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10 Things You Can Do In 2018 To Go From Good To Great

As each year passes, a new one comes by. As a result of this, many people set resolutions and try to set themselves up for success during the new year. It takes more than just a few words to achieve change.

There are things that you have achieved in the previous year that can help you to go from good to great this year. It’s not always about accomplishing everything at once, but instead improving year after year. My biggest goals for 2018 are to be even better than I was last year.

Here are 10 things you can do in 2018 to go from good to great:

1. Do What You Love

Becoming great at anything will require a considerable amount of hard work and if you aren’t pursuing something you can get passionate about, your motivation to continue will fade rather quickly. Find things that you love and channel your energy through those things.

No matter what skill you seek to improve, you will experience hardships and you will probably feel discouraged when those difficulties pop up. If your love for your goal doesn’t exceed your level of discouragement at that time, there’s a good chance you won’t muster the motivation to work past that point.

2. Have The Right Team 

Surrounding yourself with the right team is key to advancement. Whether it’s a coach or a mentor, you need to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. It’s almost impossible to make it all by yourself so pick genuine people to put around you.

3. Become A Force of One

Get out of your way and stack yourself for success by channeling your thinking, feelings and doing all in one. Think about the thoughts that serve you, feel the feelings that empower you and do what you know needs to be done. Disciplined thinking combined with disciplined action is an unstoppable force.

4. Communicate

Great leaders communicate sincerely, often and in many different ways to everyone in their organizations. They inform, provide feedback and motivate through honesty and intelligence. Connect with all your people and cultivate multiple channels to keep a steady stream of communication.

When you hear your own words and messages repeated back to you from your employees or partners, you’ll understand that your impact is going far. Communication is important in anything you do in life. Whether you’re trying to build a stronger relationship with a significant other or your clients, communication is vital.

5. Be Creative

The achievement of greatness never happens on a linear path. Think creatively and open yourself up to new possibilities by trying new things. Creativity is extremely important because it allows you to use your imagination and it expands your brain. Tap into your creative instincts often and regularly!

6. Give Your Best Where You Have Your Best To Give

This is your chance to be unleashed. The best play to their strengths, they spend more time doing things that make them strong and they focus less of their attention on things that make them weak. This set of actions builds energy and momentum. Instead of getting drained, you get charged up and you grow where you can improve best.

7. Stay Focused

Focus your time and energy on one primary goal at a time and avoid getting pulled away by potential distractions. Devoting yourself to multiple actions will probably decrease your attentiveness and quality put forth on various tasks. You can become great at multiple things, but you should only focus on one thing at a time. Trying to pursue too much at once will limit the amount of time and practice you can devote to any one thing, thereby making it more difficult to grow in any one skill.

8. Be An Inspiration

When times are tough, be the person that people look to for inspiration. Don’t just talk, act. Reassure your employees and help them overcome their doubts and anxieties. Model the kind of positive behavior you want to see in them. Don’t just try to be an inspiration in your career, be the best role model you can be in all walks of life.

9. Execute

Taking action is how you make things happen. Anyone can talk, but it takes a real strong individual to pursue their talk. Throw massive action at whatever you need to do. Even if it seems like you’re only taking baby steps at a time, you’ll eventually hit your stride. When you keep taking action, you learn faster. Each result teaches you another way how for doing something or how not to do something. Sometimes, the only way to get past some problems is to overwhelm them with action.

10.  Accept Change

Most people are okay with the changes they decide to make for themselves, yet struggle with the change that is forced upon them regardless of their own will. To get great at anything in life, you’ll need to stop getting upset by unexpected change and start learning how to adapt to change as it comes.

Learning how to adapt in itself is a skill worth becoming great at. Life rarely goes according to plan, which is why you have to be able to adapt to whatever situation is thrown at you. Life is a roller coaster and those willing to accept change are the ones who progress the fastest.

Conclusion

The previous year has given us a lot of things to either improve or continue. However, just being being good is not good enough. Becoming great is what you should achieve to thrive in whatever endeavor you are pursuing for this year. In this post, I shared with you 10 things you can do in 2018 to go from good to great.

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