Time to quit? Or time to pursue, push, prevail and persist?

February will see many of you quit on your 'resolutions'. The lizard brain will likely take over and convince you that taking actions towards your goals can wait until next week, next month or maybe even next year.

A month ago I reflected on the 4Ps that would set the tone for my year - purpose, practice, progress and patience. A month on, and it's time for a refresher on why these 4 Ps are important to me.

Purpose

Ensuring our goals resonate with our values and life story forms the bedrock of purpose. It's a compass guiding us through decisions, grounding our ambitions in authenticity. All too often we fail in our growth aspirations because we forget to anchor our goals to our authentic self, to our purpose.

Practice

To propel growth, we consistently push the boundaries of our comfort zone. Practice becomes the saucepan where intent transforms into tangible actions, underscoring that meaningful progress requires intentional, sustained effort. Where are the boundaries of your comfort zone? Will you choose to expand this space?

Progress

Reflection, resets, and metrics intertwine into progress. Acknowledging the non-linearity of your growth journey and progress becomes the navigational tool - not the journey itself —it becomes the yardstick for the intent invested in practice. Setbacks are not roadblocks but stepping stones when met with thoughtful action.

Patience

Patience is the harmonious balance between reflection and action. Acknowledging setbacks as permissible detours, patience underlines the importance of resilience—reflect, act, and embrace the ebb and flow of the growth process.

Some of you won’t like nouns. So I offer an alternative that might propel these reflections into action - Pursue, Push, Prevail and Persist.