Let’s start the new year by putting our best foot forward. I’ve got 8 questions to help you take stock and gear up to make this a fantastic new year. Take a moment to reflect:
1. What’s the feeling you want to bring to your daily work in 2018?
Yes, YOU get to choose—be intentional and dial in to what Dallas Travers calls your “compass feeling.” Choose how you want to habitually show up in the world.
2. Which specific strength of yours do you want to lean in to in 2018?
Maybe it’s an unacknowledged strength or one that you’ve “back-burnered” to avoid taking action. Think what you could accomplish by using this strength.
3. What’s a truth about yourself that you want to own up to and acknowledge in 2018?
We all have shadow parts of ourselves that we hide and this prevents us from being fully present as artists and as people. To bring our best, we need to be whole. Think what might help you be more completely yourself, shadows and all.
4. What small habit could help you grow your creative imagination?
How might you stretch your senses and expand your sense of wonder? How about drawing a small picture after dinner each evening—do it with your partner or family. You might exchange new stories each week with a friend. Think how else you might make, build, or regularly create something new.
5. What project are you most excited about?
For the new year, think what project you’re most energized (and perhaps also nervous) about. Most likely it’s the one that will help you grow the most and make the most impact.
6. What will completing this project bring to your life?
How will it change things for you? Think of the results beyond the immediate goals.
7. What are you afraid of?
In terms of this project, what scares you?
And what else? (the truth this time)
8. Who and what do you have to help?
Count your blessings: think of your support network, your habits, your strengths. Start this week—who can you call to brainstorm your project with? The most important thing is to start.
Happy New Year!
This week: write out your answers to the 8 questions. Then include these in a letter to your future self. I love this: you can arrange to have your letter emailed back to you a year from now so you can reflect on how far you have come!
And if you’d like to have a conversation about your goals and plans for the new year, and how coaching might help you get past whatever’s been holding you back, let’s talk! Reach me at Angela@BeyondTalentConsulting.com.
Let’s get 2018 going!
Dream Big, Plan Smart, Live Well
