This week contains the final days of 2009. Like most people, you may be looking back at the past year and feeling a bit regretful about all the things you did poorly or failed to do. And so the next few days will include making some resolutions about what you will do better in 2010.

Making goals is a healthy thing.

But only focusing on what you did wrong (or not at all) in order to build up for 2010 is going to keep you from attaining the higher heights you truly aspire to.

And while it’s true we can learn a lot from our mistakes (and a lot more from the mistakes of others), it’s also instructive – and somewhat therapeutic – to learn from our successes, too.

Proclaim Your Accomplishments Over Regrets

So this week, I’d like to challenge you to spend some time thinking about the things you DID accomplish in 2009.

  • If you started your business in the last 12 months, congratulations! You’ve stuck your neck out while other people are stuck in their routines. And if you’re still in business a year later – you’re way ahead of most entrepreneurs.
  • If you made your first affiliate sale, or sold your first information product – congratulations!
  • If you added even one more subscriber to your list this past year, it means you conquered the technical hurdles of creating your list – now you just need to build it up more.
  • If you cut out wasteful expenses, unsubscribed from a handful of market molesters, or found a way too save $100 each month with a particular program – congratulations!
  • If you created a website or blog that is now showing up in the search engines and giving people information and solutions – congratulations! You’re now helping people around the world, even while you sleep.

Take a few minutes and take stock of what you accomplished. This should help keep in perspective your successes as you consider what 2010 holds in store for you.

This positive reflection is important for me to do as well, so I’ll share what 2009 looked like for me.

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