What To Do With New Year Momentum

I bet there are few people alive who are excited as I am about starting a new year!

What I love most is the feeling of starting with a clean slate. I love selecting a new theme for the year and this year’s theme is “Hungry For Success”.

In this video, I show you how I’m using my excitement for the new year to increase my success with the goals I’ve chosen for the year.

What goals do you have for this year, and how will you use your excitement to strengthen your resolve to see them through?

Get Serious About Getting Serious

Can you believe that 2011 is almost over? It seems like the older I get, the faster the years are starting to fly by.

You know what terrifies me? The thought of getting to the end of my life and not accomplishing the major goals I set out to accomplish. Does that thought scare you too?

Ironically we’re all guilty of procrastinating and putting off starting our goals. If we’re scared not to accomplish them, why do we delay in starting? Why do we talk ourselves out of what we really want?

There are several reasons for this, but I believe the biggest two are fear and not being serious.

Time To Get Serious

I like to write about fear because it’s so debilitating. The feeling is real even though the reason we feel fear of success or failure is not. It’s simply the mind’s attempt to keep you safe, but at the same time it holds you back. Your mind isn’t structured to help you excel or thrive, it’s wired to help you survive. So anything above survival will be uncomfortable to do because it’s outside of your mind’s purpose.

You just have to talk yourself through your fears. Your goals won’t accomplish themselves, and saying “one day I’ll do it” won’t get it done either. Everyone feels fear, whether they make it look easy or not. And the famous people we look up to like Oprah, Bill Gates or Michelle and Barak Obama feel a stronger level of fear because they take bigger steps than the average person. They’ve just figured out how to feel their fear and do it anyway.

So if you have goals you wanted to accomplish in 2011 but didn’t, it’s time to get serious. Create a plan of how you’ll reach those goals in 2012, and think about the ways in which your mind convinces you to delay action. Come up with ways to get around this and take action TODAY.

We can keep dreaming about our dreams or we can finally move forward with what we want. Which choice will you make today? What accomplishments have you chosen for 2012, and how will you get started right now?

How COURAGE gives you power

Part 2 in my series “The Power of Your Dreams” is How COURAGE gives you power.

People often succumb to their fear instead of using it to make them courageous. In this video I give 4 ways you can use courage to your advantage and get further in your goals.



How courageous are you when it comes to your dreams? What other ways can you use courage to take you farther?

Do Your Dreams Have Power?

I’m so excited to bring to you a new series I’ve been working on – called The Power of Your Dreams. In this series I show you how to use those dreams you have about the life you want to fuel your achievement.



In this introduction video I explain why I created this video series and how you can benefit from it. I also give you the structure and steps you need to use the power of your dreams to be the awesome person you were created to be.

As always, I welcome your comments and feedback to our discussion.

The biggest injustice in your life

How often are you on Facebook or Twitter? I usually visit for a few minutes each day. Sometimes I get inspired to talk about the trends I see happening on either website.

It absolutely hurts my heart to see so many capable, dynamic women who are wasting their talents every day. I get comments and emails about what people are planning to do – and I see people being stuck in their comfort zones with fear of failure holding them back.

If you were upset about Troy Davis, you should also be upset that you’re not living in your full potential. It’s sad that he’s dead and gone, but what about you? You’re still alive and breathing, yet you’re not doing everything you can to live life to the fullest.

Don’t waste your God-given gifts by continuing to play small. Take at least one step today to get closer to your dreams.

You Are Already Enough

We have this misconception in our society that in order to be successful, you have to become someone else. “I’m working toward the person that God made me to be”, we say. But if we’re made to be something – aren’t we already what we’ve been made to be?

This mindset ties into the inherent belief that we aren’t good enough. Let me ask you – why aren’t you good enough? Exactly as you are? What changes do you believe you need to make in order to be a successful person?

If you’ve not received any other message I’ve written about, please believe me when I say – you’re good enough, just as you are, to reach your dreams. You’re not broken. You don’t need to be fixed.

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Your Goals Are Waiting

As of today, there are 121 days left in 2011. I hope you haven’t given up on your goals for the year – because you still have time!

In January I wrote about setting a theme for the year, as opposed to setting resolutions. I’m really happy with that decision and I think it worked well for me. I can truly say 2011 has been epic for me – and just think, it’s not over yet!

Do you feel the same?

If not, here are ways to make sure you get it in with the time we have left.

Don’t Beat Yourself Up

If you haven’t gotten as far as you wanted to go thus far, dust yourself off and keep pushing. Now isn’t the time to beat yourself up or hold a private pity party. You don’t have time to waste on that. Instead, take a deep breath and start from where you are right now. Besides, beating yourself up feels like discipline, but it’s really not. After your emotions turn negative, it’s harder to get back on track. So don’t derail yourself further by beating yourself up.

Redefine Your Focus

I find that the later it gets in the year, the easier it becomes for me to lose focus on my priorities. It’s incredibly easy for family, work and social commitments to get in the way of my chief aims. If this is true for you, now is a good time to cut back on doing those things that aren’t helping you get to where you’re trying to go. It’s okay to say no and put yourself first, really it is. And with the months we have left in 2011, the more you stick to your main focus it’s more likely that you’ll reach your goals before the year is over.

Edit Your Plans

If you sat down in January and planned out the year, now is the perfect time to reevaluate those plans to make sure you do everything necessary to reach the finish line. You can reallocate your time and resources and decide whether some goals are still attainable – or if some of your goals will be accomplished in 2012 instead. This way, you can account for all the unexpected changes you’ve had this year (without beating yourself up!).

Celebrate How Far You’ve Come

I admit that I’m not good at celebrating the milestones to my goals. When I’m feeling pessimistic about my progress, it’s easy for me to minimize what I HAVE accomplished and not celebrate the successes that I’ve already experienced. Take time out to pat yourself on the back. Use the momentum of knowing you’re a winner to push yourself to the end of the year.

What are the goals you’re planning to reach by the end of the year? It’s not too late – share them with me in the comments.

5 Reasons You Need To Act TODAY

The procrastination monster strikes the best of us, but sometimes procrastination turns into something worse. You keep putting off your dreams, then one day you wake up and look back on what ‘could’ve, should’ve would’ve’ been. It’s easy to let your fear – of failure, success or possibly both – keep you from acting. But there are 5 critical reasons why you need to act on your dreams TODAY.

Time Waits For No Man

People have been conditioned by society to believe that the older they get, the less likely they are to achieve a big dream. Most people talk themselves out of going back to school if they are older than 22; moving overseas once you’ve started your career is definitely out for most; and you can forget dropping everything and pursuing a huge dream once you’re married with kids. Or so people say…

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Only The Crazy Succeed

If no one has called you crazy, then you’re not trying hard enough to succeed.

I was talking to a close friend the other day about a big idea she has. Her excitement was so contagious and her vision was definitely one I appreciated. Then, the next day, she told me that she shared that vision with someone else, who called her crazy.

Has this ever happened to you?

It’s frustrating sometimes. You see things differently than the people around you. Instead of those people respecting that, they’ll call you crazy, and say things like “good luck with that!” or just shake their heads. Why are things that are different necessarily bad?

We don’t all have to agree. Heck, we all don’t agree and rarely do. So it’s not like someone with a different outlook, a different goal or a huge aspiration is something new.

Let’s look at a few people who were called crazy for wanting something different:

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If You Fail To Plan…

I love it when you guys send me email. I squeal like I’m 4 years old and just got a treat from my granddad. Here’s a reader’s question, posted with her permission. I’d like you guys to chime in with your perspective and any tips that will help our fellow Motivated Boss Lady with her situation.

From the Motivated Sista Mail Bag:

A Motivated CEO writes: I hope all is well with you this morning or afternoon… I have been a reader of your blog for a little over 7 months now and I enjoy reading your posts they are very powerful and most of all inspirational to me…

I’ m a 26 year old Black woman who is single. I haven’t been in a relationship for 4 years, majority of my friends are in relationships and sometimes its hard to be the only single person in the group. For some reason I can’t find love nor anyone who interest me. I’ve had alot of guys approach me but once I start talking to them I can tell we are on two different pages. I’m just in a place in my life that I just don’t want to keep dating just to date I actually want to date and hopefully find my husband and the father of my kids. People say I’m crazy because I’m only 26 and already looking for a husband but I say I’m not getting any younger I’m getting older….

I’m also struggling with my career I just finished school for event/ wedding planning but am currently working at an insurance company. I know my dream is to be a wedding planner but right now am kind of content working at the insurance company. It’s a great company but I know this is not what I want my career to be. I get sidetracked alot and that’s a major issue for me and something I’m trying to work on… my goal is by the time am 30 I want to be successful and comfortable where I am financially. That’s my goal and only have 4 years to reach it and at the pace I’m going I’m not sure if its possible. But like you said in your post (we are the only people that’s standing in our way) I’m the only person who can stop my dream from happening but its so much easier said than done… can you give me any advice on my confusion????

Girlfriend, I have two words for you: Specificity and Planning.

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