Ten ways to make this your best year ever.
The beginning of a new year offers a great opportunity for a fresh start, but it doesn't have to be New Year's Day or even the month of January to make resolutions and set goals for your career or for your life. Any time of the year offers a great opportunity for a fresh start, to make the most of the next 12 months, consider these 10 ways to make it a year to remember.
一年之初为新的开始提供了一个很好的机会，但它不必是元旦那天，甚至不必是一月份，你可以在任何时间为你的事业或生活做出决定和设定目标。一年中的任何时候都为新的开始提供了一个很好的机会，为了充分利用接下来的12个月，考虑一下这10种方法，让今年成为难忘的一年。
#1 Make up your mind.
A successful life or creative career takes more than talent and tactics, it also requires knowing what you want, combined with a positive mental attitude. So take time now to determine what you plan to accomplish this year, and then vow to keep your expectations upbeat and your optimism riding high.
下定决心。 成功的人生或创造性的职业需要的不仅仅是天赋和策略，还需要知道你想要什么，以及积极的心态。所以现在花点时间，确定你今年的目标是什么，然后下定决心，要保持乐观的期望和情绪。
#2 Make it easy
One of my favorite quotes is, any fool can make something complicated, it takes a real genius to make it simple. Don't overburden yourself with a complex plan, pick a couple of key areas and focus relentlessly on them, keep things simple, also make it easy for other people to figure out who you are and what you do, to place an order, to get in touch with you, there is beauty in clarity.
把事情变得简单。 我最喜欢的一句话是，任何傻瓜都能使事情变得复杂，真正的天才才能使事情变得简单。不要疲于制定复杂的计划，选择几个关键的领域，并坚持不懈地专注于它们，让事情变得简单，也让别人一下子就知道你是谁，你是做什么的，如何跟你下订单，如何联系你等等，简单明了是一种美。
#3 Make a list
To promote yourself and expand your career, you must connect with people, and follow up with them repeatedly, having a system helps, it doesn't matter if you use contact management software, index cards, or a spiral notebook you bought from the dollar store. What's most important is that you have some way of recording names addresses phone numbers etc, and a plan for connecting with the people on your lists who matter.
列清单。 为了提升你自己，扩大你的事业，你必须与人联系，并反复跟进他们，搭建一个系统会很有帮助，无论你是使用联系人软件，索引卡，还是从美元商店买来的螺旋形笔记本，这都无关紧要。最重要的是，你有一些记录姓名、地址、电话号码等的方法，还有一个计划，联系重要人物。
#4 Make an offer
It's one thing to have music and books and art for sale, and live events to promote. it's quite another to inspire people to buy and to attend. So don't just list your merchandise and event dates, make offers, buy one get one free, order within five days and get a discount, arrive by 7:00 p.m. and we'll buy your first drink, get the picture, so make offers to inspire people to act.
出价。有音乐、书籍和艺术可供出售，有现场活动可供推广，这是一回事。鼓励人们购买和参与是另一回事。所以，不要仅仅列出你的商品和活动日期，要提供优惠，比如买一送一，五天内订购并获得折扣，晚上7点前到达，我们会免费赠送第一杯饮料，免费拍照，所以提供优惠来激励人们采取行动。
#5 Make love not war
Stop giggling, it's not what you think, although that would certainly make any year a lot better, but the message here is this, stop fighting unnecessary battles, don't always look for what's wrong with your career in your life, because you'll just get more of it. Zero in on what you want, keep things positive and operate from a position of warmth and passion.
做爱做的事，而不是开战 。不要笑，不是你想的那样，虽然这肯定会让任何一年都好很多，但我想表达的是：停止不必要的争斗，不要总是关注生活中和事业中的问题，因为你会得到更多的。专注于你想要的，保持积极的态度，从一个温暖和激情的位置开始运作。
#6 Make lemonade
As a follow-up to the previous tip, when you do encounter a negative outcome, look for the hidden opportunity, failure is a normal part of life. What separates the winners is their ability to overcome obstacles and learn from adversity. As the saying goes when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.
做柠檬汁。 续前一个小建议，当你遇到一个消极的结果时，寻找潜在的机会，失败是生活中非常常见的一部分。胜利者跟失败者的区别在于，他们克服障碍和从逆境中学习的能力。俗话说，当生活给你柠檬时，用它来做柠檬水。
#7 Make up
Everyone has regrets, poor decisions they made, and bridges that were unfortunately burned, if you stress over these past events, it can eat you up and turn you bitter. This year, consider taking steps to heal old wounds, contact people you fight a falling-out with, or apologize to someone who really needs to hear that from you. Clear the air and make space for your success to bloom.
弥补。 每个人都会有遗憾，做过的错误决定，以及不幸被烧毁的桥梁，如果你对这些过去的事情耿耿于怀，它会把你吞噬，让你痛苦。今年，考虑采取措施来治愈旧伤口，联系你与之发生争执的人，或者向一些人道歉，因为他们真的需要听到这些。净化心灵，为你的成功腾出空间。
#8 Make it or break it
While having a positive attitude is key, being objective and realistic is important too. Always view your marketing and your creative activities with a fresh eye. If something is not panning out, change it or try something new, no matter how well you think the idea should be working, your audience will tell you pretty quickly if something is effective, and it's your job to keep your eyes open for the clues, and then act accordingly.
成败在此一举 。虽然积极的态度是关键，但客观和现实也很重要。始终以全新的眼光看待你的营销和创意活动。如果有什么东西没有成功，改变它或尝试新的东西，无论你认为这个想法应该是多么有效，你的听众会很快告诉你它到底可不可行。你的工作就是，一直睁大眼睛，随时搜寻线索，然后采取相应的行动。
#9 Make great art
This should go without saying, but no amount of money or great marketing ideas can help promote music or art or literature that doesn't connect with anyone. Now what is great is subjective, but you should always strive to write produce record perform art that is highly satisfying to you, and a growing number of fans. So resolve to up your game and create the highest quality art that you can this year.
创造伟大的艺术 。这应该是不言而喻的，如果你的音乐、艺术或文学无法跟人建立起关联，那么任何金钱或伟大的营销理念都帮不了你。伟大的是主观的东西，但你应该一直朝着伟大进行努力，创造出让自己满意的作品，吸引越来越多的粉丝。所以，下定决心提高你的比赛水平，创造出最好的作品吧。
#10 Make haste
Don't make the mistake of waiting too long for the time to be right, for all your ducks to be in a row, for the situation to be perfect, because guess what, that time probably will never come. So do it now, here's another good quote, anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. So get off your butt, get busy learn from mistakes, and keep plowing forward.
抓紧行动。 不要犯这样的错误：等一切都准备好之后再开始。因为你猜怎么着，那个时间可能永远不会到来。现在就做吧，再告诉你一句名言，任何值得做的事情，都值得做的很糟糕。所以，放开去干吧，从错误中吸取教训，继续前进。
I hope these tips give you the headstart you need to make the next 12 months your best year yet.
