“In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want.”  Traditional Irish Toast

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1.  I resolve to listen to others’ tweets on Twitter instead of just pushing my own tweets looking for traffic to my site. My purpose on Twitter is to make long-term connections with many different personalities.

2.  I resolve to actively seek out blogs not in the field of my normal interests. (Alltop is a great! All the Top Cheese News?). My goal is to spread my knowledge and improve as a person and as a business owner.

3.  I resolve to participate in forums in a way that adds value to the conversation. My first priority is not to gain traffic from forums to my site, but to learn and participate with my peers on subjects of their interest as well as my own.

4.  I resolve to do an objective review of my hunting business blog (if you don’t have one already, start one ). What worked? What didn’t work? How can I improve? How can I add more value to potential readers?

5.  I resolve to answer the questions of my peers with my blog posts. My purpose is to understand what people are asking (actively and passively) and answer their questions to the best of my ability.

6.  I resolve to create a new product that has Word-Of-Mouth built in. Not only should word-of-mouth be built into my products, but it should be built into every function of my business.

7.  I resolve to reflect once a week on how great my life is. I get to work in the hunting business; something I truly am passionate about no matter what the pay is.

8.  I resolve to focus on the ways my hunting business can be better – not to dwell on the things that are wrong or who may have made a mistake.

9.  I resolve to encourage failure. That’s right – I encourage failure. As Tony H. says, “The guy who never loses a hand is not the guy who makes the most money in the long run.“

10. I resolve to observe the tactics of my competition and peers and evaluate what works, what is likely to work in the future, and what I can improve on and do differently to improve myself and my business.

11. I resolve to learn how to ask for help. (And learn from brilliant people).

12. I resolve to be civil in all of my dealings with customers, co-workers, superiors, subordinates, vendors, enemies, friends, etc. My purpose is to at all times treat people with respect.

13. I resolve to spend a little more time in the woods.

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