While everyone is in the hustle and bustle of shopping, traveling and attending parties, there is one “present” I give myself every year – RELEASE.
I usually start in the beginning of November by evaluating this year’s results:
- What were the VICTORIES of the year?
- What happened that was so phenomenal I could not have dreamed it?
- What unpleasant events, situations or circumstances took me by surprise that I do not want to repeat?

There is an old cliché that those who are unaware of history are destined to repeat it. This is more than a cliché. If you never evaluate where you are in life, especially what role you have played in getting there, you’ll stay in the land of I don’t know why these things keep happening to me. Even with the desirable things, you will operate in the valley of luck versus desired duplication, multiplication and replication.
Start today, not in the New Year. Take evaluation of your life – good, bad and indifferent – and immediately take the reins and decide how you will navigate the trajectory of your life. Even painful lessons can be road maps to success if you know how to leverage the value of what is taught.
Go in peace and be present every step of the way,
Alesha Brown, The Joy Guru
Publisher|Best Selling Author|Transformational Speaker
CEO, Alesha Brown LLC