2018 New Year Resolutions: Will you capitalize on your goals for the new year?

2018 is around the corner. Will you miss your opportunity in the NEW year?

Thanksgiving Day passed us in November.  Christmas Day passed us in December.  And New Year's Day is in a few days. The big question is how are you planning GREATNESS in 2018.  Or did you think I was going to ask you the same routine question of, "What is your New Year's resolution?"

We would not ask you this question because we really want you to achieve your goals not just talk about them. My favorite quote is below from Benjamin Franklin, "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail." It's one of my favorite quotes as it emphasizes the importance of planning. We believe this is why many New Year resolutions are not achieved.  Lack of planning and preparation. With this audience of Free Agents & Entrepreneurs, we are confident that the focus is getting results not making excuses.

We are not experts in psychology.  But we did find this INC. article on simple strategies to achieving your resolutions. For those of you too busy, we have the high-level talking points of the article below.  This is what Dan Scalco, Founder and Director of Growth at Digitalux, recommends you do in the new year to achieve your New Year's resolutions.  Here's how: You start by implementing the following strategies to craft New Year's resolutions that actually stick.

1. Identify your motivations. It's very helpful to determine your motivation style before establishing any resolutions. ...

2. Emphasize actions over results. ...

3. Get real. ...

4. Plan to succeed. ...

5. Enlist support.

Now that you know these simple strategies. What is your excuse for not achieving GREATNESS in 2018? Our call to action is for you not to plan to fail.  ACHIEVE the greatness which is yours in 2018...

We wish you a Happy New Years and much SUCCESS in 2018 from the Freeagentglobal.com Team!  Follow us on Twitter @freeagentglobal for updates and launches in 2018.