Wendel Abel
MAKE 2006, the year you achieve enhanced relationships, prosperity and happiness.
A. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE
1. We must assume full responsibility for our lives.
2. Stop expecting others to do things for you.
3. Stop blaming others.
Many successful persons will tell you that their lives shifted the moment they started to take responsibility. We must carve our own futures and chart our own destinies.
B. TAKE TIME OUT TO PLAN
"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."
- Anthony Robbins.
1. Sit and make plans for the year ahead.
2. Set goals and ensure that these goals are specific and realistic.
3. Evaluate the achievements of these goals throughout the year.
C. EXPERIENCE ENHANCED RELATIONSHIPS
1. If you are hostage in a relationship, then you need to get out. You need to be a volunteer in all your relationships.
D. AVOID NEGATIVE PEOPLE, NEGATIVE PLACES AND NEGATIVE THINKING
The Bible teaches that whatsoever a man thinketh so is he. We become what we think and we are influenced to large degree by the people and places we associate with.
1. Avoid the negative places and shed yourself of the negative people in your life. These negative persons are the people who are always complaining, finding faults and always criticising. They are toxic individuals. They can be poisonous to the soul.
2. Associate yourself with persons who are encouraging and who are more inclined to offer positive affirmations and good advice.
E. ACHIEVE FINANCIAL PROSPERITY THIS YEAR
For improvement in your financial affairs you may need to take the following steps:
1. Start saving more and spending less.
2. Seek professional advice, many financial institutions provide these services.
F. ACHIEVE SUCCESS AT WORK OR IN YOUR CAREER
Have you been thinking about furthering your education? Let this year be the year it happens. You may need to start by taking by enrolling in a part-time course or start evening classes.
G. ENJOY PERSONAL HEALTH
1. Start exercising and paying attention to your diet. Exercise is the single most important investment that you can make to the quality of your health.
2. Ensure that you make your regular visits to the doctor.
3. If you are receiving treatment ensure that you adhere to your treatment.
H. INVEST IN YOUR LIFE
1. If you want to see real turn in your life, you may need to get a personal life coach.
2. Invest in a few motivational and self-help books and material.
I recommend the following: Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins; Your Best Life Now by Joel Olstein and Meditations by Dr. Sheila Mckeithen.
These can be obtained at the UCT Book Store in Kingston. Call (927-6708).
I. CHANNEL THE HIDDEN POWERS WITHIN IN 2006
"Deep within man dwell those slumbering power; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionise his life if aroused and put into action."
- Orison Swett Marden
J. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE
"Things do not change; we change,"
- Henry David Thoreau
If you keep on doing what you always do then you are going to get what you always got. Channel those hidden powers this year. Commit yourself to changing your life for success and prosperity. Whatever is your intention or your goal, you can do it. Stop putting off things. Start now. Even if that start is small! Remember that the journey of a thousand miles start with a single step.
A happy and prosperous 2006.
Dr. Wendel Abel is a consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer, University of the West Indies. Email: yourhealth@gleanerjm.com.
