10 Signs You Had a Good Year

1. You look back and celebrate the growth not only in your life and career but in that of others - without judgment, comparing or resentment. There is room for everyone to thrive.

2. You noticed and developed more of what you wanted than what you didn’t want. Your dreams matter.

3. You transformed expectations into openness with curiosity and compassion. You’ve swapped results for reasons and worry for being enough.

4. You put down your guard and risked standing in the open, admitting your fears and allowing vulnerability to be your guide instead of panic to be your shield.

5. You made decisions authentically - not to please others or ward of conflict. The decisions may not have always worked out but you were true to yourself and have learned from the experience of choice.

6. You had the humility to invite feedback in areas where you used to be too proud. You were grateful for the feedback and readjusted your direction based on this valuable insight.

7. You see challenges as new opportunities to develop patience and calm. You smile at the thought of exploring possibilities.

8. You’ve let go of things whose time has passed and anger over things you can’t change. In doing so your world is more vibrant.

9. You now live in the moment and don’t fast forward to a doom and gloom ending. You need not control or know the outcome. You set goals and allow the form to follow.

10. You see setbacks as situational and not personal, permanent or pervasive. It’s all part of your amazing life. Bring it on!

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About the Author

Mary Lee Gannon, ACC, CAE has a unique perspective as an award-winning certified executive coach, author, and 19-year corporate CEO who helps leaders have more effective careers, happier lives, and better relationships while it still matters. She is the founder of MaryLeeGannon.com, a coaching and consulting firm that helps leaders position their mindful impact—the same impact that took her from welfare to CEO of organizations worth up to $26 million. Mary Lee is an International Coach Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC), An American Society of Association Executives Certified Association Executive (CAE), a Duquesne University Certified Professional Coach Graduate (CPC), a scholarship recipient of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute at Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership originated at Google, an alumnus of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Practices Program and the Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital Coaching in Medicine & Leadership Conference. She is the author of two books: Reinvent You—From Welfare to CEO and Starting Over.

Mary Lee’s personal turnaround came as a stay-at-home mother with four children under seven-years-old who endured a divorce that took her and her children from the country club life to public assistance from where she re-invented her life to support her family. Get her free Get Valued, Promoted and Hired Checklist at www.MaryLeeGannon.com. Contact Mary Lee at marylee@maryleegannon.com