Success in 2009 Starts with Today!
Posted by Peter James | Posted in Balanced Life, Welcome | Posted on 02-01-2009
Tagged Under : Balanced Life, business, entrepreneur, getting started on the right foot in 2009, how to become successful, inner peace, jiu jitsu, lose weight., Reimagine, secrets of success, self development, self help, self improvement, Success, success in 2009
EEEEH! EEEEH! EEEEH!….
I was awoken this Friday morning by the 5 am alarm clock on my iphone. As I wiped the crust from my eyes and stumbled into the bathroom, I realized that today was really the 1st day in 2009. I turned on the shower, debating whether to really count the 1st, which is more of a holiday than a typical day. Now that that was over, I had to once again teach a Muay Thai class at 6 am, just like the Fridays of last year.
As the water warmed, I stepped in the shower and thought about why this is considered a new year. I mean, yes the calendar has changed, and the dates on my checks will have 2009 on them, but other than that, what exactly is new? My routine is still the same. Nothing significant has changed in my life, and yet I am supposed to be excited for 2009?
That’s when it hit me (not the water, of course). If you plan to reach all of your resolutions in 2009, then TODAY is your opportunity to get started on the right foot. TODAY is the one day you must have the courage to change. TODAY is the first in a line of 363 other dominoes waiting to fall. The choice is yours whether they fall the same way as last year.
Make a Change
It is time to replace the words ‘New Year’ with the phrase ‘New Opportunity’. If you are expecting to make this year better than the last, then you have to make a commitment to change by taking your first big action TODAY. That is your opportunity.
Do something different. Take that initiative, and let the rest of the year follow suit. Many of us spend our Holiday recapping the prior year, and thinking about all the wonderful things 2009 can possibly bring for us. Well, the only way any of those things will come true is if we start to make a change right now.
Not tomorrow.
Not next week.
Not on Monday.
Today!
If you plan to lose weight, then start that diet today. If you plan to get in shape, make today your 1st workout. If you drink coffee every morning, maybe for some motivation today, you should try tea. The point is you must make an effort to change.
If you just go about the same routine as last year, how can you expect anything to change? Think of the movie Groundhog Day. Until Bill Murray actually made a change, he kept waking up to the same pattern over and over again..
That is why it is imperative to start on your resolutions NOW. To help get you motivated to do so, Yin vs Yang has come up with some resolutions of our own.
A NEW Year at Yin Vs Yang
This being our 2nd year, we have decided to take a more routine approach with our writing. We are going follow our own advice on change and set a new weekly routine.
- Mondays - Personal Development through Jiu Jitsu
- Wednesdays – Personal Development through Business
- Fridays – Video post or Video review.
In between, we will have random topics, jokes, stories, and quotes. However, this routine will give everyone a chance to know what’s coming, and when. So if you are a fan of the Mixed Martial Arts world, then you know every Monday I will have a story for you. If you read Yin vs Yang to improve your networking, business approach, or financial situation, then Wednesdays will be for you.
If you are a fan of the increasing popularity of videos on the world wide web, then Fridays will be a fun day for you.
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Take some inspiration from Yin vs Yang and make a change today in your own life. Our goal this year is to help make 2009 the best year for all of us. However, it all starts with today. Are you up for it? Inspire us all by leaving the change you are going to make in the comments section below.
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“I’m Starting With The Man In The Mirror. I’m Asking Him To Change His Ways.
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer. If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place, Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change.”
-Michael Jackson from the song ‘Man in the Mirror‘
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