Don't take the easy option

Have you already broken a New Year's resolution? It's great to have a dream, but keep an eye out for other possibilities.

- Ann Callaghan

Now that we are well into 2025, how are your New Year’s resolutions going? Did you make any this year? Are you powering ahead with your best laid plans?

For most of us, our resolutions and plans have gone by the wayside. We put them aside, thinking we’ll pick them up again when we have the strength or the motivation.

Sometimes it’s just distraction that keeps us from our plans and goals; sometimes we make a better plan, or see an alternate path to a new dream.

And that is good. Being totally focussed on a dream can result in missing opportunities that come along.

For others, it’s not distraction, but a kick in the guts, that stops you from pursuing your goals and dreams.

Something hits you from left field, totally unexpected, and leaves you floored. But it is crucial that you get back up, because that’s what successful people do.