New Year - New Goals - JD's Fifteen Rules to Master Your Life

To start off the New Year. My Fifteen Rules to Master Your Life

1. Solutions, Solutions, Solutions. Okay, I heard the problem
now what’s the solution? There’s always a way and an answer.
Your job is to find it.

2. Daily Improvement (DI) - Decide – Resolve – Act. Everyday do
just 1 more thing to improve.
What if you improved 1 thing every day?

3. Take Action and then takes some more. Get in the game.

4. Never Quit. - Promise yourself you will never give up.

5. Be A Leader. Step Up. Life needs more leaders not followers.

6. It’s all about Choices. You always have choices, make the right ones.

7. Gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude and then some more Gratitude.
We all have so much to be thankful for.

8. You can either get Results or make Excuses. You can’t do both. Your choice.

9. Put everything in Perspective. Things can always get better and
they can always get worse. So no whining, just make it better.

10. Laugh at life, laugh at yourself. Life ain’t all that serious until it is.

11. Celebrate Success. Don’t follow the culture and knock the successful.

12. You are responsible for your life, so take responsibility.

13. Go for your Dreams. No, I mean REALLY go for them.

14. Understand Life is not Fair. So what, just more challenges
to overcome. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees.
Be Strong

15. Master the 3 F’s (Family, Fitness & Finances) and the 1 C (Career)
and you”ll get an A at Life. And life will reward your effort.
So, Just Do It!!!!!!

2009 Goal Setting Video - Joseph McClendon II

I've had the privilege of meeting and working with Joseph over the years at different Tony Robbins events....

Looking Back - Looking Forward

I always take advantage of the end of the year to sum up the previous year. I write down all my accomplishments and success's in the following 6 areas:

Family
Health & Fitness
Career
Finances
Contribution / Social
Stretch / Personal Growth

I also sum up areas that need improvement and were weak last year. The goal is to make an honest assessment of what I accomplished, what I need to accomplish and where I stand today. I also use the time to celebrate my accomplishment so as to build on them. I also use the assessment to feel and express gratitude for all I have in my life. After completing my sum up of 2008 it is time to design my future and what I intend to accomplish in 2009..........