As we all start a new year, we often stop to assess our success in the various areas of our life: health, family, friends, finances, home, and career.  While everyone has mixed feelings on ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ and whether they work for them and/or whether they create the results they want, I do believe the new year is an opportunity for everyone, worldwide, to stop, take a breather, and to re-energize their efforts to create lasting success.

As a Career Coach, I’m always talking to people about what makes them happy, unhappy, passionate, frustrated, successful, lethargic, etc. when it comes to career.  Career is such a central part of our life. Whether we work for someone else or work in our own business, it is something that not only fulfills our financial needs but also gives us a sense of ‘being in the world’ through providing a service and/or product that impacts others.

As you head into 2010, ask yourself:

• What am I doing to ensure my career feels passionate, successful, results-oriented, connected, meaningful?
• What am I doing to make sure I’m living a balanced and healthy life (so that ‘work’ doesn’t take over in an imbalanced manner)?
• What’s next for me in my career success (next quarter, next year, next 3-years, next 5-years, next 10-years, and beyond)?
• What is going well (really well) in my career and what is not going so well and may need attention? Why?
• What resources and tools do I have to ensure continued career success and satisfaction?

These are some questions that will help to get focused and gain clarity with the goal of ensuring more and more success over the coming months and years in your career.  We all know the saying, “If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there?”… make sure you super charge your efforts to have a clear course.

I often find that folks who are clear with themselves about what they really want, tend to achieve it. My theory is that they, “put it out there” so they are more likely to attract opportunities that match what they want and/or they are more likely to recognize the opportunities when they present themselves. Either way, clarity is when the magic happens.

Let me know if I can help you in your career success in 2010 and beyond! Here are some New Year packages I put together to help you ‘Get Your Career In Gear For the New Year‘.

As always, I welcome your questions and comments.

It’s time to remind my readers about the upcoming new moon, which takes place this Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 7:03 am EST / 6:03 am CST / 4:03 am PST in Sagittarius and emphasizes the Quest for Truth; the Natural World; Freedom; the Law; Optimism; Higher Education; Carelessness; and in Matters of Restoring Health: hips, liver, sciatica, thighs/upper legs.

• Write down intentions/dreams/goals within 8 hours of the new moon (after the new moon occurs).  Within/after 48 hours is still powerful.
• Write up to 10 intentions (any more than that and the energy gets kind of displaced).
• It is best to hand write them (vs type)
• Each month, the new moon is ruled by a different astrological sign which rules certain aspects of life. Writing intentions in these areas is very powerful but you can write your intentions in ANY area of your life.
• Write your intentions in the positive… In other words, state what you want (don’t say what you don’t want or may just get that!).

• Quest for Truth, including: religion, prayer and higher guidance, places of worship, frankness and honesty, direct communication
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily and regularly enlist the help of a Higher Power in directing my life”; OR – “All fears surround my being honest with others is easily lifted from me.”
• The Natural World, including: connections to nature, intuition, peace of mind
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily listen with respect to my intuitive voices, and trust my Guides to lead me in the right direction”; OR – “I easily appreciate the beauty of nature.”
• Freedom, including: spontaneity, adventure, positive expectations, exploration, foreign travel
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily take a trip to ______ at a price I can afford.”; OR – “I am easily filled with optimism and a positive solution.”
• The Law, including: attorneys, lawsuits, ethics, morality, conscience, court proceedings
  • samples from Jame’s book: “I easily obey my conscience, leading to peace of mind.”; OR – “I easily experience total clarity in my lawsuit with ______, resulting in my making those decisions that are in my overall best interests.”
• Optimism, including: faith, friendliness, good luck, generous spirit, gallantry
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily beahve in a gallant manner with those who need my help.”;  OR – “I am easily receptive to good luck entering into every area of my life.”
• Higher Education, including: mentors, colleges and universities, philosophy, seeking answers, finding solutions
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily and successfully enroll in the right college for me.” OR – “I easily attract, recognize, and begin working with the right mentor for me who will help me learn _________.”
• Carelessness, including: shortcuts, self-righteousness, making assumptions, excesses, extravagance, blunt communication, Pollyanna approaches
  • samples from Jan’s book: “The habit of being blunt is easily lifted from me.”; OR – “The tendency to excess and overdoing things is easily and totally lifted from me.”
• In matters of restoring health, Sagittarius rules: hips, liver, sciatica, thighs/upper legs
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily experience total healing to occur in the area of my _________ (body area ruled by Sagittarius).”; OR – I easily attract, recognize, and begin working with the right healers for me that restore my ______ (body area ruled by Sagittarius).

• It is most powerful to write your intentions within the first 8 hours (the 8 hours after the new moon) but they are still strong within the first 48 hours.
• You can write up to 10 intentions… Any more than that and the energy gets a bit ‘displaced’ or ‘watered down’
• It’s most powerful to hand write them (vs type them or think about them)
• Remember to state them in the positive (in other words, don’t write about what you *don’t* want or you’ll get that faster than you can say ‘don’t').
• It is powerful to write new moon intentions in the area that has the ruling sign that month (i.e. – Scorpio) but you can write new moon intentions for any area of your life so don’t feel limited.

• Power: secrets, awareness of others’ needs & motives, politics, psychology, charisma
• Transcendence: transformation, eliminating old ‘baggage’, change, restoration, forgiveness
• Crisis: Taking risks to gain power, compulsions, obsessions, intense interactions, living on the edge
• Self-Mastery: good vs. evil, strength, self-discipline, commitment, depth of character
• Bonding: sex, absorption, soul mates, deep emotional connections, mutual validation
• Financial Partnerships: loans, taxes, debt, grants, wills & inheritances, contracts & business
• Misuse of Power: revenge, jealousy, harsh judgments, destructive urges, power struggles, abandonment, suspicion. guilt
• Restoring Health: rectum, colon, bladder, & organs or elimination, PMS & menstruation, sexual diseases, sexual organs – male & female

Please contact me if you would like to spend some focused time and attention reigniting your career dreams and goals.

As always, I welcome your comments and questions.

Each month, I take advantage of the opportunity to renew my goals, dreams, and wishes on the new moon.  Some astrologers say they new moon is a powerful day to get some ‘oomph’ and energy behind your goals and dreams.

• Write up to 10 intentions (any more than that and the energy gets kind of displaced).
• It is best to hand write them (vs type)
• Each month, the new moon is ruled by a different astrological sign which rules certain aspects of life. Writing intentions in these areas is very powerful but you can write your intentions in ANY area of your life.
• Write your intentions in the positive… In other words, state what you want (don’t say what you don’t want or may just get that!).

• Marriage, including: partnerships, agreements, sharing, interdependence
  • samples from Jan’s book: “I easily attract and begin a happy, monogamous, committed relationship with a man (woman) with whom I experience mutual love (or whatever you want); OR – The exchange of love, support, and sharing easily reenters my marriage.
• Fairness, including: balance, equality, appreciation of opposite viewpoints, negotiation, counseling
  • samples from Jan’s book: All thoughts of not being equal with others is easily lifted from me; OR – I effectively negotiate my situation with __________________ in a way that creates a win-win situation.
• Harmony, including: peace, beauty, art, decorations
  • samples from Jan’s book: I easily add those decorating touches to my environment tat create a feeling of peace, happiness, and serenity; OR – I easily attract and begin working with the right feng shui specialist for me who makes those shifts in my home environment that result in my attracting into my life those things that I want.
• Teamwork, including: giving and receiving support, collaboration, supportive relationships, cooperation, team identity
  • samples from Jame’s book: I am consciously aware that we are ‘all in this together’ and easily lend my support to others; OR – I easily cooperate with others in a healthy, happy way.
• Sociability, including: being companionable, tact, getting along with other people, one-on-one interactions, diplomacy, affinity for others
  • samples from Jan’s book: I easily feel affinity for others and wanting to interact with them;  OR – I am aware of feeling agreeable and at ease in social situations.
• Refinement, including: luxury, elegance, pampering, good taste, grace
  • samples from Jan’s book: I am fully receptive and appreciative of being pampered by other; OR – I fully appreciate the luxury that is in my life.
• Loss of Self-Identity, including: codependency, appeasing behaviors, indecision, aimless debate
  • samples from Jan’s book: The compulsion to like – and be liked by – everybody is totally lifted from me; OR – The notion that I must always be a ‘nice person is totally and easily lifted from me.
• In matters of restoring health, Libra rules: adrenal glands, buttocks, diabetes (sugar imbalance), kidneys
  • samples from Jan’s book: I experience total healing to occur in the area of my ______ (area ruled by Libra); OR – I easily attract, recognize, and begin working with the right healers for me that restore my ______ (body area ruled by Libra).