It’s nearing Chinese New Year and my team is slowly shifting gears to prepare for 2012. It started lazy with a slow warm up. With the activities filling our schedules, 2012 is going to be a roaring dragon year for us. 2011 was a warm up and 2012 is time for us to get really serious and move into massive growth. Many new and exciting activities will be appearing in 2012 and we look forward to sharing them with you.

I love the energy of a new year, full of possibilities and dreams. Its the time to map out your annual goals and dreams and see them actualize into reality. In fact, I strongly believe everyone should start their year with hope and belief. And these are the three main reasons why.

1) We are all here to grow and progress

Too many people spend too much time wondering what their life purpose is and eventually paralyzes themselves in the journey. Everyone’s life purpose is to grow and evolve and eventually contribute to mankind in their own way. Since we are all here to grow and evolve, then progression is the only pathway that we must take in every year.

With hope and belief, you will push yourself to take bigger leaps and soar with your desires. Many of us actually achieve our hopes and desires, however the problem is many of us set too low goals and do not push ourselves to reach for our unlimited potential. In order to achieve the un-imagineable, you have to drop all the limiting beliefs and focus most of your time for what is possible.

2) Life goes in cycles

Life is a continuous pattern of ups and downs. It is simply a projection of our thoughts and ideas. Every down is designed to help you soar for the next big spurt of growth. Many of us get too emotionally entangled in the fall and become depressed. This means that they are wallowing in their sorrow instead of seeing the lesson in the situation.

If 2011 has been a tough year for you, take a step back and analyze if there are any recurring patterns that keep pulling you back. If they are, you can only progress if you focus on eradicating those negative patterns. Your life will only progress if you are willing to go throw and learn and grow from these situations.

Once you are ready to learn from these lessons, prepare for a massive jump to the next level because a breakthrough always occurs after a breakdown. Enjoy the ride

3) Whatever you focus on expands

Our minds are so much more powerful than we give it credit. Many people think that life is occurring then our thoughts follow it. What if it is the opposite way? The good news about that is once we recognize this, we can then create our reality by focusing on hope and belief, instead of negative thoughts. For some people, it may be exceptionally challenging and you can practice this.

To help you focus on the positives. Practice this every day: When you wake up in the morning and before you head to bed, why not spend 10 minutes thinking and imagining your ideal life? Can you imagine, feel and experience it happening? Practice this for 20 days and I am sure that you will see results within a very short time.

With these 3 thoughts, I am wishing you love, joy and wealth for 2012.

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