For the Consultant's New Year:

• Re-evaluate and better articulate your value proposition if you've been adding value, services, and/or products.
• Have some trusted people view your web site for value, user-friendliness, aesthetics, and overall appeal.
• Revamp your press kit to highlight your most recent triumphs, accolades, and testimonials; write two new white papers for it.
• Plan to place at least 10% of your gross earnings into savings.
• Find ways to reduce the labor intensity of your delivery.
• Find one major alliance partner who can "springboard" you ahead in selected markets.
• Plan all of you vacations in advance and schedule work around them. Increase time with your family and your interests.
• Modernize the technology you rely on most often, whether it's the main computer, lap top, cell phone, or whatever.
• Visit your financial advisors with the intent of exploring any better ways to conduct business and protect income.
• Define three ways to improve your brand (or create one if you haven't yet done so).
• Select three important self-development activities.
• Call every past and present client simply to wish them well and stay in touch.

Suggested Reading: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.