As we head into 2009, the world is aflood with resolutions and promises for a better future. That’s great and I wish the well wishers the same back.
I am truly blessed in my personal life which I try to keep out of this blog. Everyone should be as happy as I am with family and friends.
Success is what you make it. A turn of a calendar page doesn’t make things all go away or turn around. I’ve found that it’s the result of persistence and hard work. For true success, there is no low hanging fruit.
The load can be lightened, however, with the assistance of others. Finding the right people to collaborate with is the key to success that goes beyond the reach of a single person. 2008 was a year of unbridled collaboration for me. I’ve run into so many people online who have made me more productive. To them, I am so thankful.
More than that, many of the people that I work with daily have made major breakthroughs in what they do that have inspired me. I have local face to face networks that are coming together and are growing together at impressive speeds. I am so thankful to be able to work with them. They’re known by acronyms like CIESC and ELTIP and are constantly making breakthroughs as their abilities grow.
There are road blocks and hurdles along the way that we all meet. I find that those who are growing are no longer complaining about the challenges; they find ways to meet or circumvent them. Their new skills and collaborations make them more powerful problem solvers. The ones that complain are the ones that are stuck in a rut.
Between online and face to face, I am so thankful for the hybrid group that I get a chance to work with regularly. We Twitter and chat online regularly but periodically meet face to face to turn small ideas into huge ones.
These groups of people provide the inspiration to continue to work at whatever I do professionally.
I’m not about to make resolutions that I can’t live up to. I do believe that the seeds are planted for great things to happen. It’s just going to take effort and that’s always possible.
But, we all feel that we have a need for resolutions, so I’ll include one, courtesy of a Twitpic from Craig Nansen.
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