January 14 – Are you measuring effectively? Do you set goals yet have no way of knowing whether progress is being made? Are your goals based on a target dataset, or is your target dataset the goal? What happens if you achieve that dataset? Is there no opportunity for next level achievement or is it merely checked off of your list as done? Does what you are measuring matter, and are you measuring the right metrics to achieve your goals? 

January 07 – Are you still getting to it? Is there something you have been meaning to get to or pursue and is at the top of your list each New Year?  Do you find yourself revisiting resolutions and goals that seem to be carried over into the next year and then the next? What are your reasons that you haven't made headway? Are they legitimate concerns or merely excuses? Is it your thinking that is limiting you, or are there limits outside of your control?

December 31 – Is your short-term building your long-term? Is the effort you are putting into right now building towards the future you desire? Are you intentionally focused on what matters the most towards reaching your goals? Are you nurturing what is most satisfying for you to accomplish with even the smallest steps? Or are you constantly allowing yourself to be pulled in directions that are distracting or slowing you down from where you ultimately desire to be?

December 24 – Are you giving yourself a break? Are you never good enough for yourself? Do you find yourself focusing more on what you are not getting done versus what you have gotten done? Do you compare yourself to others, only seeing where you are falling short instead of where you are uniquely you? Do you feel a need to constantly be productive as a measure of your own self-worth? 

December 17 – Are you redoing unintentionally? Are you wasting time redoing what could be simplified or systemized? Are you caught up in doing certain tasks over and over again that seem to be taking your time away from more profitable or value-creating activity? Are you irritated by having to redo something that should have been done right the first time?  Are revisiting situations or approaches to things without gaining any insight to how they can be more efficient or streamlined? Are there extra steps that are being taken that could be eliminated or enhanced? 

December 10 – Tired of waiting? Do you feel like nothing is happening as effectively or quickly as you would like? Is your patience being tested in realizing the desired results you have been so diligently working toward? Is waiting on a decision or someone else to get back to you causing you to second guess yourself or if it is going to happen at all?  

December 03 – Feeling the year-end crunch? Are you wishing you could slow down time a bit in order to get all that needs to be accomplished in these last few weeks done? Do you feel the weight of obligations, responsibilities and commitments? Has the joy of the season been replaced with to-do lists, a packed calendar, year-end deadlines and looming expectations?

November 26 – Too focused on keeping score? Is your approach to giving with an expectation of getting something back? Have you found yourself saying, “If I do this, they should do that?” Or “I have referred their business multiple times, and they haven’t referred me once.”  Are you continuously comparing what you are doing with what others are doing? 

November 19 – Have you subconsciously decided? Have you ever caught yourself shutting down an idea almost as quickly as it was presented? Or dismissing an opportunity before you’ve even explored what it might mean for you?  Have you unintentionally shut yourself off to additional options or possibilities because of limiting beliefs or preconceived notions? We dismiss ideas not because they lack merit, but because they challenge the beliefs we’ve never stopped to question. We “decide” long before we realize we’ve decided. We miss opportunities not because they’re wrong for us, but because they’re unfamiliar to us.