Two months left in 2008. Are you on target to complete what you started out to do this year? Maybe it’s time to bring out your New Year’s Resolutions, dust them off and see how you are faring.
Did you forget these resolutions before January was even over? Perhaps feeling what’s the use or may be you didn’t even make any resolutions at all. It is a fact that people who set goals accomplish more than people who don’t.
Life is not a sprint. It is a marathon. Keep going. Dust off your goals. What needs to be completed or started or permanently taken off your to do list by the end of the year? How can you make the most of these last two months of 2008? What can you do now that would allow you to wake up January 1, 2009 saying what a great year 2008 was? This was the year when___________________________. (Fill in the blank)
It’s easy to say the economy is bad, the year’s almost over, I’ll do better next year or any number of excuses. What you choose to do says lots about you.
Persistence. It’s not exciting or flashy. It doesn’t make headlines. Persistence is sometimes doing what you need to do even when you don’t want to do it. Persistence means making three more phone calls or putting the finishing touches on a project and reviewing it one more time or going to the gym for that workout when you’d really rather do anything else.
Persistence is the number one trait that separates successful people from non successful people.
May you be blessed with the gift of persistence!
I chose not to make any resolutions for the year 2008. I am tired of beating myself up when I don’t achieve them. I am using my resolutions on a day by day basis.
Comment by Melissa — November 11, 2008 @ 11:08 am