It’s a new year and what have we learned?

I admire people who can take constructive criticism and turn it into positive change for themselves. They only become better people and they are confident in themselves in knowing that constructive criticism isn’t a slight against them. Instead, they see it as opportunity and challenge. 

It’s 2010 and another year under my belt means another year to look forward to. This year I’d like to learn some lessons from the past year. Solomag has a great readership and we’ve covered some great issues in the past 8 months but it’s time to reflect and see what we can do better, and what I can do better. 

I’ve heard a few people say that they should be accepted for who they are and they aren’t going to change for anyone. I believe in confidence and strength however I also believe that we should be constantly evolving, growing and taking the knowledge from lessons learned and applying it to our own personal growth. I’m sure there isn’t anything in our day to day lives that we don’t believe we can do better at. 

This year is a great opportunity for myself and for Solomag to have a look at what worked, what didn’t and areas of growth. In the business sector this is called a SWOT (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats). This is how businesses evaluate who they are and their competition and using this system they continue to evolve into strong and prosperous companies. It doesn’t just work in business though - we all have areas that we can analyse and further develop to become the best that we can be. And sometimes we might even find that what we though was a weakness was actually an opportunity waiting to unfold or a challenge to take on. 

Solomag and I would like to wish you all a very healthy and successful 2010 full of growth and positive change!