In shadow boxing, a boxer goes through motion without an opponent. Anyone who exercises motion without a target dissipates energy without purpose. There is time for imaginary targets; there is also time for tangible targets. Life may begin with imagination but ends in reality. Reality is tangibility. Some people only live in imaginations; they never take purposeful actions. Purposeless actions are actions without targets. A man, who continuously lives life shadowboxing, evades or avoids direct or decisive action. To achieve a life of uniqueness, you must live and run with purpose.
As you step into 2013, the only way to make it count is by taking actions that will lead to purposeful results. Wishful thinking and New Year resolutions don’t bring success. What brings success as you step into the year is the type of decisions you make, and the actions you’re willing to pursue logically and committedly. If you do nothing, even if you plan, you will end up nothing. In the beginning of 2012, a lot of people had good plans, but ended the year in regrets because they never worked on their plans. Plans alone don’t make things happen; it is good plans plus aggressive actions that do.
As you step into 2013, what are the actions you should
take?
Review the plans, decisions, actions, and attitudes of 2012: Why do you have to review 2012? Review helps you assess the activities of 2012. Assessing the past assists you in pointing out the areas that you did well; that is, your strengths. Knowing your strengths is useful because, you will have an idea of where your resources should be directed. Assessment also tells you where you were weak, and how to deal with the weaknesses. Apart from assessment, review is useful in evaluation. Evaluation gives you a value estimate of the gains and losses of the year, where the gains/losses were made or incurred, and how to focus on profitability or avoid deficits. So, as you step out of 2012 and step into 2013, you must do a careful examination of the previous year. A careful examination of the previous year makes you accountable.
Take responsibility for the successes and failures of 2012: Whatever the outcome of 2012, take responsibility. Do not blame anyone including yourself for the failures. Blaming yourself may lead to unnecessary guilt and condemnation. You don’t need to step into 2013 with guilt and condemnation. It’s not in your interest to do that. Praise yourself for the gains; learn lessons from the failures, and move on.
Set new goals: You can’t afford to step into 2013 without knowing what to expect at the end of the year. That will spell doom and disaster! Within your heart, you know what you want for the year; you have some expectations. In spite of your expectations, you must realise that without setting goals, you can’t score goals. If you want to succeed in 2013, you must set goals. If you don’t, the truth is that you will fail! Life has patterned its principles in such a way that without setting goals, you can’t succeed. When you set your goals, make sure they’re realistic. Do not set goals that are too big to achieve, and do not set the ones that are too easy to achieve. Set goals that will stretch you, but not break you.
Be importunate: Importunity is persistence, tenacity, and perseverance. To succeed, you must have a die-hard attitude. To score a goal, you must be ready to run, strategise, drive, and be resolute. If you’re not imperative and pertinent, you will end the year the same way you ended the previous one. It takes crazy people to beat the odds of any year. In any year, are insurmountable barriers that limit weak-minded people - except, you’re ready to die for your pursuit, you will back out when the going gets tough. Every year will always present its toughness. To make something out of it, you must be tougher.
Where possible, form a strategic alliance: The problem with most people, visions, and businesses is that they hardly align with other forces. In your pursuit, it is not possible for you to possess the ability to do everything. Partnering with another person where you can augment each others pursuit is necessary. In augmentation, you can assist your partner perform tasks that require your skill without charging any money; your partner also does the same thing for you. Strategic alliance saves a lot of costs, and it helps you strengthen, enlarge, intensify, reinforce, and build your goal until it is achieved. Strategic alliance must be mutually beneficial; it must be a win-win alliance; otherwise, it is not worth it.
In conclusion, be focused on achieving the best as you go into 2013. Don’t wait for things to happen, go ahead to make things happen. If you commit your life to winning in 2013, the reality is that you will win.
Compliments of the Season
Happy 2013
Kenneth Nkemnacho
As you step into 2013, the only way to make it count is by taking actions that will lead to purposeful results. Wishful thinking and New Year resolutions don’t bring success. What brings success as you step into the year is the type of decisions you make, and the actions you’re willing to pursue logically and committedly. If you do nothing, even if you plan, you will end up nothing. In the beginning of 2012, a lot of people had good plans, but ended the year in regrets because they never worked on their plans. Plans alone don’t make things happen; it is good plans plus aggressive actions that do.
As you step into 2013, what are the actions you should
take?
Review the plans, decisions, actions, and attitudes of 2012: Why do you have to review 2012? Review helps you assess the activities of 2012. Assessing the past assists you in pointing out the areas that you did well; that is, your strengths. Knowing your strengths is useful because, you will have an idea of where your resources should be directed. Assessment also tells you where you were weak, and how to deal with the weaknesses. Apart from assessment, review is useful in evaluation. Evaluation gives you a value estimate of the gains and losses of the year, where the gains/losses were made or incurred, and how to focus on profitability or avoid deficits. So, as you step out of 2012 and step into 2013, you must do a careful examination of the previous year. A careful examination of the previous year makes you accountable.
Take responsibility for the successes and failures of 2012: Whatever the outcome of 2012, take responsibility. Do not blame anyone including yourself for the failures. Blaming yourself may lead to unnecessary guilt and condemnation. You don’t need to step into 2013 with guilt and condemnation. It’s not in your interest to do that. Praise yourself for the gains; learn lessons from the failures, and move on.
Set new goals: You can’t afford to step into 2013 without knowing what to expect at the end of the year. That will spell doom and disaster! Within your heart, you know what you want for the year; you have some expectations. In spite of your expectations, you must realise that without setting goals, you can’t score goals. If you want to succeed in 2013, you must set goals. If you don’t, the truth is that you will fail! Life has patterned its principles in such a way that without setting goals, you can’t succeed. When you set your goals, make sure they’re realistic. Do not set goals that are too big to achieve, and do not set the ones that are too easy to achieve. Set goals that will stretch you, but not break you.
Be importunate: Importunity is persistence, tenacity, and perseverance. To succeed, you must have a die-hard attitude. To score a goal, you must be ready to run, strategise, drive, and be resolute. If you’re not imperative and pertinent, you will end the year the same way you ended the previous one. It takes crazy people to beat the odds of any year. In any year, are insurmountable barriers that limit weak-minded people - except, you’re ready to die for your pursuit, you will back out when the going gets tough. Every year will always present its toughness. To make something out of it, you must be tougher.
Where possible, form a strategic alliance: The problem with most people, visions, and businesses is that they hardly align with other forces. In your pursuit, it is not possible for you to possess the ability to do everything. Partnering with another person where you can augment each others pursuit is necessary. In augmentation, you can assist your partner perform tasks that require your skill without charging any money; your partner also does the same thing for you. Strategic alliance saves a lot of costs, and it helps you strengthen, enlarge, intensify, reinforce, and build your goal until it is achieved. Strategic alliance must be mutually beneficial; it must be a win-win alliance; otherwise, it is not worth it.
In conclusion, be focused on achieving the best as you go into 2013. Don’t wait for things to happen, go ahead to make things happen. If you commit your life to winning in 2013, the reality is that you will win.
Compliments of the Season
Happy 2013
Kenneth Nkemnacho
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