I
have been buzzing around with excitement and anticipation for 2013! It
could be because I will be turning 50 this year and I’m looking forward to what
the second half of my life will be.
As
I’ve been talking with people, there seems to be a general sense that this year
is going to be a year full new opportunities. Yet, with each opportunity
come new threats and obstacles that can diffuse our excitement and deflate our
energy for seizing them. Every opportunity we are afforded will come with new
responsibilities and will need to be met with adjustments to our attitudes,
habits relationships, routines and schedule.
In
order to make such adjustments we must first start with a new way
thinking. It has been said that
one’s attitude will determine one’s altitude. However, attitudes are the sum
total of the way in which one thinks.
If you enter a new opportunity thinking negatively then it is likely
that you will only see the challenges and obstacles. But if you enter into each new opportunity with the
expectation that you were built for the challenges then you will create the
environment for success and overcome each obstacle.
Seizing
opportunities requires creativity and an attitude that can see possibilities with
every challenge. One accomplishes
this by a having spirit that is determined to forge ahead amid uncertainties.
People who succeed in this way are people who find solutions to every possible
problem and enjoy the rewards that come with the newness of each opportunity.
Carpe Diem!
Dr. Toni
www.drtonialvarado.com
