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Three Easy Steps To Find Your One Word For 2016

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For the past several years, it’s been trendy to choose one word for the year. This may not be a new concept to you, as I am sure you’ve seen the term thrown around online, but picking one word out of all of the glorious, interesting, provoking, meaningful, wondrous, and reflective words out there can be downright intimidating! Let’s work through a simple process to help you whittle down all those words to find your One Word today.

We are going to find one word that can be your focus, your mantra, the word that will guide you through the whole year. When you need a break – go to your word. When you are stressed – repeat your word. When you need strength or a lift, this word will be there for you!

These three steps will help you figure out what one word represents your resolutions for the year, so you can focus and meet your goals. This is great for business or personal and family goals.

Three Easy Steps To Find Your One Word For 2016

To find your perfect One Word, let’s take a little time to figure out what you want in your businesses this year. You can do this for health, family, or anything else, but we will be focusing on business for this example.

Step 1

Take a few minutes to sum up what you want in 1 Paragraph. That’s 5 sentences total. Make it personal, specific, and important. It may sound something like, “This year, I will build my direct sales business by growing my Team. I will be sure to work my personal business at the level of the Leader I desire to be, even before I am officially promoted to that level. I will take responsibility for making sure the work needed to make this a reality gets done. 2016 will be the year when I accept no excuses or let any distractions get in the way of what I want. I will be proud of what I have accomplished at the end of everyday.”

Did you do it? Don’t cheat yourself by thinking you’ll come back to this later.

Step 2

Now, take that paragraph and reduce it to 1 sentence that sums up what you want to achieve. Your one sentence should encompass the most important items in your paragraph. This can be tough because we really have to declutter our thinking and boil it down to the essentials. Using the example above, this one sentence may sound like: “2016 will be the year where I accept no excuses for making my dream of becoming a (Leadership Level) a reality, and I will make sure I am doing the tasks necessary on a daily basis to add team members and reach the sales level I need.”

Make sure you write that sentence down before you read on!

Step 3

Finally, take a few minutes to look at your sentence and decide what your One Word will be for 2016. It doesn’t have to be a word that is in that sentence, it can be one that sums it up. It could be a noun, or what you actually want. It could be a verb, or what you are going to do. Make it an adjective to describe how you want to feel. This word can be whatever you want it to be. Whatever you can hold on to and focus on when you need that extra push or guidance.

Some people are even finding their words on items and keeping them close at hand as a reminder of their focus. You could select a piece of jewelry with your word on it, clothing like a “Believe” T-shirt, or even motivational cell phone covers.

So, how did you do? Did you choose your One Word?

You can now put that word to use! Keep it where you can see it, and let it inspire you each and every one of the 365 days of the New Year!

I would love to hear what your One Word is; please share it in the comments.

Author Bio: Kim Denne

Kim Denne loves exploring all thing relating to food and happiness, and shares recipes, direct sales tips, and more at her blog, Food and Happiness. She has worked in the Direct Sales field for over 20 years. Connect on Twitter: @KimDenne.

About Tracie Nall

Tracie lives in Arizona with her husband, teen daughter, and more books than her shelves will hold. She spends her days writing and editing. Many of her words end up on her blog, From Tracie. Find Tracie on Twitter @FromTracie and on Instagram where she takes pictures of things that are yellow.

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Comments

  1. Janice says

    Fearlessness…I want to retire, travel possibly solo, relocate either local or distant….

  2. Suze - Luxury Columnist says

    I must say that I chose my word before I read the article so now I need to go back and work through it to see if I get the same or similar one 😉 By the way my word is vitality. Thanks for a great article and have a wonderful NYE tonight

  3. Debra Fridley says

    I picked a great word (share) but then decided to change it to a word that I personally need to work on for myself and its self-esteem. I think greatly of everyone else but myself personally.I need to feel better about myself in all things to be able to share with others.

  4. Marie says

    My word is listen. I have discovered for me it needs to be connected with other words also, like present, and focused. ALL THERE!

  5. Lisa Peacock says

    Determined!!! I struggled with “one” word because I want to get organized and stop making excuses and that’s way more than “one” – lol but I guess in a nutshell determined is what it is!!!

  6. [email protected] says

    Endure is my word…I have been facing some health issues and I am praying for a break through this year. But come what may I will endure! Thanks for your post 🙂

  9. Columbia says

    My word of the year is complete. I wrote my statement and realized the biggest issue I have is procrastination. I looked up the antonyms associated with it and complete is one of them. I will complete everything I need to do to move forward with my goals.

  11. Kimberly says

    I had thought my one word for 2015 was going to be “focus”….until yesterday. Both the Sunday School and church message had fireworks going off in my brains. My one word for 2015 is ACCOUNTABILITY. I have already narrowed my focus (on paper, at least, planning these past couple weeks), and I can set specific goals….but if I don’t have at least one close friend (and MHH, and my blog readers) to hold me accountable…my chances of meeting my goals and staying on-track in 2015 are greatly diminished. So I talked with one of my best friends last night, and we are patterning-up to help keep one another accountable (and hoping our husbands follow our lead *wink*). I just knew God was telling me yesterday that I’m on the right track, I have reasonable and some lofty goals….all of which are attainable, IF I have someone to help hold me accountable to them. I am stoked for 2015, y’all. Happy New Year! *happy dance to Jesus*

  12. Laina Turner says

    Easier said than done:) But I think my word for the year should be…..fierce. I’m not going to let anything get me down or stand in my way.