83 Ways to Make your Best Year Yet 2011

83 Ways to Make 2011 Your Best Year Yet

* Be the most positive person you know.
* Get 1% better everyday.
* Define your “game-changing” move in 2011. Then get it done!
* Take more risks.
* Do something that scares you everyday.
* Be a team builder, regardless of your title at work.
* Remember that business is about relationships and connections.
* People need motivation, accountability, and know how. Deliver it.
* Write your eulogy and then live your life backwards.
* Know your Big 5: the 5 most important things that need to happen by the end of the year to make 2011 feel like it truly has been the best year of your life.
* Read your Big 5 every morning.
* Post affirmations on your bathroom mirror.
* Don’t focus on making money – focus on creating value.
* Lead by executing and getting results. No excuses.
* Strive to be ‘World Class’ in all you do.
* Read The 4 Agreements by Dom Miguel Ruiz.
* Train like a pro athlete – exercise more.
* Eat higher quality foods.
* Get a massage once a week.
* Attend a destination spa vacation each year.
* Have at least one other “dream” vacation each year.
* Remember – no one has ever regretted a great workout.
* Be obsessed with learning.
* Join a Mastermind Group. It will accelerate your results, improve your mindset, and provide you with fertile soil in which to grow.
* Be impeccable with your words – don’t complain, gossip, or be negative.
* Be careful with whom you surround yourself. Just as much as the right people can pull you up, the wrong crowd can bring you down.
* Plan as if you will live forever but live as if you’ll die tomorrow.
* Say please, thank you, and I love you more.
* Give someone a massage.
* Write love letters like you used to.
* Call someone you always wanted to talk to but never thought you could.
* Call an old coach or teacher and thank them for positively impacting your life.
* If you want to resolve a conflict, use the phone instead of email.
* Write a hand-written note to a client or customer.
* When you travel, send letters to your kids on hotel stationary.
* If you want more, GIVE more.
* Do or do not – there is no try.
* The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.
* Journal. What are you thankful for? What are your intentions for the day? Who is in need of prayer today? Where were you outstanding today?
* Clarity precedes genius. Find clarity in writing and solitude.
* Track your success.
* Slow down in order to speed up.
* Be willing to fail. It’s the price of greatness.
* Spend at least 10 minutes every morning in quiet time, prayer time, or meditation time.
* Listen to inspirational music. Create your favorite play list for chilling out as well as working out.
* Listen to books on tape and podcasts.
* Read The IMPACT! Body Plan.
* Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.
* Read The Leader Without a Title, The Greatness Guide, and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma.
* Watch a Rocky “marathon” with your kids on a rainy day.
* Do what you do best and hire the rest.
* Sometimes good is good enough. Don’t let “perfectionism” rob you of getting things done.
* “Color code your life,” says my mentor, Wayne Cotton. Green machine, blue sky, red tape, and mellow yellow. Visit www.nobrowndays.com for more information.
* Complete a 90-Day Wonder. What have I accomplished in the last 90 days? What are my current challenges? What will I accomplish in the next 90 days?
* Remember the 10,000-hour Rule. It often takes about 10,000 hours or 10 years to be recognized as an expert.
* Success takes time. Be patient, but continually invest in yourself.
* Work on your business, not in your business.
* Your big ideas typically come when you are sitting on a beach or skiing in the mountains.
* Hire only “A” players to build a winning business.
* Replace the bottom 10% of your players each year.
* Everyone in an organization should be considered a “leader.”
* Always believe in your dreams, even when they seem impossible or others doubt you.
* Focus, focus, focus!
* Water people everyday – lift people up instead of tearing people down.
* One quick “No” is better than 10 “maybes” or “I don’t knows.”
* Win the day!
* Remember what Walt Disney said, “Everything speaks!”
* Be more spontaneous.
* Block out the noise and focus on the signal.
* Develop a hobby.
* The bigger the dream, the more important the team.
* Run your own race – be authentic and original.
* Speak more. Write more. Read more.
* Turn OFF your TV!
* Eliminate excuses.
* Organize your time more effectively.
* “Eat that Frog,” says Brian Tracy. Do the things that you don’t like to do or want to do but have to do early in your day.
* Get your mind right!
* Do more of what you love to do.
* Action is like gas in the car. Without it, you will not go.
* Be humble…be hungry.
* Create IMPACT everyday.
* Live by the mantra, “… And then some.”

Implement any single item on this list and you will create change. Combine a few to really rock your world and the world of those around you. Explore, experiment and find your favorites. But remember, there’s more to it than implementing a list of action items. YOUR BEST YEAR YET will require something deep within YOU.

Todd Durkin International Performance-Enhancement Coach