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We all want to make a difference and be successful in some shape, form, or fashion. But let’s be honest. If we have been spending the last year making a difference, then we know success is already operating in our lives. The problem most of us are facing now is how to keep success in motion. After all, as the saying goes: “It doesn’t matter if you’re on the right track or not. If you don’t keep moving, you’ll still get run over.” And sadly, many of us are on the verge of getting run over because we’re resting on our past successes of making a difference rather than moving to our next destination of success. So how do we keep our success in motion? I’m glad you ask. Listen, if we’re going to get to this next destination, we have to be good self-managers of our time, talent, and treasure. With this being said, here are five things we can do to keep our success in motion:

1. Manage our time wisely by not only working hard and playing hard but by resting and relaxing each day.

2. Manage our health wisely by keeping up with our physical and mental wellness. This includes our annual check-ups, physicals, and when necessary, professional counseling.

3. Manage our financial treasure wisely by creating a plan to save some, spend some, and send some to worthy charitable organizations.

4. Manage our relationships wisely by learning to create healthy boundaries and by teaching others how to treat us.

5. Manage our nothings and nobodies wisely by making positive use of those rare moments when we have nothing to do and nobody with whom we must interact (return to #1 and repeat sequence).

Certainly, we can add to this list—and feel free to do so. But let’s start with these five things for now. And hopefully in doing so, we can end this year by managing the momentum we need to keep our success in motion.