What You Do Next Year Matters

Here we go again.  It comes around but once a year.  For some New Year’s Eve is the biggest party of the year – I always wonder if it’s because of what they are leaving behind or because of what lies ahead.

Today, on this final tick of the clock for 2018, I challenge you to find reason to celebrate “your year.”

Then, tomorrow, begin your focus on 2019 and decide what you’ll achieve.  Your year should be about… making, creating, DOING.

That’s what leads to ‘living’ versus just waking up like groundhog day; where there’s never any difference and nothing ever matters.

That’s not for you.  That’s not who you are.

You are a doer, a goal achiever, an action taker, a make-things-happen person, a creator of possibilities for your patients.

You can write down your New Year’s Resolutions, but nothing on some list makes any difference.

It is all about what gets done.  It is all about what you have to celebrate one year from now.

So, what do you want to accomplish in 2019?

You will get 365 days and the only thing you will have to show for it, to remember it by, to build upon is WHAT YOU DO with each of those days and making them all count.

We’ll get back to Dentistry and Patients next week.  This week: let’s remember (as I have been reminding you over the past few weeks)…

Your life is bigger than dentistry as it’s about more than just patients.  It goes far beyond you showing up here being with your team and doing what you do.

Your life is about You.  You get to decide who is in it and how you fill it up.

This week, let’s engage in some future perspective.  Share your goals with each other.  Talk about the life changes, improvements, and enhancements you want to make.

You will be a lot better for the people you are sitting around right now and for the patients you serve if you do more for yourself outside the four walls of your practice.

Tonight, you end one year and begin another.  The most important decision you have to make is, when this celebration happens one year from now, will you be proud of all you’ve put in and all you’ve got out of 2019.

You could have a lot more to celebrate based on what happens next.  You are in control because what you do matters.  Next year could be a year to remember – or you can end up just like everybody else; just happy another year is over and a ‘new’ year to try yet again.

You’ll only get out of it what you decide to do.  It’s the DOING that ultimately will make 2019 matter – and give yourself more to celebrate than ever before!

Now is your time.  Make 2019 count.