Rather than giving myself tasks disguised as "new year's resolutions" that are impossible to keep, I want to make this year about inspiration and the attention I want to give myself, to open the door to possibilities that will lift me up without restricting me.
I chose my new intentions so I can go back to them when I want, depending on how the year treats me, to reflect, gain motivation, improve, gain inspiration and focus on what matters.
A guide to join me on my journey to building my positive impact.
I'll share them with you. Maybe some of them will speak to you and wrap you in an air of goodwill and inspiration throughout the year.
Self-awareness
« Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. » Aristotle
Fear
« He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears. » Montaigne
Happiness
« Happiness is the feeling that power increases » F. Nietzsche
Patience
« With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. » Chinese proverb
Empathy
« It's only through self-effacement that we can, through empathy, perceive the other's reality. » Jean Pierre Otte
Love
« I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. » Martin Luther king
Alignment
« Power is the alignment of your personality with your soul. » Gary Zukav
Energy
« Energy and persistence conquer all things. » Benjamin Franklin
Dream
« Make your life a dream, and your dream a reality. » Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Family
« A man should never neglect his family for business. » Walt Disney
Joy
« Shared joy is growing. » Massa Makan Diabaté
Persistence
« It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. » Confucius
Risk taking
« Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they’re given wings. » Rumi
Meditate
« A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. » Mahatma Gandhi
Look after your inner child
« The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.» Stephen Nachmanovitch
Communicate
« Every human group has their rich communication, mutual support and solidarity for a common goal: the development of each one in respect to differences. » Françoise Dolto
Listen
Who speaks, sow. Who hears, harvest. Pythagorus
Impact
« In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact. » Les Brown
Courage
« I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. » Nelson Mandela
Boldness
« Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. »
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Inspiration
« People inspire you or they drain you – pick them wisely. » John Maxwell
Commitment
« The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. » Tony Robbins
Power
« Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. » William James
Imagination
« All human felicity lies in man's imagination. » Marquis de Sade
Serenity
« Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure than he is inflated by success. He is able to fully live his experiences in the context of a vast and profound serenity, since he understands that experiences are ephemeral and that it is useless to cling to them. There will be no “hard fall” when things turn bad and he is confronted with adversity. He does not sink into depression, since his happiness rests on a solid foundation. »
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill – Matthieu Ricard
Adaptation
« It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.» Charles Darwin
Action
« Do or do not. There is no try.» Yoda
Life
« When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. »
Marc Aurèle
Being
« The way to do is to be. » Lao Tseu
This year, connect to what inspires you.
