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Eight Resolutions The Most Successful People Make & Keep

Well, it’s that time again—time to start rolling out the New Year’s resolutions. Some of you will vow to eat less, exercise more, live in the moment, be more grateful. You may even decide to bury the hatchet with the family member who makes you so crazy. But what about your New Year’s business resolutions?

This time of year is a great time to start making—and keeping—business resolutions, too. But sadly, like our personal goals, we often make them (year after year) with sincere intent only to see them quickly fall by the wayside, as we revert to (bad) habits that we have vowed to break. But what about the most successful people and their resolutions? Have you noticed how the most accomplished people just seem to identify important things and consistently get them done?
Study successful people long enough and you start to pick up on the resolutions they seem to consistently make. Following is the Mind Chi version of this article.

#1 Spend more time on the NOT to do list!

Strategy is the art of sacrifice. That’s why you may consider creating a larger clearing for what really matters by first identifying, and then avoiding, what matters the least. Your time is a treasure to be invested. Creating a list of things that you are not going to do, allows you to invest more of your treasured time on the few things that matter the most. Mind Chi step 7 – plan for the 24 hours ahead, not only what you are doing, but also the best BE-ing state to accomplish your activities.

#2 Essential first, email second

What’s the first thing you do in the morning? For many of us, it is looking at email. We wake up with a renewed mind and spirit, ready to take on the world, and then we immediately allow ourselves to be distracted by an insignificant email. Instead, wake up, take on the most important task of the day, and then (and only then) hit the email. Mind Chi steps 1 & 2 – get control of your body and mind and then focus them on the BIG picture.

#3 Resolve to think about “Who” instead of “What”

Do you work for a “What” business or for a “Who” business? Successful companies run the risk of focusing too much on their current products and distributors thus—the “What”—losing sight of the constant and dramatically changing needs of their customer base. (The “Who.”) Insurance, pharma, health care, higher education often listen too much to their agents, doctors and professors. The real innovation starts with the end consumer.

#4 Resolve to find your purpose with Mind Chi!

People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. Starting a career, a company or any kind of journey that is based firmly on your purpose is foundational to success and happiness. If you don’t know your company’s purpose or even your own, finding one is the worthiest of resolutions. Mind Chi Basic routine helps you to find and accomplish your purpose.

#5 Resolve to invent more choices

Here’s a secret that happy people know that I learned from my friend Dr. Dan Baker: You can’t feel grateful and fearful at the same time. And one certain way to become afraid is to feel trapped by any situation. The remedy is choice. The more choices you feel you have, the less trapped—and happier—you will feel. So this year, resolve to do a bit of brainstorming every time you feel unhappy.

#6 Resolve to get outside your jar 

You can’t read the label when you are sitting inside the jar. The sad irony of being an expert is that it keeps you from seeing possibility. After all, you know what works, what doesn’t, what you can afford, what’s been tried in the past. Instead of relying only on your expertise, learn how to find other experts solving similar challenges to the ones you are facing. Go ask them what you may be missing.

#7 Resolve to be the creator

What is the outcome you want? What stands in your way? How do you overcome these obstacles? These three simple questions will keep you from being victimized by any situation. Creators change the world. Victims just bitch about stuff.Mind Chi steps 3 & 4 – clean up any negatives from the past 24 hours and only save the lessons plus gather your successes form the past 24 hours as well, build your self-confidence and motivation.

#8 Plan vacations (now)

You have probably heard the saying, “Life is what happens when you are not paying attention.” Unfortunately for many of us, we let this become true. Do yourself a favor and plan your vacations for the next year today. I promise you that the days around your vacation will fill in nicely. I also promise you that you’ll have something to look forward to and the life that happens during your vacations will be precious. Mind Chi step 8 – one minute of reflecting on all the things for which you can be grateful is a mini-vacation every day.

Happy New Year.

Original article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemaddock/2012/12/30/ten-resolutions-the-most-successful-people-make-and-then-keep/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=linkedin

UK Christmas blighted by workplace stress, a new survey reveals

Workplace stress puts a damper on the joys of the season. Fight back with Mind Chi, grab the reins of control and take just 8 minutes a day to build your resilience and have a JOYfilled celebration.
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73% of workers worried about work in the run up to the festive season

50% expect Christmas to be interrupted by work. A new survey has revealed that the Christmas break may offer no relief from workplace stress for UK workers, with a staggering 73per cent of people worried that work will spoil their Christmas cheer.

The study, commissioned by leading UK health cash plan provider (HCP) Medicash, found that over a quarter of people (27.7%) worried that they would end up missing out by having to work over the festive season, while over 23per cent worried that their Christmas would be plagued by thoughts of work.

Surveying over 1000 workers across the UK, the study found that although 58per cent of people had not voluntarily taken extra hours during the Christmas period, over half (50.5%), had previously had their Christmas break interrupted by work, with 37per cent admitting it had happened more than once.

Results showed that people working in the IT and Telecoms sector were more likely to have to work over Christmas (39.8%), followed closely by retail, catering and leisure workers (39.4%). People working in the finance sector were most likely to be distracted from Christmas merriment by thoughts of heavy workloads and looming deadlines (39%), while those working in the professional services sector were the most worried that they wouldn’t get their work finished in time for the holidays.

Workers in the North of England were most worried about having to work through the holidays, with Manchester coming out on top (40%), followed by Newcastle (34%) and Liverpool (31%) and in the Midlands, Birmingham (29.8%).

The research also revealed that over 41 per cent of all respondents felt pressure to take on more hours during the holiday season to cover the cost of the festivities, which was the highest in Newcastle (34%), followed by Manchester (32.2%).

Results also showed that respondents in the South of England are the most likely to be plagued by thoughts of work this Christmas, with the highest number of respondents in Plymouth (28.6%), followed closely by London (27.3%) and Southampton (26.8%).

Commenting on the findings, Sue Weir CEO of Medicash, which commissioned the study, said: “The Christmas break can offer a welcome reprieve from the stresses and pressures of work, however the results of the survey show that for many, this might not be the case.

“Workplace stress is a very real issue affecting over 400,000 people in the UK every year, amounting to 10.4 million lost working days and costing UK businesses an average of £3.7bn each year.

“The results of the study are very troubling, showing that many people not only feel pressured to take on extra work to pay for Christmas, but also feel an inability to relax and switch-off over the holiday period.

“It’s important that employers are aware of this issue and make every effort to avoid making unrealistic demands on their employees, which can result in adding extra pressure and strain, to what is traditionally an extremely stressful time of year.”

Source: Http://news.advogroup.co.uk/uk-christmas-blighted-by-workplace-stress-a-new-survey-reveals/