It's 2012 and I'm sure everyone has already started to follow through on some of our resolutions, ideas and objectives that we had meticulously worked on back in the fall or winter of 2011. By now everyone should be getting used to writing 2012 instead of 2011. Or . . . maybe not.
As professionals, we have every intention of making the appropriate changes and improvements that we've been thinking about for months or maybe years. Then, a repeat of 2011 happens. We get too busy once again to do anything differently than we've been doing. We get so overwhelmed with the day to day challenges that we cannot find time, not even one hour a week to devote to our new ideas. Eventually our excitement and motivations of making these great changes eventually fades away, just like they have every prior year. And nothing is implemented.
I remember watching a program on television a few years ago where the guest speaker was discussing the importance of daily exercise. He mentioned that we have to set aside the time to exercise just as we set aside time to eat and use the bathroom. This comment really hit home for me and got me started on a regular exercise routine. I also realized that the same applies in my business. It is essential that specific time is dedicated to work on projects or resolutions just in the same way that time is set aside to eat lunch or breakfast. It is way too easy to just put off change if we look at the process as an additional task or workload. A determination and priority to make it part of the daily routine must be established and followed through on.
