BUSINESS TIP –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– • Take an honest look at your life. Muster the courage to look at your life and figure out where you've gone wrong, and the changes you need to make to get back on track. Own up to the mistakes you have made and take responsibility for the part you played in getting your- self stuck. Krasnow points out that this kind of brutal honesty is not for the faint of heart. It requires courage to take full responsibility for your life and most importantly for the fail- ures in your wake. But if you can sit down and face your own mistakes, you will free yourself up to learn from the painful consequences you are facing today. • Move forward; just do it. "Change is not rocket science," said Krasnow. "We all have a tendency to make life so com- plicated when it doesn't have to be. Simply make a decision to move forward. Don't try; just do it. People say they're going to try to change. Try? There is no such thing. There's doing it or not doing it. 'Try' is a word that you should eliminate from your vocabulary right now." • Dream big. The only real chal- lenge in creating the life you've always wanted is your inabil- ity or unwillingness to free up your imagination to envision your dream in all of its glory. In other words, you are only as successful as your perceived limitations. How often do you limit yourself when envision- ing the success you are capa- ble of achieving? Don't settle for the limited vista of your present-day life. Instead, allow yourself to be willing to travel well beyond the bounds of the landscapes you may not be able to imagine today. • Stay focused. "Once you decide to make a change in your life, it's time to get seri- ous and focus on your goals," said Krasnow. "Think of life as a journey in a train that travels on a track. Each track leads to a specific destination. Make a point of staying on the track of your choice, without getting distracted and switch- ing tracks. If you stay focused, you will certainly reach your desired destination." • Pace yourself. Making a major life change requires a steady pace. You work at it each day and keep at it (and then keep at it some more). Remember that extraordinary creations are not built in a day through occa- sional bursts of effort, but rath- er are crafted over long periods of time with daily, steady tasks. 22 TileLetter | 2018