Be a wanter. Wanters vigorously go after every possibility they feel is, or should be, open to them. Because of their desire and persistence, they tend to achieve about 80 to 90 percent of what they want. When you only want half of that, you may end up with even less. If butterfly only put out half effort to break through cocoon casing, it would never come to life. You have to want more to get more. Set up realistic yet high enough standards for yourself and work on measuring up to them. It's certainly acceptable to use accomplishments of others to give you creative ideas and perhaps motivating energy force you need. Be daring in mind and spirit first. Take chances and act without overdoing research which can lead to procrastination and doubts and non-action. I once read that if you think you can do it, it's almost a crime not to try.

Remember - you want to be seen as butterfly, not bug. You won't be readily noticed (at least not in a positive manner) if you are crawling on ground or hiding for protection. You need to break open your cocoon and let your outer self be displayed so that others know you are alive and waiting for them to discover your real attributes. Each time we reach out to do more than what is expected, we add just a little more positive goodness to world. By sharing yourself as a delicate yet determined butterfly, you share your victory of emergence and offer encouragement to others to do same. Let your rainbow colors shine and glimmer!

You've now got an opportunity to end this year with a feeling of achievement. Seize opportunity and make most of it.

Start by defining for yourself your vision, dreams and desires. Make this specific and exciting so that you feel inspired to follow through with action. You may need to break this down into smaller pieces. For instance, if you want to grow your business, there may be a number of different opportunities that you choose to explore. Now define strategies that you'll use, how you're going to do it. In example of growing your business, your strategies may include research, sales and marketing, increasing employee numbers or finance. Now go through each strategy and brainstorm possible action steps. Go for as many as you can, being open to different and creative action steps, rather than sticking with what you would normally do. Sometimes most outrageous actions steps turn out to be best and most productive.

Then at least once a day visualize your dream; achievement that you want to make and see what you feel is next thing to do. Visualizing keeps your plan alive and you inspired, and allows you to see right actions to take. Taking committed action every day moves you towards your desires. At same time give yourself opportunity to step back and review what you want and what it will take to get it. Time spent regularly stepping back and re-evaluating your plans can save you a lot of time as you see what no longer needs doing, doesn't serve you or needs to be done differently.

What I want for you is to be achieving and on right track to your dreams by end of year.

Wendy Hearn Personal and Professional Coach

She works with business owners, professionals and executives to discover and unlock their own inspiration, to effortlessly take the actions required to have the success they desire. To receive Wendy's free newsletter, send an email to: newsletter@wendyhearn.par32.com http://www.Business-Personal-Coaching.com