With the holiday season behind us, we begin a new year with hopes for fresh beginnings and enhanced living. January brings a clean slate for us all to embrace positive change. What goal will you set for yourself this year?

Whether your goal is personal or professional, bringing it to reality can be one of the biggest challenges we face in life. This is because we are creatures of habit, hard-wired to stay within our comfort zones. Since goals involve change and change requires effort, we need to break away from our old familiar habits and routines to succeed with our goals.

The key to successful goals is establishing new habits. Focus, commitment and perseverance are the necessary ingredients and in the next few weeks, I will offer valuable tips to help you succeed with your goal. To start with, make room for positive growth today. Commit to one goal that is important to you and aligns with your value system. Step by step, you CAN make it a reality. Believe it!