Well, we are almost at the end of February already!

How many goals, or resolutions did you set for yourself or for your team for 2014?  1…10….100!

Our brains are designed to avoid change, and can become easily overwhelmed easily when dealing with too much change.

Try listing your 2014 goals and resolutions and have someone else read them back to you (or put them on post-it’s and stand back to see the bigger picture!)

What do you see/hear? What is your ‘big picture theme’!  Create a word or phrase that represents YOUR theme for 2014.

Once your have your theme, you can focus your efforts on looking for, and making decisions around opportunities that fit with your theme.  One theme is much easier for your brain to deal with, and allows for much more creativity and flexibility in achieving success.

My theme for 2014 is PROFILE.  I am deliberately looking for and making opportunities to increase my profile in my chosen industry, and hence my credibility – this is a small part of my bigger plan, but gives me a criteria on which to make decisions about the opportunities that do present themselves.

So again, what is YOUR theme for 2014?  What will help you or your team to move forward this year?

Happy theme-ing!

Michelle