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How's Your Staying Power?

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Original Publication Date:
January 2007

Our troops are still in Iraq; Keith Urban is still in rehab, still married, and still at the top of the charts; and, Nicole Richie is still skinny. Britney has kicked K-Fed to the curb; the voters have kicked Republicans out of their seats; and, the Dallas Cowboys have kicked enough field goals to make Parcells proud. Ah, the highs and lows of life! Science has long been telling us the world turns 'round and 'round. I think they need to look closer; they might discover it's really moving up and down. And everybody on planet Earth is on the same wild ride as we head out of the old and into another brand New Year.

Yes, here we go again. A New Year is right around the bend. Isn't it amazing how that happens? (Kind of sneaks up on us.) We know it's coming, yet we think someway, somehow we can cheat time or stave it off for just a while longer. We think we have enough months or weeks or days on that current calendar to still get everything on the to-do list done. After all, we have plans— little plans, big plans— and we're bound and resolute to carry out those plans—we just need a little more time. In the end, though, we always lose, and time marches on whether we're ready or not.

What you did or did not accomplish in 2006 is history. Whatever business is left undone remains undone. Whatever goals fell short, well, they simply fell short. I don't know how you'd rate 2006, but I can guess that for some of you there were many ups and downs and it wasn't exactly the stellar year you had envisioned. But the fascinating part about life is that it does give us the chance to do more or do better or do something different than what we had done in the past.

What you are able to accomplish in 2007 is yet to be realized and is out there, just over the horizon, waiting to be written in your next chapter of the book of life. Now, that's exciting stuff. A New Year brings with it a fresh beginning and another opening to make of it whatever you choose. I'm not going to beat around the bush. I'm going to get right to it—time is of the essence. I want to get you thinking on the right track so you can get off to a great start. I want to give you some simple but powerful pointers as to how you can make that happen. I need to ask the question, how's your staying power?

Pz's Pointers on Staying Power for the New Year

1. Stay the course

First, you need to establish if the course is worth staying. Don't stay on the sinking ship if you know the iceberg has been struck or you're going down with Captain Smith. Don't stick with a stinking war if you know there's no chance of winning what you went there to win or you'll pay a bigger price than is necessary. If, on the other hand, you determine that the course you're on is worth the fight, then fight. Fight on and fight hard. Fight with all your might. It's hard to keep at a task or follow a dream if things aren't going as well or happening as fast as you would like. The more common response is to get discouraged, give up, and move on. Don't you dare give up. Don't you dare move on. Keep going. Keep plugging away. Keep making strides, no matter if they are baby steps—keep at it.

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