Embracing a Vision for Newness in 2008

This being the last day of the year, I thought I should inspire you with a vision for 2008: It's going to be a marvelous year! I can see it. I can feel it. I personally sense new purpose breaking forth that will spill over into every area of my life. I hope that you are also experiencing the same. Life is so designed that we have periods of newness that allow us to expand ourselves in many different ways. Every day is a new day. Every month is a new month. The new period allows us to begin afresh and put aside the happenings of the previous period. As we inch into 2008, we have an opportunity to extend our destinies to another level as we build a legacy for future generations.

There are three crucial keys that will allow us to experience the newness that the new year offer us. I’d like to share these in anticipation of the fact that many people will be making new year’s resolutions again. Enjoying newness comes in three steps. We need to be able to conceptualize, then visualize and finally materialize the newness.

Conceptualize

This begins with vision. One might even say the need to have a dream to pursue. It takes a lot of optimism to conceptualize a future that is yet to made manifest. The key is to really believe that you can make it happen and you have all the resources to pursue that which you desire. Conceptualizing means birthing ideas of what’s possible. This is crucial.

Visualize

Beyond conceiving the dream, you need to be able to see yourself walking in it’s fulness. To visualize is simply to form mental pictures or images of something. It simply means imagining yourself being, doing and having that which you are dreaming of. It’s using the power of perception to transform what you have conceptualized into a vision of possibility.

Materialize

Dreams and visions reach their full term when they are materialized. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing your ideas go from concept to reality. As you pursue newness in 2008, your goal is to do just that - transform ideas into powerful results. Embrace newness and bring fresh results into every area of your life. 2008 is going to be an awesome year!

Thoughts Become Things!

Everything we see around us began as a thought. Everything that has been created, produced, manufctured or developed was first conceived as a thought in someone’s mind. This is a powerful realization because many times we fail to see that how we use our mind is very important. Your mind is really the factory of your experiences. Thoughts become things.

Many times we tend to describe our situationsbased on our current circumstances. I’ve learnt that our current circumstances are the result of our pst thinking. Our current thinking sets the pace for our future circumstances. The key to altering your life, then, is to change your thoughts. Our thoughts really attract the circumstances we go through into our lives. May this be a day of clean, noble and pure thoughts for you.

The SWISH (Strike While the Iron is Still Hot!) Factor: How SPEED can alter your destiny

When I was an elementary school kid, my English teacher introduced me to the old English saying, “Strike While the Iron is Still Hot” - I now call it the SWISH factor. This saying, along with another saying, “Make hay while the sun still shines”, became powerful guiding thoughts throughout my life as a young man growing up in Kenya. I would not have been able to complete my schooling had it not been for the perspective that these two sayings allowed me to develop. I would not be where I am today had it not been for the two sayings. When I saw the opportunity to come to the US, I decided to strike while the iron was still hot.

In my quest to continue living an effective life, I have developed an acrostic that enables me to “strike while the iron is still hot”. Hopefully, you will find it useful too and use it to make hay while the sun still shines. Here is the acrostic:

Start Right Now - You have to be action oriented. When an idea comes to you, do something about it right away. Is it a business idea? Write it down and read a book about that business. Is it someone you haven’t been in contact with for a long time? Write that letter right away. Is it a book that you think should be written? Create that outline right away. The idea is to do it with speed.

Prepare Every Day - One of the most important things you could ever do in life is to prepare for your time. Preparation should be a daily endeavor. What you do daily determines who you will become permanently. Nothing is more beautiful than a man or woman who is ready for his or her time when it comes. Preparation is the magical door that opens the gateway to your desires.

Expect Success Now - Your expectation is the key to you achieving or completing that which you desire. If you learn to expect success right now, you will start to attract that success immediately. Don’t push it off into the future. Expect to attain that which you want right now. That is the key to you being able to manifest all that you want or desire.

Execute Right Now - Procratination is the greatest enemy of success. You must learn to execute immediately. Do not postpone actions that you have to take in order to realize your desires. Learn to execute immediately. Get out of your comfort zone and just do it! Execute that idea right now! Execute that plan right now! Success comes to those who move with speed.

Deliver Results Now - Success is all about results. Can you deliver results? It’s not about talking about results, it’s about delivering results. Finish that project. Complete that paper. Give that speech. Write that book manuscript. Do it right now. It’a about results. If you can deliver results, you will experience the joy that speed can bring into your life.