Congratulations for all you accomplished in 2015! I love the beginning of a fresh new year. A time to reflect on all we have accomplished and all that we are grateful for. I also love this time to set goals, and then put a plan in place to reach them. So many of the promotions and bonuses earned in 2015 started off with a goal and then a plan to reach their goal. Many of our team promotions started with goal setting in January at Bootcamp and a determination to never give up. Many of the stylists on our team were unsure and maybe a bit scared of reaching their lofty goal this year. Setting BIG goals is scary. I have learned through my almost 7 years as a stylist, that things rarely happen with you don't set a goal to make them happen. If you wait every year for the right timing, more time in your schedule, or the perfect moment to go BIG and set goals, you might not ever really find the time to set them. The truth is that we all have the same 24 hours in a day. With goal setting I find it is more important to decide what you can set aside, what you can live without, what you have give up in order to reach your goals. The truth is that if something is important enough to us, we will find the time to do it. We all seem to think we are so busy and we have no time, but when we are really honest with ourselves I think most of us would admit that we could cut one hour of TV out, maybe get up an hour earlier to work, maybe change some of our habbits that take us away from what we want to accomplish. So when you think about what you want to accomplish this year, think about what your financial goals are, think about what your paycheck could do for you and your family in 2016. This about what you would do with a $1000 bonus for promoting to Star or maybe a $6000 Bonus by promoting to Star Director. The great thing about our job as a business owner is we get to decide each day where to spend our time and how much we want to earn and work. The downside of being a business owner and our own boss is that we sometimes get lazy and don't work as much as we could. It's easy to declare what we want, but often not always easy to work when we don't feel like it. So be sure to piack a pacing partner, share your 2016 Q1 goal and reach out for help and support. That is what i am here for, that is what your team is there for. This could be your year to earn $100,000 on your own terms, pay off debt, plan a special trip for your family. This could be the year you earn our incentive trip from Stella & Dot to take your husband or family. Whatever it is that you want, now is the time to set your goal and share it proudly. Cheers to you, all you have accomplished and all that is ahead for you in this fabulous new year! There is room for every single stylist to soar this year and accomplish every single goal. May 2016 be your best year yet! xo Shaina