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Six Ways to Take Charge of 2012

New year, new outlook. Stephen Covey, one of the most prolific leadership authors of our time, says there are six things you can do right now to make 2012 your best year ever:

1. Be proactive.
It's more than just taking initiative. It means being responsible for your own life. Empower yourself to lead and spread your influence no matter what position you hold.

2. Sharpen the saw.
Decide what's truly important. Sharpen your saw early in the day by learning to say no to the unimportant and yes to the highly important

3. Seek to understand before seeking to be understood.
It's human nature to want to be understood, but when both parties are trying to be understood, neither party is listening. By making the investment to understand the other party, you can magically transform the course of your conversations.

4. Begin with the end in mind.
Start today with an image of the end of your life as the frame of reference by which everything else is examined. With a clear idea of where you are going, examine everything in the context of what matters to you most.

5. Develop a vision mission statement.
Get a deep sense of your life's mission, purpose and value system, then establish your goals and a system of accountability that keeps you on track.

6. Think win-win.
There is enough success for everyone, so don't view another person's success as success achieved at your expense or exclusion.

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Chapter 9 Persistence

Persistence is being committed to a goal and remaining determined to its achievement. Most people do not have the persistence or determination, even the burning desire to achieve their greatest desires through to the end.

Napoleon suggests that great leaders have been called stubborn owing to knowing what they want and not relenting with such. Not giving up when the times are tough, this is persistence of its own. The hardest part is that have so much pain from relationships that literally cut them all out of own life, although wanted the intermit bond it was not possible as there was such a intense pain created from a number of dysfunctional relationships in the past.

However with determination and persistence have worked as hard as can on letting this go, yes it is still a battle. Yet have also been learning how to be the best partner possible, am working on overcoming barriers which that never had the ability to overcome and also seeing myself growing as a person, after years of learning more and more about creating better relationships from the dysfunctional ones had in youth.

Now its creating those good memories to replace the bad ones, remembering the good times not the bad times a work in progress. Yet also being able to live more now because am feeling safe with one person and can move at a pace that need to. Having experienced so much, knowing that have a loving friend who is happy to speak up and assist. Yet cares about me as as person. Having such has really helped to move through those barriers which never knew how to overcome as a person.

Thank you to Michael, Willena, Ken, Shelly and Mervyn for your love guidance and support. To the wonderful mental cleanse participants who are an inspiration. Thank you to you all and I love you all so much.

Love and hugs,

Ben Drake

Sydney NSW Australia