Create a blueprint to happiness through life design

Too often the pace and urgency of current events, challenges or emergencies tends to overshadow the things we value most. Things like health, career, relationships and finances usually take an unnecessary backseat so taking time out to design the life you chose will be among the wisest things you’ll do. Going into the New Year, the new calendar gives us the idea that we can have a fresh start and part of the reason people make New Year’s resolutions is because they can measure their present results against the previous years to see how whether progress has been made or not. The one basic dynamic of all life is growth and when you can feel like you’re making progress on a regular basis you’ll feel fulfilled. So the secret to real and lasting happiness is progress.

So why not take charge of this process and make conscious decisions that move you toward massive growth this coming year. Most people have no idea what a resolution is, they hope that by making a wish list at the beginning of the year then things will work out as imagined. Truth is, a real resolution is when you resolve something, and you’ve made a decision that this is how it’s going to be, that when you cut off any other possibility except what you have committed to. Taking full responsibility for the results in your life begins with designing a blueprint for the standard and quality of life you choose. If you don’t take the time to consciously choose what you want for yourself, someone or something else will chose for you. When designing your life for this New Year make your vision so big, so compelling and so magnificent that it literally excites you to take action. In most cases if you aren’t careful you’ll fall into a tendency of making resolutions that really don’t inspire you to make a lasting change. What do most people have on their New Years wish lists? Things like, lose weight, make more money and quit smoking etc. Now, as you may have noticed, these resolutions wouldn't really excite anyone. Giving yourself a list of things you want to stop doing or do more of, doesn’t qualify.

I’ll encourage you to develop a compelling vision, not only for the year, but for your entire life. Something that excites, inspires, or even scares you. When your vision is big enough it will pull you, so you don’t have to push yourself to take consistent action. Most people settle for less or what’s easy to get, and when you settle for less, you tend to get less than what you settled for. Also have big enough reasons as to why must follow through and make your vision real. List the benefit of you making your resolutions a reality and the pain it will cause if you don’t follow through on your resolutions and life vision. Because when the tough times eventually come, you’ll need to know what exactly you’ll gain from this and strong enough reasons will see you through. Last but not least, review your resolution/vision consistently. Think back for a moment, and remember when you had something you wanted with so much intensity that you could stop thinking about it. It could have been a new job, a relationship, or an experience, that you invested so much energy in it that you did what it took and made it happen. Do the same for your life’s blue print and over all vision for the quality of things, relationships and experiences you choose.

The greatest tragedy is not aiming too high and missing, but aiming too low and winning. One of the best lesson’s I’ve learn it is that you’ll never fail at getting a result. You may not get the exact results you wanted, but you’ll never fail at producing a result and results build confidence, so you'll learn and grow in the process. However small the outcome, it’s possibly an improvement to where you were before. So when writing down you resolution for the coming year, set massive standards for yourself, learn how to do what you have to for the results you want and take the best action you can on a consistent basis.