2014 started for me with a clear
focus on what I want from my role at my workplace. It started with tremendous
planning and goal-setting exercises. This included creating my 2014 Roadmap and
focusing on some important personal goals – vacation, driving and a daily
exercise routine. I started on both fronts with a lot of rigour, and I’m glad that I
feel a sense of accomplishment with executing my 2014 strategy on both fronts.
I also achieved milestones such as a Director’s award, which came early this
year, a much-awaited promotion, which came around the mid of this year, two super fun
holidays, and my new car!
My son turned two this year,
which kept me on my toes at home (literally!). Handling a two-year old can be
equally entertaining and maddening. His cheerful chatter keeps my mind and ears
full and the positivity going. I’ve probably learnt life’s most important
lesson from him – the strongest of will and the most positive attitude.
Children have a sea of positive energy in them and it’s infectious. You can learn
how to be stubborn with your demands from them. This has made me tough and
relentless with myself with what I want – so a huge change of attitude for me
from becoming “adjusting and cooperative” to “assertive and demanding”. I know
motherhood needs a lot of those behaviours, to start with!
2015 will build on the person
I’ve now become. It will be a year in which I will try new things at work –
more innovation, more strategy, more risk-taking. It will also be a year in
which my daily exercise regimen will change from morning jogs to practising
yoga. It will be a year of driving to work and an
international vacation. More so, it will be a year of getting rid of the “can’t
do”& “won’t happen” feeling and belief in the “It will happen”.
I’m feeling very content at the
end of 2014 and geared and excited for the coming year!
