Let’s face it, the beginning of a new year seems like it’s a blank slate. We’re sort of programmed into thinking that we should have lots of resolutions and new plans, and make sure that we’ve got that clean slate. Mapped it out just exactly the way we want our year to go. The fact is that only 8% of people actually do what they say they were going to do. By about mid-January everybody’s fallen off the wagon

Focus, attention and time are all very scarce resources. We live in a world where change, complexity and an overwhelming amount of choice, information, data and opinion bombard us on a daily basis. It’s so easy to spin out in busyness and confusion, so it’s important to have something to anchor you.

That’s where the power of a theme, focus or “Big Word” comes in.

Where did the year go? How can it be that we’re getting ready to ring in a New Year when it seems like just a few months ago we were ringing in the last one?

The pace of life seems to get faster and faster. Change is truly the only constant. That may be unsettling to some, but facing the unknown and learning how to engage fully in life despite the pace of change is how we grow and step into the next great evolution of ourselves.