It has started.

It’s everywhere.

It has people running, with their hands over their ears, eyes tightly shut.

You recognize the din – it’s not banging pots at midnight or ubiquitous fireworks that create such a response in us - it’s the plethora of advice, challenges and motivational articles designed to help us make the most of the next 12 months!

I am tooting on my own little noise maker as the calendar page turns to January… adding to the cacophony of blogs, coaches, articles, teachers, sermons… and yes even parental lectures.

I will be brief – a short attitude adjustment – because what we believe is true, and what we think everyday as a result of our “truths” has everything to do with how we perform in 2012. No matter what we say, it is what we actually do that reveals our innermost convictions.

So what are you thinking?

On a scale of one to 10 rate these simple attitude statements                           (10 is “essential” 1 is “nonsense”)

• I assume the best about others, their intentions, their efforts…
• I act in a generous manner to others….
• I am grateful every day…
• I accept I am a gifted person with something to share with the world…
• I know my purpose is more than eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work…die.

That’s it for today - just 5 attitudes

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There is enough noise out there about change/improve/perform. I am not inviting you to change. I don’t have to - change is already happening, constantly, inevitably.

I am inviting you to control the direction of the changes happening within you this year. As a result, for you, 2012 won’t be about simple change.

It will be about transformation.

So what was your score – remember transforming action comes from these transforming beliefs – the attitudes build on each other - in reverse order to the list above:

·         Faith – My purpose is beyond the physical – there is something more.

·         Acceptance - I believe in myself and my mission to touch the world

·         Gratitude – I humbly appreciate all the blessings in my life

·         Generosity – I have been given so much, so freely, I am free to give

·         Freedom – I accept others without fear. And without fear:

                                            … I can love.

And that is the most powerful attitude of real leaders everywhere.

Happy New Year!