Happy Thursday!
The weekend wrapped up Christmas with this week and the excitement for the New Year and the transformational journey that is ahead of us.
Welcome 2023💫
As I approach the New Year, I always start with a big, blank canvas. The power to create a year that meets your unique needs and wants. Paint with whatever colors you want, use whatever brushes, and choose whatever style you want. Your New Year, by design.
As a plan for 2023 begins to form, I will make sure to keep hope, connectedness, and growth at the center.
• Why Hope? Hope is powerful. It is inspirational. It is the fuel for vision.
• Why Connectedness? Connectedness is important and has all kinds of health benefits: reduced anxiety, higher self-esteem, focus on empathy, and improved immune systems. If that wasn’t enough, having trust-based relationships where cooperation and collaboration are the focus makes for amazing work environments. When a team is only as strong as its weakest link and focuses on helping that link, it shows the power of teamwork. I want to be a part of such an organization, don’t you?
• Why Growth? Growth allows us to dream and dream big. It allows someone to say, “never done it but I can learn it and do it”. Growth is essential as it keeps us moving forward, learning, and evolving.
Ending this year's “Thursday Thoughts” with an anonymous quote I found online years ago. It lives on my office wall and reminds me of the need to plan out your dreams. It reads, “A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action becomes reality.”
Here is to dreaming (and planning) big in the New Year!
Happy Thursday all,
-srt
P.S. Happy New Year!
