Happy New Year to the Same You

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Welcome to 2022! Take this opportunity to kick off the New Year without resolutions and instead start to focus on your strengths.

Welcome to 2022! I can only hope that the new year brings you all the joy your heart can hold. I know that the last two years have been incredibly stressful. Perhaps the last two years have helped you clarify what you want from life. Or you’ve taken the leap to explore experiences that bring you joy. Many people take the time to make resolutions to improve themselves in the new year.

My suggestion to you for 2022: Don’t change.

Rather than focusing on ways you need to change by adding new skills, focus on how you want to be better at what you already do.

I’ve written about the need to set professional development plans that allow you to identify ways to learn, refine and teach other skills. Within this model, you can focus on strengths you already have, identifying ways to improve what you’re already doing well (but perhaps better). I believe we improve our lives when we focus on our strengths, rather than look at our lives from a deficit point of view.

So for the new year, don’t change!

Instead, look at ways to set realistic goals that allow you to improve who you already are.

Focus on Your Strengths