My real issue is not just about
continuing education (CE), but questioning whether any goal should get born as a New Year’s resolution. What pledges have you made on past New Year’s Eves? Losing weight, exercising and quitting cigarettes are probably the American Big Three. Most of us give it a good shot, but as time passes it becomes less compelling. My health club is way more crowded in January than in March. I’d hate to watch that fate befall a
CE resolution.
The last bad habit I stared down was playing that mindless minesweeper on the computer. I finally got the monkey off my back one random summer morning at 2 a.m. as I was still being held captive by the screen. It just hit me that cold turkey was the only cure, and I never went back.
Perhaps the answer to the New Year’s resolution dilemma is the same one I’d stamp on many choices: it works powerfully for some people and not at all for others. If taking that last drag of your Virginia Slims feels most final on December 31, then that’s the right time for you.
Placing
continuing education on your professional agenda would be good for you and great for your business. A new habit start date of January 1 carries drama and tradition, but I vote that any day will do to begin positive life change. So I’ll wish you a Happy Every Day of the New Year!