There are many differing points of view on New Years Resolutions, but I’m a supporter of the idea. Setting aside time to plan out how you might like to grow in your spiritual, physical, financial and emotional areas of your life can have tremendous benefit. “If you don’t know where you are going, how can you know when you’ve arrived?” is an old saw that accurately defines the problem. We need to plan to improve and grow in 09′. Not only is this true for us individually, but for our team at the Mission as well. How can we better serve our clients? How can we be more loving, encouraging and inspirational? How can we save more lives? These are quesitons that I hope you all will be asking; I know I will be.
There is a group of nay-sayers that don’t like to set goals for fear of “setting myself up for failure”, but it seems to me that this misses the point. We are all here for a purpose, designed and born for a reason. Finding and living that purpose to our best effort is an important part of having meaning in life. Living life on purpose, not on accident, is the calling of every follower of Christ.I hope you’ll take the time to consider New Year’s Resolutions, to setting out goals for yourself and for your position at work.
Here is a link to some stats on How Many People Keep Their Resolutions.
Happy New Year
David
Great topic David. I am a goal setter. I will only set goals that I believe are attainable. A professional goal for 2010 is to make it a point to touch more lives than I did in 2009 with the help of Jesus Christ. I am of the understanding that I truly can’t measure it, but I know I’ll know when it accomplished. It is my belief that the more up-close and personal contact I have with the clients we serve at TRM, the closer my relationships will be with them. I feel this would better serve our clients. I take this lead from Jesus, He walked among the people spreading the good news. I want to be more like Him.
A personal goal for 2010 is to become more health conscious, 2009 was not a good “health” year for me, I need to learn from that. And, I have to get back into coaching as well, it’s a part of “who” I am, I miss it.
God Bless you David. You are a TRUE leader of leaders.
Frank, thx for the feedback. Health and balance are a couple of my goals. Also, I encourage you in your coaching goal. You are a great coach/leader and you need to be pouring into others.
You are a blessing to me.
DC
RE: Your New Year Resolution
I appreciate what you wrote and wanted to share a scripture that I was provided to meditate on at the beginning of this year, Isaiah 60;1, Arise [from depression and procrastion in which circumstances have kept you- rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! It had a profound impact on me. So I suppose whats most important to me is recognizing all I’ve shed during this past year that has enabled me to finally look forward to the coming year and the life I have ahead with the Lord.