So the year is coming to an end. Between you and me, didn’t 2008 pass so fast?

One of the best things we can always do at the end of the year, is to look back how we spent our past year… and plan about our goals in the coming new year.

Because without looking back and learning from our valuable experiences, we can never grow and succeed more. Because we end up making the same mistakes that took our time last year.

You see the secret here?

So let’s a take a pen and a piece of paper right now, and write down in short simple words…

1. What major things did you accomplish this year?
2. What major goals do you want to achieve this new year?

For more exact results, you can look at your each month and remember what you did and the results you got.

Then write down what you learned from it - any lesson that you can use next time for faster, better results.

By learning from your results in 2008, you make sure your 2009 will be much more successful and not just the same, as it is for most people.

This is a secret that top successful people always use.

They never let one valuable experience go unnoticed. That’s how you keep growing and succeeding more.

Now it’s turn for planning for your next year. Because without knowing where we are going, we can never possibly get there.

It’s just like you meet someone in the plane and ask him where he is traveling to. He replies…

“Umm, I don’t really know. Hawaii would be nice. Sydney might be inetersting too. Ummm, and I’ve heard a lot about Tokyo. And… So I’m going around for now to see what happens next. “

Won’t you feel it is rediculous then? Does it make any sense?

The same is with your life and planing for your next year. Without knowing where you’re aiming for, you can’t get there. Period.

So make a list of major goals you want to accomplish in 2009. Right now.

Congratulations!

These two steps that you took just now, are going to help you tremendously in achieving your dreams this coming year. You’ll see it very soon!

To your bigger success in 2009!

P.S. Stay tuned for the Christmas Idea #3 coming in the next couple of days.

Have you ever been in a crunch point?

Have you ever been a situation where everything was going fine, but suddenly a big problem happened that messed up everything…

You knew you need to act fast or your business or personal life change dramatically… but how could you make the best choice so fast under stress?

Some examples for a Business crunch point could be…

• A huge competition suddenly appears, stealing customers away from you, leaving your business on the path of going broke…
• Your servers go down suddenly after a big product launch, losing you tens of sales every few minutes…
• You create and launch a new product but almost no one is buying, so you are desperate what to do…
• And so on.

Some Crunch Point example in your Personal life could be…

• You find out that your partner who you love so much is going to leave you. You are so worried and desperate what to do and get him/her back…
• One of your family members suddenly passes away, and you are so sad that can’t get anything done…
• Someone steals your bag in the street, taking all your credit cards, ID cards, and some other important documents…

What would YOU do in these situations?

You know that sudden challenges happens to all of us, and usually at times they are least expected.

So how do you handle a Crunch Point?

Would you like to discover how to stay calm and easy going under these situation and manage everything perfectly fine, so not only you solve what happened, but also you gain the big respect of people around you?

Yesterday I finished reading a book called “Crunch Point” by Brian Tracy, and it was about this very exact topic. So I decided to share my review about it for you here…

This book shows you some easy yet important techniques you can use in every day life to face crunch points and manage them easily.

You will be amazed how more calmly and comfortably you can handle any big or small challenge from now on.

I took lots of notes from this book in my Success Notebook and review them from time to time to get the mindset automated to use every day. Life is much easier this way!

Even though a few parts of it were tips that were common sense, but still it contained so many new helpful tips that certainly made the book worth reading.

You can find it in your local bookstores or get it online at Amazon.com.

Let’s make life and its challenges easier and more fun!