Put RESOLVE in Your Resolutions!

Today's the last day of 2018.  CONGRATULATIONS!   Another year completed!  How do you feel today?  Refreshed?  Invigorated?  Tired?  Glad that the year is closing?  Looking forward to a fresh start?

I'm often conflicted on 'special' days like New Year's.  On one hand, what a great mindset shift to assemble our brains around something new and exciting that happens today.  On the other hand, what makes this day any more special than any other.  Not to downplay the specialness of the day, but why not UP-PLAY every Day? 

Its December 31^st.  What a GREAT day to talk about deadlines!  Did you set a New Year's Resolution a year ago?  Did you make it happen? 

The word DEADLINE isn't an uplifting word, is it?  Death and Lines.  Well, it's not far from the truth! 

Definition:  DEADLINE – a line drawn within or around a prison that a prisoner passes at the risk of being shot.

Say what?  No wonder we hate deadlines!!!  Have you ever heard someone say, "…But what's the Drop Dead Date?"   Gee…what is our fascination with death, dates and drawing lines? 

How 'bout we DON'T draw lines around our worlds and DYING if we cross the lines!  I like to think out of the box, don't you?

Let's set goals and milestones so we get everything done to meet our Deadlines….so we can joyfully run RIGHT past them!   Freeing us for the next big SUCCESS to achieve.  I propose that deadlines aren't meant to imprison us.  They set us FREE!  Why not just call them FREE LINES?  When we cross them, we are FREE to do MORE! 

• FREE-LINES help us FOCUS our attention.
• We set RESOLVE to achieve them. 
• We generate ENERGY within ourselves and our teams to achieve them.
• And when we get there, we are ELEVATED to new levels.

FREE LINES = Focus, Resolve, Energize and Elevate.

Think about redefining your Deadline into a FREE-line by asking four resolve-building questions:

• What is your specific FOCUS of deadline? Details please!
• What is your RESOLVE to achieve the deadline? Ask 5 why's to find the root in your soul!
• Who do you need to ENERGIZE and how will you do it? Build a positive energy field around you!
• What gets ELEVATED when you achieve the deadline? Describe the freedom you'll feel!

So instead of a Deadlines, set up Free-lines – resolving to elevate ourselves, our teams and our world to new heights.

Let's Change the World for Good!

Shine Boldly!