The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that we try to change our life by making difficult changes.
Forget about those. Remember all the C’s you got in some subject back in school? Life is like school. There are certain things we get C’s in – no matter how hard we try.
For example, let’s say you really suck at playing the piano. In the past, you might make a New Years resolution to take more piano lessons and practice at least two hours every day. And you know down deep in your heart that you are never going to be a good piano player.
So, what to do? It’s easy. Get more A’s in the things that you get A’s in.
No, I’m not kidding. Let’s say you are really good at something – like planning parties and entertaining guests.
So here’s the deal. Make a resolution to be even hotter at something that you love doing. As a party planner and entertainer, why not raise the bar on your party productions? Cook better food? Wow the guests with more interesting people that you invite? Provide unforgettable live music? You KNOW what I’m talking about.
Too often in life, we are trying to make up for our past weaknesses, or we are trying to accomplish something so difficult that the reform effort actually interferes with what are born to do.
Okay, okay – you’re probably saying you that you really do want to be more physically fit this year? Or you want to save more money? Or pay more attention to your family? Fine, but then again I have to ask you, “What is possible, practical, achievable, and potentially very successful?”
Here’s the answer. What “difficult” thing can you get A’s in? What tasks can you accomplish that will likely NOT earn you a C?
You know what those are. For example, instead of resolving in 2010 to save a million dollars, why not try to save a hundred dollars this week? Now that is possible, practical, achievable, and potentially very successful. Now there is an A in the making!
Back to my original thesis. Shouldn’t we do what we are good at and then get better at it? Isn’t doing what we suck at just beating a dead horse? Why waste time with that stuff?
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