By Dr. Dike Drummond, Guest Writer

At the end of one year looking into a new one, you don't want to miss a few important opportunities.

 

Year-End Challenge

These simple tasks can make a huge difference in the year ahead, and I challenge you to take them.

 

#1 Document Your Accomplishments

Take a moment to document all of the things you actually accomplished and all the milestones you achieved in 2021. Then make sure to give yourself a solid pat on the back.

I am certain there is plenty to acknowledge yourself and your family for—we just tend to overlook the good times and successes when we are under pressure. Without taking a few minutes to make a list of all the things you are proud of once in a while, you can easily lose perspective, and burnout can sneak in around the edges.

 

#2 Set Your Intentions for the New Year

Sit down—both on your own and with your family—and make a short list of things you want to experience or achieve in the year ahead. It is stunning how this one activity can make a huge difference in your success. Dozens of my physician clients have said they wrote their list and forgot about it, then found it years later and noticed all the boxes had been checked. The power of written goals is huge, and taking time to write them down is so easy to overlook.

 

#3 Plan Your New Year's Breakthrough

My team created this tool just for physicians—a powerful year-end planning process that can produce a breakthrough for you and your family in the year ahead. We call it the Physician's New Year Breakthrough Worksheet. It contains just 10 questions and takes about an hour to complete.

Use this link to get your copy of the Physician's New Year Breakthrough Worksheet.

No rush. Grab the worksheet download and print it out. You will have plenty of time to work the questions at your leisure in the weekend ahead or in the first couple weeks of January. Take some time to sit down with a cup of tea and your favorite pen. Answer the questions—don't think too hard. Write as little or as much as you would like. Then, tuck the exercise sheets away so you can review them this time next year.

 

By answering these 10 simple, logical questions and then tucking your answers away so you can pull them out a year from now, you are tapping into the power of your clearly stated intentions to bring you your “Best Year Yet” in the new year.

If you really want to power up the process, make two copies and work the questions together with your spouse/partner or a close friend.

This is much more fun and way more effective than any New Year's Resolution ever! It's not magic. The power of clearly stated, written intentions just seems that way sometimes.

CLICK HERE to download your copy of the Physician's New Year Breakthrough Worksheet.

 

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Do you write down your intentions for the new year? Have you found it to yield powerful results?