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« The Top 5 Motivational Clips on Youtube The Problem with Learning in Business School » Jan 01 2009 Year End Reflections and New Year’s Resolutions 2009 Posted by Will in New Year's Resolutions Well folks, it’s been one hell of a ride this year! Reflecting over this last year, there were lots of victories and just as there were many failures I’ve experienced over the past year. Before I continue, I will selfishly say that I’m writing this for me and only me to keep me accountable for what I’m mapping out for myself over the next year. This will be for me to reflect upon for years to come, so this is warning in advance that this will be a LONG post, but if you want to check out what’s happened in my life over the last year you’re more than welcome to take a peek. Oh yeah, read on for a major announcement as well Now that I got that disclaimer out of the way, I can boldly say that I’ve made leaps and bounds in my personal growth and understanding what I am truly capable of. At the beginning of 2008, I was fresh off of Tony Robbin’s Personal Power II program and I wrote a post on New Year’s Resolutions versus Dedications, which entailed being conscious of the language that we use as an indication of our internal dialogue and what we say to ourselves, how we rationalize and justify our choices and opinions in whatever it is we’re facing in our life situations. I feel it is of utmost importance to be as clear and specific in order to successfully follow through on any goal or resolution we set out on with high hopes. I’ll be tackling my past year’s failures and successes in my resolutions to break down in a manner that’s clear and specific as possible on what my internal dialogue was and the top contributing factors in why I failed or succeeded after careful introspection and consulting with friends and mentors. For the purposes of skimming, I’ve provided links to my year end reflections of my failures and successes this year. YEAR END REFLECTIONS FAILURES Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.’ - Napoleon Hill There is a lot to be learned from failures no matter how painful, traumatizing or heart-breaking they may be. To me, failure is to be unconscious of the invisible forces that lead us to failing in the first place. As long as you go about living your life with courage and consciously dissect your failures and break them down to find out what the major contributing factors were, there are major breakthroughs to be had when you make it a habit and perservere every single day in your life. School Second City Conservatory Program Completing Toastmasters Competent Communicator Track Reading 30 books on self-actualization SUCCESSES Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison After looking through my journal entries this year, I noticed there were patterns for each of my “victories”. Some of the recurring patterns were: Belief and respect in myself and others Being grateful for everything I have Implementing and refining better solutions to problems that arise in my life – constantly Nurturing my ‘inner world’ Celebrating all of my victories and the micro-distinctions I’ve made – no matter how small or seemingly insignificant Running a Marathon Journaling Affirmations Transforming for SickKids Initiative 2008 Blogging Credit Card Debt Sculpt My Body Like Bruce Lee’s & P90X Moving In With My Girlfriend NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Back on December 19, 2008, I wrote down all the things I wanted to turn into reality without judgment by December 31, 2009. I whittled all the “goals” I have for the year into seven different categories being: Health, Wealth, Relationships, Creativity, Career, Contribution and Exploring the World. These are my New Year’s Goals for 2009: Health: Run a Marathon in under 3 hrs 45 mins by Oct 31, 2009 Complete P90X and P90X+ programs Allow only ONE day per month to consume alcohol (not including the preparation of meals like risotto) Wealth: Plow through the remainder of my credit card debt and burn half way through my OSAP loan Make $200 per week in passive income Creativity: Finish my Competent Communicator and Competent Leader tracks for Toastmasters Write on a consistent basis (4 times weekly) to become a better writer Read at least 26 books on anything (one book every two weeks) Finish improv classes at The Impatient Theatre Company Relationships: Be an even BETTER boyfriend in 2009 Devote more quality time to family Be the central hub to a fantastic group of friends (current and new) Appreciate as well as give and add value to all of my relationships in any form possible Career: Finish up Accounting degree Get into CMA Accelerated Program for Sept 2009 Get a new job Contribution: Take my Transforming for SickKids Initiative to the next level Exploring the World: Travel to at least 2 countries outside of North America It’s a lengthy list and definitely challenging – but if I turn any of these Resolutions into reality, I’ve already won. That’s all! FINALLY eh?? I can’t wait to see how 2009 will stack up against an amazing 2008! My parting words to those who have skimmed or read this entire post is to have a fantastic 2009 and may it eclipse 2008! What are your resolutions? In a year’s time, what kind of person do you envision yourself becoming? Let me know in the comments If you learned anything or enjoyed this article, please share it :) Tags: failure, goal setting, improv, marathon training, P90X, public speaking, resolutions, studying habits This entry was posted on Thursday, January 1st, 2009 at 10:57 pm and is filed under New Year's Resolutions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.	Search
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