IN 2015 YOU SHOULD...

 


1.    KEEP GOD FIRST
Cliche? Maybe, but you can't neglect this. When you think about all the amazing things we can achieve and accumulate here on earth, but notice at the end of the day we leave them all here and go with none of them. So this world is just an opening act. So, God should be at the forefront of everything we dabble into. Reading the bible, praying, worshiping him is very important. With God's approval we can stand before any man/circumstance.

2.   NOT BE SCARED TO THINK
Notice I didn't say 'worry'. I mean think! Task your brain! Most times we are scared to think to certain places in our minds, scared to question ourselves, scared to admit our faults. Sometimes we are scared to think about our future, scared to generate and develop ideas we have. We have so much capacity to create amazing ideas in our brains that can be fruitful. So this coming year, fight the barrier of not thinking, of not tasking our brains.

3.  PLAN AHEAD
Jot down. We cannot predict the future, but we can take steps towards it. Most times we tend to head-plan and not write down bi-monthly/yearly goals we hope to achieve. It goes a long way. Strategize, draw business/growth plans, develop ideas. There is no limit to jotting down, just use it as an expression and pour out all your thoughts-in writing. Soon all the dots will connect.

4.   DO IT
Fear is a bitch. It fights us and always wants to defeat us. Whenever you have an idea, fear tells you stuff like "You're just one of many" or "you don't have capital or connections" or "theres no time", or procrastination kicks in and puts the final nail in the coffin. If you have an idea, after much research and strategizing, make steps, start the race, build the foundation and move towards actualizing them. We can't keep lying to ourselves that we aren't good enough.


5.   NOT DO ANYTHING FOR FREE
Simply put. Nothing good comes easy. Sometimes people tend to always seek services for free at a cost of friendship or familiarity. This new year, don't do anything for free. Time and effort is money and it's high time we realize that. Also you also should pay people for services they render no matter how small. Simple principles of business.



6.   NETWORK !!
Business is definitely built on relationships. Everywhere you go, network, sell yourself{market yourself}, Simple and short. Networking never goes wrong.



7.  DROP THEM, IF NEED BE.
As we grow older, we may grow past some of our friends/relationships and that's okay. You may not be into the things those friends do, and there's just no correlation. Friendship should be built on mutualism. Gaining from each other, learning, growing off each other. Your friends have to be in line with your goals. If not, drop them off. Life is too short to carry excessive weight. Always try to have intellectual conversations that you can feed off.



8.  RESEARCH
We plainly hate doing this. But it very important. Going into a business? Do lots and lots of market research. Basically, ask questions from people who run similar businesses or have past experiences, use 'GOOGLE' !! It's so simple yet so difficult. EVERYTHING you need is on there. Proper research helps cover all the loopholes there is going into any business/field.



9.  PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN
Can we just put it down? Try and leverage the beneficial activities you do and match it up against the hours you use your phone doing basically "nothing''. When you do use your phone try researching on your interests, look for opportunities. Its seems simple but its very hard. Doing other leisure stuff like chatting, using Instagram, Tumblr and all are very enticing but at the same time highly time consuming and as we know TIME is money.





10. LIVE A LITTLE
Why not? Don't be too hard on yourself. Loosen up, warm up to others, don't be stuck up, being stuck up isn't the new cool. Dance! a lot.. Laugh a whole lot too, its free at least. Its okay to have free-spirited conversations too, you can't have intellectual conversations all the time, ease up sometimes. Also create lots of family time, they are the most important people in our lives.