Are you ready for a Happy New Year?

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The calendar says we celebrate New Year’s Day at midnight on January 1.  But living in America’s heartland, everyone knows the morning after Labor Day is really New Year’s Day.  Need proof? Both of my daughters started school again today.  Happy New Year to Katie and Anna.

Good heavens…where did our summer go? I blinked a few times and the dog days of summer simply vanished. So much golf to play…so little time now. The Minnesota State Fair is over and the sun sets before 8 o’clock tonight. Seriously?  Argghhh…WHERE DID OUR SUMMER GO?

Alas, we are nothing if not resilient. Back to school means high school football, marching bands and back-yard bonfires. Falling temperatures and colored leaves signal Halloween, Thanksgiving and the first snowfall. It’s all good!

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Even better? Over the years I’ve learned to think of Fall, Winter and Spring as the “seasons for working.”  Yes, summer is gone, yet here’s the good news for business: in September the phone starts to ring again.  The lazy, hazy days of summer give way to the exuberance (paranoia?) of important business goals.  Some clients have pent up demand…others have a use-it-or-loose-it budget mindset.  After 27 years of professional services experience, I’ve learned the best part about “the new year/end of summer” is the phone starts to ring again. And new client work is exciting and fun.

So what do you want to work on together in the excitement of a new year? Remember, when good leaders work together with good intentions, great things are possible!

Good leaders make it a habit to seize the summer as a time for rejuvenation of body, mind and spirit.   They build excitement for the promise of the new year, filled with anticipation for what is possible.

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