9 Wickedly Successful New Year Strategies

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Believe in your abilities

If you see yourself as powerless you will be powerless. Anytime you find yourself entertaining doubts or trying to limit what you think is possible, remind yourself of your past successes. Let them infuse you with confidence and bolster your resolve. Believing you can do it -- whatever ‘it’ is -- is 90 percent of the win. When you expand what you’re willing to believe about yourself, you can transform who you are and what your life looks like.

Don’t wait for conditions to be perfect

Along the way to becoming successful, you may have to redefine what success looks like for you. Conditions will never be perfect -- there will always be something muddying the water, even if it’s just a little.  The real challenge is accepting that you have to keep on moving forward even when things aren’t perfect. Misguided perfectionism can keep you from stepping out and going for what you want. Distinguishing what does and doesn’t require perfection is a hallmark of success.

Surround yourself with successful mentors

Inept coaches don’t fail to help you -- they help you to fail. Look around you for others whose work you admire and model yourself after them instead. Get out of the rut of your own habits and take your advice from people with a proven positive track record.  Far too many people shy away from accepting mentorship. Accepting the leadership of others does not make you less capable of achieving your goals; it boosts your abilities. Don’t be afraid to ask for advice. And when you get good advice, don’t be too proud to follow it.

Regenerate your passion for work

Tap back into the frame of mind you had when you were just starting out. Ask yourself, ‘What can I do to become passionate about work again?’ When you take this inward look, it is entirely possible you’ll see the path ahead going in an unexpected direction. Your passion might lead you somewhere else. You’ll know passion when you’ve found it because you’ll feel amazingly engaged and energetic. Desire will become energy and you’ll have plenty of it to create your new life.

Take care of yourself first

Step back and look at your daily routine objectively. Do you need to slow down? Take a few deep breaths? Spend a few moments enjoying one day before another day crashes in with new demands? We need to give ourselves objective advice -- and listen to it. It’s about thriving, not just surviving.  You should never get to be so busy taking care of everything else that you forget to take care of yourself.


There’s no reason why this can’t be your biggest, boldest, most wickedly successful year yet. But for that to happen you have to match your big goals with some real changes. You have to take on a wickedly successful mindset that doesn’t accept ‘no’ or ‘I can’t’ or ‘I’m too tired’ for an answer.

Vickie Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD, is a New York Times bestselling author; owner of a $16-million business, and has placed on the Inc. list of Top 10 Entrepreneurs and Inc. Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America. www.WickedSuccess.com

 

 

 

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