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“We often spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done; cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws; but for potential.”  Ellen Goodman

Happy New Year! and I hope you had a terrific Christmas. Everything about this edition is aimed at supporting you to have the best year ever. I have included a personal post about making commitments instead of resolutions. I never seemed to be able to keep to resolutions so I have been making commitments for the last 30 years and you know what? It works for me. Let’s commit to making 2019 our best year yet.

New Year – Get Clear! From one of my hero’s,
“You are more likely to be successful in achieving goals and New Year Resolutions if … you get clear on what you are trying to achieve and why; you make a plan on how you will achieve them and you win support (including challenges) from others to help you get there” Farren Drury MBE– his piece is our first article.

From our Resilience coach Damian Piper‘s piece ‘Want peace of mind to enjoy the holiday season?’

I picked out his for his 4Ds:

•DO

•DELEGATE

•DEFER

•DITCH

Thanks Damian for sharing this with our Leadership Pack readers too.

Each month I trawl Ted.com for presentations which I think may inspire you. I hope the four I have chosen hit the mark this month. If you only have time to take in one I personally recommend: Looking to get ahead in your career? Start by being respectful to your co-workers, says leadership researcher Christine Porath.

This month’s quotes have been taken from my wife’s @JoyceRaw1 and @livelikearaw twitter feeds – thanks Joyce.
I am also live on Twitter: @DoshLtd sharing leadership thoughts at 7am, 7 days a week. We welcome new followers!

Steve Raw FinstLM, FCMI, GCGI

Email: steve.raw@dosh.org

Blog: http://www.leadershipintheraw.org

It’s not about how good you are,
It’s how Good You want to be