We will all remember this fateful 2020 as the year a microscopic infectious agent turned the world upside down. Lockdowns, curfews, closed companies, people without work, with a mandatory accessory on our face, hiding the most beautiful thing we have, our smile.
The distances, the lack of hugs and kisses from family and friends that we adore and give us energy; and a lot of uncertainty, which is one of the greatest fears that human beings have.
But not everything has been bad. This year has made us aware of many values that we had completely forgotten especially to those families who, being confined, have known how to enjoy the most valuable thing we have, time.
In many cases we have had time to enjoy each other, and slow down the pace of our usual lives. The context has led us to appreciate more the links, that neither distance nor confinement have been able to destroy; It has made us supportive of the most disadvantaged, empathetic with the entire world and has shown us that we are all equal.
Also It has forced us to see our reality through another prism value more what we have and live more in the present, treasuring every small moment lived.
Having said that, I think it is time to turn the page on this historic year that we will never forget, keeping the good that it has given us and focusing on preparing for 2021 To do this, I am going to show you a very useful tool to start building our new year.
The first thing we are going to do is an internal action of introspection; let’s do a list with everything we want to do in 2021 Write without limits, without thinking if it is possible or not; Write down all your desires, objectives, goals… as if they were all possible.
There are studies that suggest that if you write down everything you want, 85% will achieve it; The number is very high! We cannot miss this opportunity to achieve it. No matter how long the list is, we have 365 days to complete it.
2. Select
When you have the list finished, Choose the 6 that you most want and that are easiest to get
3. Make a mind map
Once you have them selected, it is time to move on to external action. Let’s make a mental map.
A mind map is a graphic representation using words, drawings or shapes, with a hierarchical structure and based on a central concept Mind maps have great cognitive potential. It is also very useful to use the mind map for academic studies, work organization and, in this case, for mental organization. Applied to this task, we will make it start from the objectives for the year we are going to begin.
In the central part we will put “2021 Objectives”, since it will be our central concept. From the central concept, 6 branches (arrows) will come out and in each branch we will place one objective of the 6 initially chosen From each objective, all the necessary arrows will appear to write on them the actions that we need to meet our objective.
I also advise putting small and easy actions to motivate you to continue moving forward, and in this way we will complete and cross out actions. You can represent the actions using words, draw pictures of them, paste photographs… Whatever is most visual and most motivating for you.
4. Meet your goals 6 at a time
Once the first 6 objectives on the list have been completed, we will continue advancing with the next 6 and so on, until completing our list for 2021. Why 6 at a time? Because it is easier and faster for us to meet objectives; Otherwise, if we tried them all at once, the chances of getting them would be very small.
It is essential to do actions daily, even if they are very small As they say, “a long road begins with the first step.”
The Kaizen method is a Japanese method of continuous improvement. The word Kaizen comes from the Japanese “Kai”: changes and “Zen”: improvements, so it could be defined as “the process of continuous improvement.” The main bases for the Kaizen method are Commitment and Discipline. It is of total importance for our objectives to be met, to get 100% involved and carry out actions
Commitment, discipline and effort are the three main ingredients to make your 2021 goals come true. Wanting is power. Happy 2021!
