
At the end of the year, I always take some time to reflect on the past year, and give some thought to the upcoming year. I think about what I’ve learned, what I’ve accomplished, and where I would like to be at the end of the upcoming year. This creates a fire within me which I use as my fuel to push forward. It also helps keep me focused.
I want to share a powerful exercise that was created by one of my mentors Robin Sharma.
What I admire most about Robin is his holistic approach to life. Robin released a short 10 minute video which is a 5 Step Planning Process that will help make the New Year your absolute best. Watch the video, and don’t worry about taking notes. I summarized everything below and also added some of my own notes.
Click HERE to watch the video.
Grab a piece of paper and get ready to write
1. Celebrate
You will begin to notice things you may have not noticed before. This helps you create a greater level of self awareness. It will give you a greater appreciation of all the things that have happened over the last 12 months. This will give you a greater sense of confidence & energy which helps with your momentum going in to the New Year.
2. Education
With better awareness, you can make better choices. With better choices; you are bound to see better results.
3. Clarification – Clarity precedes mastery.
Look at this list as often as possible. At least daily. This helps to create focus and energy to achieve it.
These values will drive your behaviour. Always be congruent with your values. Act with integrity and live your values.
4. Graduation
5. Visualization
Many thanks to Robin Sharma for the inspiration. http://www.robinsharma.com
Bonus ones I added:
6. What are you most proud of?
7. What are you least proud of?
8. What didn’t go as planned? Why?
9. Reflect on your relationships. What company did you keep? Were they supportive and get you closer to your goals, or did they drag you down and bring you further from your goals? Who did you like hanging around the most? Why?
10. If you had a magic wand, and you could change 1 thing about the previous year, what would it be?
11. List your 1 biggest regret of the previous year. If you had acted on this last year, how different would it be starting off this year?
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2 Comments
Awesome process Mike! I’m going to do it and let you know how it goes!! Happy new year!
Bari
Excellent Bari. Looking forward to more frequent chats with you this year.