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It’s mid-year, so why not reassess your New Years’ resolutions?

What New Years’ resolutions?

Remember?  New Years’ Day or slightly before or after, you set out some goals. Lose weight. Write a book. Learn karate.

Oh, yeah. Now I remember. But that was so long ago.

I know it seems like it, but… you still want to do those things, right?

I suppose so. But it’s another six months until next New Years’.

Why do you need to wait until next New Years’?

Well, because…they’re New Years’ resolutions. So, you know – I need to wait ‘til next January. Get psyched up for it.

But if you start now, you’ll get a six-month head start!

Doesn’t that defeat the whole New Years’ resolution concept? Won’t that cause chaos in the streets? Won’t that poke a hole in the entire space-time continuum and life, as we know it –

Hold on there, pardner. Wasn’t one of your resolutions to cut down on caffeine?

Oh, I said that out loud?

Look – if you think about it, every day is the start of a new year. So any day is a good time to start a new years’ resolution. Or at least check on your progress; get you back on track – that sort of thing.

Okay. But you’re sure the space-time continuum will survive?

I would answer that, but I just made a new new years’ resolution not to respond to silly questions.

When motivational speakers & best-selling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson were trying to get Chicken Soup for the Soul off the ground, they had a simple plan for success; do at least five things every day toward getting the book noticed. They sent excerpts to reviewers, contacted radio stations for interviews, called bookstores, and anything else they could think of to get their book planted into the minds of the masses. By making it a point to take just five steps every day toward making the book a success, their Chicken Soup series has sold over 112 million books, and has been translated into over 40 languages!

Whether you have a large or small goal you wish to accomplish, if you make it a point to do five things every day geared toward that goal, you’ll find yourself reaching the finish line faster than you could’ve imagined.