Maybe It IS New Year, New You

I’m not sure if it’s necessary to start this blog post out by saying happy new year, but happy new year! We made it to another one. And yeah yeah, I get it. It’s just another day, another week, another month.. I feel the same way; and yet, I couldn’t escape feeling extra excited about life and work entering into the new year.

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In cleaning up my desk area today, I came across a post-it note that said “High Performance Scores” at the top. Beneath that, I had listed my personal scores for the 6 habits of high performing people according to author, Brendon Burchard, in his book High Performance Habits. I looked at my six scores and thought, surely I’ve improved since then… I definitely felt better than those scores looked. And of course there was a date on the post-it note. It was as if my past self knew that this moment of self-reflection would come. 1-25-18 was the date on the post-it note. Today, January 25th, two years later… seemed like a good day to retake the assessment.

I googled High Performance Score and found the assessment I took in no time. I’ll link you to it here if you’d like to take the assessment yourself. As a matter of fact, he gives the book away for FREE as well, and you can get it here.

You should really look into the book and concept, but here’s the quick summary.

Incredibly successful and happy people consistently do 6 things:

1. Seek clarity

2. Generate energy

3. Raise necessity

4. Increase productivity

5. Develop influence

6. Demonstrate courage

The assessment (created by the author) gives you a number score out of 5 in each of these areas. Long story short, I have improved! We really are growing and getting better when we take the time to learn, be aware, and practice in whatever areas we want to see improvement.

I definitely suggest checking out the book and taking this assessment for yourself. In what ways do you see results from the work you’re doing on yourself?

And no, I’m not gonna be shy about my scores. Here’s what I got in January 2018, and what I just got today in January 2020