New year, and new thinking about goals
Maybe you’ve made New Year resolutions.
Maybe you’ve decided not to bother this year.
Either way, it’s worth pausing to think differently about goals and dreams. Not as boxes to tick, but as invitations to become someone new.
Here are five short thoughts I keep coming back to. Pick the one that makes you pause, smile, or feel slightly uncomfortable. That’s usually the good stuff.
“Don’t be afraid to go where you’ve never gone and do what you’ve never done, because both are necessary to have what you’ve never had and be who you’ve never been.” Mike Dooley
“The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.” William Montgomery
“Do you remember learning to ride your first bike, Eva? How impossible it felt at first. And how impossible it now feels to imagine it was ever hard.” Mike Dooley
“Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” Dr Seuss
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Your call to action is simple. Choose one of these and share it with someone. Then ask each other a powerful follow-up question.
Who might you need to become this year?
My best wishes, Paul
