The New Year is a time to celebrate, to look back and reminisce on all the good memories from the past and a time to think about the positive changes you wish to make possible in the year ahead. Out of all the things you will do this year, here are a few important actions to contemplate…

(written by Success Teacher, Rufus Yamoah in 2009)

1. Read motivational books: There is a great wealth in information. I dare you to become an ardent reader today because I know by tomorrow you will become a great leader. When you pick up a good book, I tell you, you only pick up a good life. Maximize the power of reading today.

2. Check your companions: Take a little research on your association/friends. They might be of a little influence on you lately. Check the good ones, the bad ones, the toxic ones, the dream-killers or even your acclaimed loved ones. For a man to be wise, he needs to sit and dine with wise men. Be warned!

3. Look for a good mentor: You need a ‘guardian’ angel; A person with good experience and knowledge much bigger than yours to assist you, so that you don’t make the same mistake of last year. Go select a good mentor, not just any mentor, and you will be glad you did.

4. Protect your health: Don’t play ith your life because it’s the only thing you just can’t do without. Protect and take good care of yourself. Eat good food. Don’t starve because you want to save. Do be too busty to do exercise and fitness. Give time to your health, and she will honor you in return.

5. Sleep/Rest/Relax: A true lazy man is not one who cannot work, but one who cannot rest. Take a break, for it only makes you better. Sleep well. Take a good time out to rest and relax. Don’t quarrel and argue too much, your brain hates it. Know that who refuses to rest, refuses to grow! Don’t wait for sickness to come before you rest because it will be too bad.

6. Invest in Yourself: This is the first thing first and most important thing when it comes to attaining your goals and vision. Before you invest your money, time, or strength on a venture, first invest in yourself. You need a proper mindset. A poor man with a millionaire’s mind will soon become rich! If you want to win, train yourself to win. It’s a formula for success.

7. Write out your vision, goals and dreams again: Look back at 2008, and write out those things you were not able to achieve and add it to your goals for this year, Draw an action plan on your vision. How you want to go about it. This will help you stay focus.

8. Become Enthusiastic: Put a wide smile on your face. Try to mange your happiness. Set your perception to favor yourself. This is probably not easy, but it will really help you. When you become enthusiastic, you defeat human’s greatest weakness ‘frustration’ and set yourself to win always.

9. Keep your faith alive: Strengthen your faith. Believe in possibilities and sometimes in ‘miracle’. Don’t give up. Your dream is achievable. You need a long-faith to pass through short-temptations. No matter what happens, don’t give away your ‘believe’ because when you do, you just give away your success.

10. Action! Action!! Action!!! For you to succeed, you need to cancel procrastination from your paper. Whatever target you set out to achieve, go ahead and pay the price immediately. Do it today , because by tomorrow it will be 10 times difficult.

Abide in this rules and you shall succeed.