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“Growth stops when you lose the tension between where you are and where you want to be.”
-John C. Maxwell
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Do you ever feel like you are doing all the ‘right’ things and not seeing the results?
Og Mandino says that “It is those who concentrate on the one thing at a time who advance in the world.”
What are you concentrating on?
We need focus and we need to focus on the right things.
There is no magic formula, however there is a formula.
It's taken alot of trying to get things right, I finally got it...
The gift lies in the journey.
The best gift that a business owner can give their business is the best version of themselves.
And I want to share what I am learning with you.
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~ Coach Dezi
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The Year-End Reset: Leading Yourself with Clarity Before You Lead Anything Else
There is a moment every December when the noise finally settles.
The deadlines slow down. The world exhales.
And in that pause, I ask myself a question I used to run from.
What did I build this year that truly mattered.
Not what looked productive.
Not what kept me busy.
What mattered.
Clarity lives in the quiet. Leadership does too.
Before you lead a team or a business, you learn to lead yourself with honesty.
Not everyone wants that part, because reflection demands truth.
Research shows that intentional reflection improves performance and strengthens long-term decision making (Harvard Business Review, 2018). Yet most people sprint into a new year without examining the patterns that shaped the one they just lived. Momentum without meaning. Activity without direction.
A year end reset is not about reinvention.
It is about remembrance.
It is where you sit with the story of your year and face it with open eyes.
I always come back to these questions.
What worked and why.
What drained me and why.
What kept repeating itself even when I thought I handled it.
What am I still carrying that no longer belongs to me.
Where did I honor myself. Where did I abandon myself.
These questions pull you back into alignment.
They call you to the truth of who you are, not the performance of who you were trying to be.
You do not need a perfect plan for next year.
You need clarity about who you are becoming, because that identity will shape every decision you make.
Preparation is not pressure. Preparation is alignment.
When you enter a new season with clarity, you enter with authority.
Steady. Focused. Rooted.
Life is good. God is good. For the good of all, to the harm of none. All includes you too.
References
Harvard Business Review, “The Power of Reflection,” https://hbr.org/2018/10/the-power-of-reflection
About Coach Dezi
Desiree Foster-Collins is the Founder of EBD
Collective Coaching & Consulting. She is a Maxwell Leadership Executive Program Team Member and a Certified Human Behavioral Consultant.
"You can have it all. Just not all at once." - Oprah Winfrey
This is the space where I share my thoughts, my wins, my learns and all things in-between on leading and growing my business.
I also share the parts that others won't - the hard parts of being the woman I desire to be and living out my purpose of helping you to grow your business and change lives. It starts and stops with you!
I'm a Mom to two amazing creative human beings. I love all things leadership, creativity, techy, travel and really good food.
I am a woman of faith and I will share about that too!
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