Have you decided on your target(s) and goal(s) for 2022 yet?

A while back I was listening to an old Jim Rohn recording on YouTube. For the unfamiliar, I consider Jim Rohn to be one of the founding fathers of modern personal development. Anyway, he tells a story about a Q&A session he was leading. It was toward the end of the 1980s and one of the questioners in the room asked him how he expected the 1990s to look. They wanted to know the big trends and the big changes that were on the horizon. Jokingly, Rohn replied: It’ll look about the same. The idea being that change is hard and doing the same thing over and over tends to be the default. 

In the spirit of that, I am inviting you to ponder three questions in advance of your 2022:

1. Do you want your 2022 to be different than your 2021?

This isn’t a given. You might have had a great 2021 and are looking to just keep it going. You might be grateful for what you had in 2021 and see no need to do any more. It is totally up to you whether change is right. 

2. What is one big thing I want to do?

Too many goals are the same as no goals. Nothing gets done. Instead of 3, 5, or 10, why not just have one? One goal. Don’t worry! If you get it done by January 25th then you can set another one. I won’t charge you for it. 

3. What is one thing I must stop doing?

Nobody has a bunch of free time. Nobody is just looking for things to do. Whether you have a job. Whether you have kids. Whether you are paired up or single. All of us are busy. To do one big thing, we have to stop doing something else. BTW – the answer to this question is how you evaluate whether you are serious about question 2.

Change is hard and doing the same thing over and over tends to be the default. So, what’s on deck for your 2022?