Christmas is just around the corner and 2009 is waiting for you.
The common advice you’ll be hearing is telling you that it’s the best time to start planning your 2009 goals. Honestly, I think that is secondary.
What you should be doing now is to reflect:
1. What are the goals that you’ve accomplished in 2008 that you’ve set in 2007. You have to at least know how near you’ve reached your goals otherwise it’s meaningless to have goals without achieving them. And if you don’t start having a benchmark, you’ll not reach it soon. 2009 will be just like 2008.
2. What you’ve accomplished this year that you weren’t expecting. Now you will see how gratitude your life has been.
The next thing you should be doing is to give yourself a break and ‘pamper’ yourself for doing such a great job in 2008. Relax and appreciate the holiday. I’m not asking you to be lazy - I’m asking you to appreciate the time that you got. Whether you want a time alone for yourself or to spend it with your love ones, now’s the best time.
Then, be gratitude with what you got! Look - there are people out there that won’t have the chance to celebrate Christmas or New Year because of financial or health problems. You and me are considered the lucky ones, for the fact that we have food on our table everyday and a rooftop above our head.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
(Feel free to leave your wishes at the Comment or leave your feedback.)
Warmest regards,
Patric Chan
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Hey Patrick
Firstly thank you so much for all your emails, greatly appreciated. I agree with your comments above, time for a great deal of gratitude!!!!
And most important of all…… I wish you a wonderful, Happy holidays and all you wish for yourself for 2009 and then some!!!!!
Amanda
Yeah there’s a time to be relaxed and celebrate Xmas and New year and a time to plan 2009.
Now it’s relaxation time!
Planning will be important soon but it helps to plan when you are in a happy relaxed state
So “Happy Christmas” Patric and “Happy Christmas” to our fellow readers.
Alex & Kathy
Hi,
Wish u merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2009
Advanced wishes 
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Good advice. Have a Happy Christmas and a successful 2009
Hi Patric,
just want to say wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. My goal for the next year is buying a very expensive house.
I hope I can make it in the next year
Mario,
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If you’d like a tool for setting your goals, you can use this web application:
http://www.Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.
Hi Patric,
First of all let me say thanks a million for sharing your knowledge and yourself with us. The material is truly profound and life changing.
I am new to this personal development journey and I find it quite mind boggling, I wish I had started earlier, I feel that I have wasted so many productive years. Nevertheless, I\\\’m here and I have so much to learn.
There are goals that I have set for this current year that I have not achieved, hence I agree with you that one has to reflect on how far we have come, and what we need to do to accomplish those unfullfilled goals. To take stock and re-energise ourselves, correct any flaws in our thinking that may still be present and press on towards the high mark. The correct mindset must be developed.
Every victory is already given unto us, we just need to rid ourselves of the bad habits by replacing them with good ones, change the paradigms, so to speak.
I wish you and your family a Blessed Christmas and much success for the coming New Year. You are an inspiration to me.
Keep on keeping on and stay the course.
Sincerely
Dean.
Hi Patric, I have been following you for years and you are definitely one of the good guys. You will prosper and I will right along learning with you in 09! Happy Merry Happy.
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thanks Patrick this year has been a blast, thanks for all you help and support wishing you health ,happiness and success in 2009 and blessing to yourhousehold and kingdom in 2009
Hi Patric,
Merry X\’mas to you & your family..
I would like to extend my gratitude to the Universe for all that I have \’Now\’..
I just had a nice & relax dinner with my mom, wife & friend, my 7yr old boy on 23rdDec which is my birthday & today will be X\’mas visiting..
Cheers,
Frankie Teo
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Hi Patric,,,,,,,Merry Christmas to you and your family,,,,,,,,,and may all your hopes and dreams come true, now and always,,,,,,,,,thank you so much for all that you do,,,,,,,,,,,cheerio from Teresa
merry x\’mas
n happy new year
2 u n your team
may 09 b another
prosperous year
sling
thanks for ur message.u are right we need to go through the goals we set for 2008 and ponder over them.thank you very much.merry xmas
Hi Patric,
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.
I know I should be pampering myself through the Christmas, but I can\’t because I\’m working on my new online business project… thanks to you!
If it weren\’t you, I wouldn\’t be doing this through Christmas, and REST and SPEND time with my mum on days when others are working their butt out!
Thanks again, and good wishes to you for the year 2009!
Cheers,
Guan
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I spent Christmas Day reflecting;
the day after Thanksgiving I totalled out my vehicle via hitting a buck who ran across the road and I hit it in the right rear on Route 189 in Heber City,Utah. 5 inches over to the left and I would have been killed.I believe the Higher Power granted me the extraordinary gift of Life and not being in a wheel chair from the accident
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I wish you the very best the coming year year.
You have impacted my life positively.
Thanks a lot
Hi Patric, agree with your. Must review our previous achievement, then we know better how to plan ahead. I am thankful for my 2008 and hope everyone will have a better year ahead. Thanks for the sharing
Happy New Year 2009.
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Hi
Your blog provide me inspiration and motivational guidance. I wish you and your family a Happy New Year ahead.
Cheers
Geo
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hi patric,
just read your “article”
thanks and regards,
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