At the start of this New Year, reflect on what you have accomplished so far in your life and be thankful, but don’t be satisfied with that. Determine to reach for even greater things, and you will achieve them.
What have you accomplished so far in your life? Why don’t you take a pen and paper and write them down? You would realise that if you have never set goals in your life you might find it difficult to even notice if you have accomplished anything. Living a life without direction and planning would take you nowhere. The best thing might be to write down what you want to accomplish in life. This would then help you to check on yourself each year how far you have gone, what is left to be accomplished and if possible set more goals to achieve.
If you happen to know what you have accomplished then write them and you should thank the Almighty for his mercies. Without health and life you would not have accomplished these things. Without His wisdom and guidance you definitely would not have done anything. Count your blessings; name them one by one and it would surely surprise you what the Good Lord has done for you.
Above this, don’t let your accomplishment get to your head. That is not the ultimate that you can achieve. So let determination drive you this year to greater things. Take a second look at your accomplishments so far and ask yourself the following questions: Have you done anything for your community among your accomplishments? How about the poor and needy? How about other less privileged members of your family? Did you get the best out of your business? How many people have you being able to add value to their lives? How many negative characteristics have you being able to change in your own life? Did you give your best to your family? Have you utilize all your skills and talents to impact your live and that of members of your community?
Make up your mind this year to look into some of these areas and achieve greater things. Write down the areas you would want to concentrate on this year and how you want to go about achieving them then set about doing just that. Remember without taking action on anything nothing ever happens.
Christine Vidal-Wachuku is a Lawyer by training and a member of the FCT Urban and Regional Planning Tribunal, Abuja, Nigeria. She and her husband Prince Vidal N. Wachuku are also wealth creation strategists and organize TAKE ACTION seminars to teach people how they can take action to change and better their circumstances in life. Visit http://takeactiontosucceed.com to learn more about them
