New Year's Resolutions Are B.S - A Navy SEAL's Perspective
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? It is a habit we’ve built as a culture.
It is something we do to make ourselves feel good about the upcoming year. (And boy do we need it after how crazy 2020 has been!)
Having always been extremely driven (even before my time as a SEAL), I’ve never needed a specific event or date to help better myself.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫.
This one thing has to do with my core belief that…
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆.
So at the beginning of every year, I assess the various teams in my life and decide which team needs more focus and attention. Then, I create a strategic plan.
Doing this at the beginning of the year has positively affected my success, fulfillment, and bottom line for the rest of the year, so 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞.