New Year 2010

What plans have you all thought of to ring in the new year.

All of us are in the learning mode, including myself. There are dime a dozen websites available online for free suggesting you how to plan your new years. And here is one from self-help guru, Robin Sharma that he emailed last night to me.

To create the single best year of your life to date. Most will waste this opportunity and make the new  year a repeat of the one just past. Sad. But true. But a few will wake up to the possibility and do 7 things that will ensure 2010 is the most unforgettable twelve months they have experienced yet. Want to be one of the fortunate few? Here's what to do:

 

Step #1: Evaluate 2009. Do a written story recording what went well this past year and, even more importantly, what areas you could improve on. Also list all your wins and as many high points as you can recall. Get a clear picture of how you showed up.

 

Step #2: Set Your Theme. Come up with a theme for 2010. It may be "The Year of Financial Freedom" or "The Year of Work Excellence" or "The Year of Fearlessness". But get a theme into a document you can start reviewing every week.

 

Step #3: Create a Mission. The next step is to develop a one paragraph mission statement and put it into this document. Clarity precedes mastery so the more clear your ultimate mountaintop for 2010 is, the greater your focus will be. And the most positive results you'll see.

 

Step #4: List Your Big 5. OK, now ask yourself this powerful self-coaching question: "What 5 things need to happen between now and December 31, 2010 for this to have been the single most successful year of my life to date?" Write down those five goals as simply and clearly as possible into this document.

 

Step #5: Sequence Your Big 5. Now break your Big 5 down into quarterly goals. Set 5 core goals for the first/second/third and fourth quarters of 2010 to ensure you nail your Big 5. Review these every week. Reflect on them everyday if you really want to win. Make these strategic objectives the sole focus of your life.

 

Step #6: Refocus Every Morning. Life's job is to distract you. Your job is to stay staggeringly focused on what's most important. Take 15 minutes during your morning resetting period to reflect on your goals, to envision your best moves and to track out a day that's productive, passionate and fun.

 

Step #7: Get Devoted to Learning. The #1 skill of super successful people is that they are relentless learners. While others are wasting time on low-value websites or watching mindless reality tv shows, they are listening to audio programs, studying books on leadership and success and basically creating a rich, beautiful and meaningful life. As you journey through each day of 2010, make the time to fuel your brain with ideas on excellence and creating your absolute best. Nothing's more important than that. And please remember that all it takes is a single idea to transform the way you lead and how you live.

Do give me your thoughts whether you have any other advice that can help others..

Happy Xmas..

Until then 

Sharad

Quote: Wake up at 5:00 am. It is God's time. Anon

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

Dear All,

Resolutions are critical for everyone but only if we implement them earnestly. At least we should try!

Like all human beings, I am sure your list is bubbling with pointers for efficiently ringing in 2010. But what are you thinking about to have on your list. Is it studying harder, saving more, completing assignments quickly or having more fun.

I know of students who put all or some of these as their new year resolution goals. But how many of them actually follow through is another story.

What have been your experiences of your friends and family who make new year resolutions.
Would be wonderful if you could share how your friends and family use the resolution tool. And maybe we can all learn from them.

And do share your one resolution that you can actually follow through on.Well atleat try with full earnestness. It could be just on saving money on making international calls, renting a car, movies or just partying.

Lets see what 2010 has in store for us.

Meanwhile let me quickly start writing my 2010 to do list.

Cheers

Quote: A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.



Anonymous

ENTERTAINMENT SAVINGS.. PART 2

While last time I wrote about sharing your entertainment experiences, this time I am writing to you on a definite saving on entertainment expenses.


Whether you are spending on movies, eating out, travel needs or amusement parks, there is one companion you cannot do without. And that is the "Entertainment book" of coupons. I am sure you have heard about it and deliberated its worthiness.

Take it from me and hosts of users, it is a MUST HAVE. With your investment of under $35-45 per geographical area, you save atleast 3-4 times on your usual spends. And god help you if you are a shopping afficianado. In my personal opinion it is almost impossible to exhaust all the coupons.

Here is the concept behind the book. Amazing saving coupons from branded retail outlets for the daily user to the shopaholic.

You need to remember that while you can buy the book anytime of the year, coupons are valid from start of the Year i.e. Jan-Dec. So why not promise yourself and start saving on what you spend on anyways.

Contact me if you would like to order the book and save additional $$$$ over any other offering.

Cheers

Quote: "The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment."

— Dave Barry

Not Just Phone Savings

While I blabbered more than once on phone savings, no one can just endlessely be a couch potato and just phone talk. You gotta go out in the real world. Entertain yourself.

Be it movies, concerts, stand up comedy, nba basketball games or driving on highway 1 in california, a student has to spend smartly and yet live it up.

It would be interesting to hear from students who have entertained themselves in traditional/creative ways and saved along as well. Or one cannot have fun without blowing wads of money. Lets share..

Write in to share your own entertainment secret and how you creatively saved $$$$$$

Cheers

Quote: "I am amazed at radio DJs today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for."

— Jasper Carrott