As an alternative to setting traditionally unachievable resolutions for the New Year, I can strongly recommend the following approach:
1) Make a list of your ‘intentional’ top achievements from 2011, they can be big, small, business or personal. Reflect on them, realise how jolly clever you are.
2) Make a list of your ‘unintentional’ top achievements; great things that happened but you did not plan for. Reflect on them, realise that no matter how much you plan, shit just happens.
3) Look at both lists and ask what lead to these achievements, what random connections, friends of friends, dumb luck and good old hard work brought them into being.
4) When planning for the year ahead, think what environments, happenings, links and chance meetings you can set up to create more ‘intentional’ achievements.
In short, take time to smell the roses and don’t forget to sow new seeds.
