Winds of Change
There seems to be some mystical wind blowing through the world breathing a message that nothing will remain unchanged, iconized by Obama’s historic inauguration. A nation puts its hope in its first African American President. If you took a car without an engine to a mechanic, anything he did to make it run would be an improvement. That’s the America that Obama has inherited from his verbally incompetent predecessor. Whatever he does, no matter how small or insignificant, will be an improvement compared to the tangled mess he has been handed. It seems, thank God, that the prerequisite to serve as the most powerful man in the world no longer requires the ability to repeatedly shove one’s foot in one’s mouth in numerous different ways. To this, Bush could say, “Yes I can.” Anyhow, that wasn’t where I was going with this newsletter. It seems that change is in the air for everyone.
If you spent the 31st of December rapidly scribbling down the things you’re planning on doing or changing or achieving this year before the champagne corks started flying around the room, you should already be 1/12th of the way through your list. If you remember where you put your list after the cheers of “happy new year”, or “thank god that year is over” became more important than your unwavering intentions of getting back into the gym or giving up smoking or writing that book, and you turned your attention to joining the wild festivities.
Actions speak louder than words. Actually doing what you wrote down on your resolutions list is a far better way to feel good about the list when December comes around again and you rapidly write the same stuff down on a clean napkin in another bar just before the clock strikes 12.
So, go find that list, and paste it on the inside of your cupboard door in your bedroom, so that you see it every morning when you’re getting dressed. Take each item on your list and plan how you’re going to do what’s on it.
If this year isn’t getting you closer to your dreams, then this year is over before it’s begun. Adjust your plans or adjust your dreams, but don’t let a year get squandered.
I’ve had a phenomenal 2008. It started off rotten, bleak, and grim, and I turned it into an amazing year, perhaps one of my most amazing years ever. I didn’t make fortunes of money. I didn’t win the lotto. I simply changed my attitude and looked for things that made me so incredibly happy to be alive that I couldn’t wait to wake up each morning, and I didn’t want to fall asleep at night because there was still so much of life to enjoy that I didn’t want to miss out on a single moment. I was tired a lot this year, come to think of it, but I only remember the euphoria.
So, why Obama, new year’s resolutions and winds of change. If the grass is growing under your feet, there’s a few options open to you. You can sit and wait to see what the new American President will do for you. You can stand there and see if you like what grows. You can take a step back and watch it grow in front of you. Or you can take a step forward and let the grass grow as it will behind you, while your eyes are fixed forward on where you want to be.
I’m stepping forward. You?
Till next time.
The Imaginator™
Adam Rabinowitz is the Senior Lecturer at Regenesys Business School
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