Examine Your Life

Socrates stated that the unexamined life is not worth living. How often and to what degree is a topic I will save until a later date. However, the Yew Year certainly provides everyone with a perfect opportunity to reflect on his or her life and plan for the future. Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within states that people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year, but underestimate what they can accomplish in a decade. I have come to embrace this statement. In our culture of immediate gratification many individuals and businesses only recognize the short-term perspective.

I urge you to spend some time during the following days and sit down and take a good look at your life with pen and paper in hand. Look at all of the areas of your life. Don’t solely reflect on those areas that are not in an ideal state. Write down all of the positive things that have happened to you and that you have accomplished. This is not a time to judge or plan, only to reflect. The planning will come shortly after.