A. Beard

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land,

or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller

2015 will be Different – Goal 2

For the New Year, why not select goals that change your vision and outlook on life?

Yesterday I posted my first of three goals for 2015 – “Be an Optimist”

My second goal is just as simple but more powerful because we must think of others rather than ourselves.

Invest in Others – I want to assist others succeed without expecting anything in return. We must lead by taking care of others. We must show the way when it doesn’t seem to be a way! If you and I can make a difference in someone’s professional career, we have succeeded and must move on to the next person.

If you are reading this, you are my valued connection. I care about you and want to assist you succeed in your career. I can give you my experience, connections and career advice. Each week I will be asking my contacts; “What can I do for them”.

We must reach down and pull people up in 2015.

Will you join me in taking your time, experience, and know how by passing it along to those willing to succeed in the workplace? 

If you are reading this post, let’s work together by investing in others each and every day in 2015.

 “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”

Harry S Truman

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life

that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

       Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself.

It's what you do for others."

Danny Thomas

2015 will be Different – Goal 3

For the New Year, why not select goals that change your vision and outlook on life?

My first two goals will guide me into 2015 and beyond:

“Be an Optimist”

“Invest in Others”

To achieve my first two goals, I must change my heart and mind to know that you can’t accomplish these goals without the benefit of time!

 Live in a State of Gratitude – We are all given 86,400 seconds in a day and it is a shame to waste a second.  We must act rather than react by not waiting for others to lead because we must take care of others. Think for just one moment – what do you do with your time? Perhaps it is time that we all use more of our time for others. The following poem outlines a path in which my time will be used in 2015.

From the writings of Harold Warbeirn)

Because the world is poor and starving,
Go with bread

Because the world is filled with fear,
Go with courage

Because the world is in despair,
Go with hope

Because the world is living lies,
Go with truth

Because the world is sick with sorrow,
Go with joy

Because the world is weary of wars,
Go with peace

Because the world is seldom fair,
Go with justice

Because the world is under judgment,
Go with mercy

Because the world will die without it,
Go with love.

2015 will be different!

 My three simple goals are life changing and we should strive to impact one person a day for every day in 2015.

Please join me in the 2015 challenge of a life time – changing our hearts and minds.

2015 will indeed be a different year for me. It is a year the torch was passed to me.

I am willing, able and determined to lead by example.

I will stay positive in the continuous storm of life and be a safe haven for others.

I will see through eyes of love and understanding.

2015 will indeed be a different year but only in a good way. We have to pay attention to world events but not let evil rule our outlook. We have to pay attention to national policies but not let career politicians take away our joy.  We must turn to God and He will show us the way.

First Corinthians 13 tells us that “love is patient and kind. It does not envy, nor boast.

It is not proud. It is not rude. It does not seek its own way, is not easily angered,

and keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not rejoice in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

Love believes, hopes and endures. Love never fails.”

HAPPY NEW YEAR!