{"id":168,"date":"2022-01-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T13:34:56","slug":"new-year-new-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/new-year-new-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year New Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you don’t act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can’t have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0— Robin Sharma<\/p>\n\n\n\n


January is the time of year when I examine my habits developed over the course of the year, or continuations from years prior. The good ones, the bad ones, and sometimes even the ugly ones! I believe that there is one big decision that everyone needs to make and manage, especially if you\u2019re a leader every single year. You may not even realize it, but literally ONE habit can radically change your life and\u00a0leadership, if you practice it daily! This can be the habit of removing something bad from your life, and\/or developing something good into your life! (Or BOTH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are (7) great habits that I believe if you can form just one of them, could be a game changer for you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Make a commitment to grow a little everyday (Continuous Improvement)<\/strong> — Either you\u2019re growing or you\u2019re dying. Listen to a podcast, read a\u00a0blog, read a motivational article, read Sam’s blogs(hint), and overall just learn to become better at something-everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Value the process more than the events <\/strong>— Yes, abso-flippin-lutely, crossing the finish line is great, but what about the journey it took to get there? Be grateful for the process because it\u2019s part of your life; you grew during this process. You learned something through the process. Be mindful of what you learn on the way to that glorious \u201cfinish line\u201d..\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Don\u2019t just sit around and wait for inspiration <\/strong>— Take action. Waiting for something to inspire you? You will probably be waiting forever. DO what it takes to complete that thing you always wanted to do.. Take action and, you might be surprised, the inspiration will come (here\u2019s an extra hint: you’re committed to your own results)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Be willing to sacrifice for opportunity<\/strong> — Sacrifice has a very bad rep. Especially in business and\u00a0leadership! But sacrifice leads to significance and impact. We typically equate it with giving something up. In reality, it\u2019s about making something sacred. Think of what you really want: more quality time with the kiddos, bettering your health. Think of sacrifice not as giving something up, but as making the time for what you value, what you see as important!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Dream BIG<\/strong> — What are you risking if you don\u2019t dream big? The possibility of the dream becoming a reality. The most successful people look at the risk of what will happen if they don\u2019t take action towards their dream. So, write down your dreams; think beyond what you believe you are capable of. You might be surprised what you can achieve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Plan Plan Plan your priorities<\/strong> — The act of writing down your dreams and goals makes them more real and actionable. Think of the critical daily tasks it will take to achieve what you want. Practicing those daily tasks and marking them off will help you to achieve what you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Last but most certainly not least, DON\u2019T. GIVE. UP. <\/strong>— While it\u2019s true that the journey to the finish line will bring you great reward, why quit before you actually get there? Even though there will be times where the end seems literally impossible, hang in there. The last thing you want is regret. So, put your head down, surround yourself with people who support you and will help push you and hold you accountable and achieve what you set out to in the first place!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


What habits do you want to eliminate for the new year? Is it Smoking? Your health and diet? The people you hang around with? In addition, what habits would we like to establish? Regular daily exercise? Getting up earlier to kick start your day? Flossing your teeth? Consistent prayer life and\u00a0time with Jesus? How do you want our days to look in the\u00a0new Year? Now is the perfect time to make some important decisions for your life and the direction of it. Then you can put together some systems to manage those decisions moving forward! Success needs to just be a daily habit. Plain and simple. Write some stuff down and start acting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you don’t act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can’t have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.\u00a0— Robin Sharma January is the time of year when I examine my habits developed over … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samgembel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}