2015!

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2015 was terrific! Now you might not understand how incredible this statement is until you take a look at how awful my 2014 was. Yes, I said awful. Read my article here on how 2014 turned out (zoom into #7&8). Notice how I said 2015 would be the best year yet. Notice how 2015 did became my best year yet, last year. LOL!

To be honest, on all fronts, 2015 was a great year. I won't begin to mention how great...one blog post isn't enough. But I'll tell you what I did to make the year turn out so great! And it's so simple, it's unbelievable (and annoying, really):

I set lofty goals. Honestly, I cringe each time I say or write this; because I see, in my mind, people rolling their eyes at this comment. This is probably because goal setting is the most overstated and underused principle in human history (a little hyperbole never hurt anyone ;)). But seriously, there is nothing new in goal setting, but I believe people get it wrong in 3 ways:

1. In actually setting them! LOL. Some group of people don't just set goals. They believe what would be would be. I believe in making things be. True. So I always set goals. Always. And the goals are lofty, so even if i don't make them (I didn't make all of them in 2015), I'd have stretched and become a better person in the process.
2. Write them down and put them where you can see them frequently. I wrote my goals down and put them on my bathroom door (see pic below). I crystallized all of them into 5 important 'rocks' (template was borrowed from my office :D), covering my physical, spiritual, professional (career), financial, and emotional life. I see this everyday and it serves as a constant reminder.
3. Do them! This part I missed out in 2014. Execution is a critical skill! And it can be learned. It involves breaking down the goals into little blocks, and including timelines for achieving them. It involves periodic reviews i.e. reality-check: where am I vs where i planned to be. It also involves revising the goals where necessary.

All these and more made 2015 a success; and I'm grateful. In my usual fashion, I end this piece with 6 things i'm grateful for in 2015:

1. Grateful to God, who crowns every effort with success.
2. I'm grateful for my family, and for the deeper relationship I'm forming with everyone of them.
3. I'm grateful for my mentors. You guys keep pushing me upwards. God bless you!
4. My besties, friends and colleagues, thanks for accepting my weirdness :D
5. Folake Okunubi and Buki Agbeniga, for leading the best and most effective (*wink*) training I received this year, thank you!
6. For my blog readers, thank you for your patience. I deprioritized writing in my blog on purpose in 2015, so I'm sure you mustve missed me. But not to worry, writing is on my list of goals for 2016. Stay tuned!

God bless you people! Let's be deliberate and make 2016 our best year yet. Happy New Year!

Cheers.

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