2007 had been a great year. I went through a lot of growth and changes in both my personal and business life. The hoildays were busy days but a good time to connect wiht friends & family and just spending time with loved ones.

The New Year reminds us that we are starting anew. Starting fresh. I remember when I was a child, in school, that it’d be great to go away for Christmas, or I think they call it winter break now to be PC. Anyways, it was great because you knew you were starting all over again when you returned from school. In business and life (outside of the 4 walls of school) we seldom get to reset or start over as we did when we were in school.

We typically just plod on and continue to do the things that we were doing. There’s no summer breaks, winter breaks or even spring vacation for us entreprenuers and business owners. Even people who work at corporate jobs. We just continue to plod along. And then once a year we go through the Holidays and come to a New Year where we are reminded to examine our lives and to try, reflect and make adjustments.

I really think doing this once a year is not enough. But it is also a good reminder that, althought we might not be able to reset our lives as we did when we were in school. We can definitely make changes and adjustments. And we shouldn’t only do them once a year for new years because we feel the social pressures to make new years resolutions (just like everybody else)…many of them that we won’t even keep.

No we should be examining our lives and measure and test to make sure that we are on the path that we that leads us to our goals, dreams and the end results that we desire.

But we shouldn’t forget to stop and smell the roses along the journey. I am often reminded that we get into the hustle and bustle of life and often forget to stop and just appreciate the things around us. Like go out for a walk on a sunny day and just lie downand watch the clouds, floating through the blue sky. Or listen to birds chirp and do their dance and sing a song. Or how about just watching the rain fall and seeing if we can see the lightining.

Those are some of the mysteries of nature and life that we often over look.

Or spending time with your son or daughter, if you have any and just play with them or be with them without having to worry about a phone call, rushing to a meeting or getting to that done. Just giving them 100% of your undivided attention. How many of us can honestly tell ourselves that we can do that? I know, I am guilty of that as well … so you are definitely not alone.

If you don’t have children, I’d say you can try applying that with neices, nephes, cousin’s kids or even just when you spend time with your friends or significant other.

There will be definite adjustments and changes for 2008 that I’ll be making, but I will also remember to stop and smell the roses from time to time. And why not have a little check up and exam once a quarter or if you’re ambitious, you might even try once a month or even more frequently. For me I’ll be trying out the monthly time interval and seeing how that goes.

Happy New Year to you and yours and we welcome 2008!
May it be your best year yet!