One Thing You MUST Do Before The Year Closes

(Please read the article before watching the 11-minute video)

What are you going to do to raise your game and make 2018 your best year yet?

Many years ago I discovered an important process that has allowed me and my clients to grow and improve performance every year continually.

It’s called Best Year Yet.

Best Year Yet is about reflecting on this past year’s wins, reviewing lessons learned then setting goals and resolutions for 2018.

Unfortunately, that’s where the problem begins. Although many people set goals and plans for themselves, most don't take the time to celebrate their wins.

When you have your head down working diligently on building your career, family and life, it’s very easy to overlook celebrating your wins – especially the small less obvious ones.

You just keep pushing yourself, forcing yourself to keep driving on using more and more energy and of course, another year just grinds on by. This can actually cause a lot of unnecessary negative emotions and negative mindsets. 

Not taking the time to celebrate your wins is a BIG mistake. 

Why?

Allow me to explain. Neuroscience is showing us our brains are not very good at keeping a tally of our wins. Research (Amabile and Kramer, “The Power of Small Wins”, Harvard Business Review) supports this finding. 

Our brains are quick to forget the small victories along the way, so we don't celebrate them as successes. That can turn into a very poisonous mental state because we're delaying our gratification.

We forget to congratulate ourselves and be proud of ourselves for all of the actions we take along the way. This mistake can kill our motivation dead in its tracks. Potentially it can kill the dream and cause us to abandon it altogether.

If we strive for big wins and forget that along the way, as we set goals and as we take actions to move towards this bigger vision, we're growing and evolving and making strides as a person.

Believe it or not, you might have forgotten about some of the awesome things that you've achieved in this year. Your brain will be more consumed with what you haven't achieved yet.

In fact, I've noticed a lot of people tend to, when they go back in time in their memory, dwell on things they haven't done so well, and they use that to create negative emotion in their body.

Do your self a big favour before 2018 and do this one discipline.

Why not flip the coin and do something a little bit different here?

Instead of racing your way into next year, capture all your WINS....then from that energy....from that mindset, you can charge into 2018 with confidence, clarity and a deep knowing that you can create your best year yet.

Spend time going back over the year and think about some of the amazing things you've been, done and accomplished. Take the time to relish the memory of that awesome experience you created. Science is showing us it doesn't matter how small it the win was. Celebrating it will still release the good feeling neurotransmitter of dopamine.

Today that changes

To help you I would like to give you a copy of my little eBook "Your Best Year Yet" and accompanying video training (above). 

The best part is, it is totally free, no need to give me your email address to get it.

I know you will get tremendous value for it and it's my little gift to YOU! Just click on the image to download immediately. 

With the New Year right around the corner, there’s no better time to take advantage of this.

1 hour + 3 questions = Best year yet

Follow these steps: 

1. Download your copy of Best Year Yet and print it out ready. 
2. Watch the short (11 minutes) "how to" video to learn how to get the best out the whole planning exercise. I cover some important distinctions that help you get the most out of the experience. (It was recorded in 2013 by it's still relevant). 
3. Schedule an hour over the holidays. Follow the process to get closure on 2017 and set yourself up to win in 2018. 

“If we would only give the same amount of reflection to what we want out of life that we give to the question of what to do with two weeks’ vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.”
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

So, as 2017 draws to a close, I’d like to thank you for all the support you’ve given me and wish you and your family a happy holiday and a prosperous New Year.

Lots of love.
The Mindset Guy

P.S. Please pass on and share (via the social buttons) my Best Year Yet eBook with your friends, family and work colleagues. Help spread the word. Thanks.