Welcome 2023

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!