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Okay, so where did the Noughties go? Is it really 10 years since we were all crossing our fingers that the world wouldn’t end at the start of year 2000 when the much expected millenium bug struck? And what a good example to show that our worst fears don’t always materialise.

I learned just the other day that the cost of preparing for the expected effects of the millenium bug was $300 billion! Can you believe that? Okay, you could argue that the money was well spent because the worst that seems to have happened is that a few burglar alarms went off, but doesn’t that figure seem way over the top?

I suppose it’s all about keeping things in perspective and what better time to do so than on New Year’s Day, when we can’t help but look back and look forward at the same time.

Whatever they were, last year would have had both failures and successes. Or perhaps we fell short of what we were aiming to achieve. As we assess our last year, it is crucial to enter the new one with a positive frame of mind – so, again, we have to keep a sense of perspective. Remember that, above all, we are human and NOT perfect. So yes, sometimes we fail, but let’s not forget that we also have our strengths and our successes.

Sometimes too, we get bogged down in the nitty gritty of our everyday lives and we lose sight of the bigger picture – yet again we lose our perspective.

Here’s a short video so that you can enter 2010 with everything in perspective:

Whatever you are wanting to achieve in the next year, I hope it’s your best yet,

David