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<\/a>This week, as you\u2019re reading this, I\u2019ll hopefully be cavorting on the island of Maui, which I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll hear about in a couple of weeks.\u00a0 But in the meantime, I wanted to perhaps provide a public service, or maybe a private service, to those readers who made a list of New Year\u2019s resolutions \u2013 things like losing weight, eating better, exercising, being a better ______ (fill in the blank).<\/p>\nI don\u2019t typically make a list of New Year\u2019s resolutions, and when I do, like most of us, I rarely follow through on them. \u00a0I was inspired this year to at least make a couple, by listening to Darren Hardy<\/strong>, who was editor of Success Magazine<\/strong> and is a motivational speaker, who emails a daily (Monday-Friday) video, which is only about 4 to 5 minutes long, dealing with various subjects; it is called ‘DarrenDaily’<\/strong>.\u00a0 I’ve listened to it every weekday morning for the past five years.\u00a0 I have to admit that many of the sessions are targeted to younger, climbing-the-ladder, leading-a-team, types, but there is also plenty of things for old codgers like me to digest.<\/p>\n While what I\u2019m about to share with you is not revolutionary, in fact, those who do make New Year\u2019s resolutions in some form, may already do this, but it was new to me.\u00a0 By way of explanation, the following is a brief, edited version of the parable that Darren shared last week regarding goals.<\/p>\n Long ago a tribe from the Andes mountains plundered their rival tribe in the lowlands, stole a baby and took it to their home in the mountains.\u00a0 The strongest and bravest of the lowland tribesman attempted to get the baby back but\u00a0couldn\u2019t handle the high altitude and the rugged trails up the mountain.\u00a0 After days of trying, they gave up and decided to return home.\u00a0 As they were leaving, they saw a woman coming down the trail with the baby on her back.\u00a0 In awe, they asked the woman how she did it.\u00a0 As she continued by them, she said, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t your baby\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n The lesson: The power of your \u2018WHY\u2019 is the most important part of any goal; all of your WHATs and HOWs will be meaningless until your \u2018WHYs\u2019 are powerful enough to overcome the obstacles that you will face in getting to your goals. After listening to this, I went back to my two resolutions and saw that I had only written down WHAT I wanted to accomplish this year and HOW, but not the WHY.\u00a0 Adding the WHY definitely gave the WHAT and HOW more meaning and increased by desire to seriously try to accomplish both of my goals.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in getting Darren\u2019s video publication sent to your email each weekday, you can go to DarrenDaily@darrenhardy.com<\/em><\/a> and subscribe \u2013 it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n Wishing you all a Happier New Year.\u00a0 May you make a positive impact this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow This week, as you\u2019re reading this, I\u2019ll hopefully be cavorting on the island of Maui, which I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll hear about in a couple of weeks.\u00a0 But in the meantime, I wanted to perhaps provide a public … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Darren.jpg\")
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