Let me start with a disclaimer: I
am no fan of New Year Resolutions!
Having said that, I have been
watching a socially active friend of mine who would religiously put up a
concept of a single word focus for the year at the beginning of the year.
Yes – a single word. It is not a
resolution. Just a single word to define the focus for the year.
I had debated with him – how can
it be just a single word? Can it be a combination of two or three words to
describe? My wise friend wasn’t impressed – he said it doesn’t work that way.
It has to be a single word!
Hmm, an interesting concept. That
led me to think. You need to think of a single word that is going to determine
the direction of the whole year. Wow!
Yes, it is a brilliant
idea. To arrive at that single word – one goes through lots of emotions and thought
processes. It is like writing the Vision/Mission statement for your Company.
Ultimately when you narrow down
to the single word focus for the year, you would have gone through quite a bit
of feelings, logical reasoning, analysis, intuition, ambition, wish etc.. Yet a
single word. Thank you my friend!
Yes, I have thought of mine. Would
you like to give it a try?
Happy New Year all!
