Happy New Year.  Welcome to a new decade and all that jazz.

As I go into the New Year, I dread going back to the gym.  Every year I have to wait hours on end to get to my machine because someone has decided that their new years resolution is to take off a few thousand pounds this year only to give up in a week when they realize it actually takes work.

I hate resolutions.  Most people make them and never stick to them.  I also don’t like them because I feel like you knew you needed to change well before the New Year started.

A read a blog today on Biggerpockets.com  that said it best (read the full entry here)…

Resolutions are generally nothing more than a “wish list” of things people want in their lives. They seldom remember them by mid-year, much less bring them to fruition by year end. This truth is why the whole resolution process has been diluted to not much more than the punch line of a joke….But isn’t the quality of your life more than a joke? Isn’t the quality of your relationships more than an item on some vague “wish list”?

Why not decide today, right now, to make 2010 the year you took your life back from mediocrity? Instead of treating your hopes and dreams like a “wish list”, create a plan to make them a reality. Create your life, don’t just “get through” it. You do not have to settle for an average life. Instead of resolutions, write down clear, vivid goals…then start to plan specific actions steps to achieve them. I can tell you from experience, if you begin to unlock your mind to your true potential, you will transform your life. I’ve done it.

There is only one person who can change your life…YOU. And you can do it, you simply have to break free from the chains of self-limiting beliefs. I’ve studied personal development for some time and only recently put it together to see my true potential. And I can promise you, once you take off the self imposed blinders of doubt and fear, life truly begins. Don’t live to someone else’s idea of what happiness is….design your life or someone else will….

So….resolve to not make resolutions…instead, take responsibility for your life…absolute responsibility…then you will start to live your dream life…

So Conference Callers.  Do you believe in resolutions?  Do you ever follow them?