
This Broker Bit starts out with more advice from my father.
"Finish what you started, or no-one will believe in you," and "If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail."
In typical fashion, his advice was brutally honest, clear, and valid. I have learned to use this advice for properly "finishing" a year and "preparing" for a new year.
In the past for me, other than the actual date/year change, there was not a clean finish to the current year and preparation of the new. I was in 'cruise control' mode from Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year's Eve and then BAM, it's the new year (Happy New Year)! It was clear that I was not finishing the year properly, nor was I properly prepared to start the new year. I needed to define the "finish" of the current year and the "preparation" for the new year to get off the last 45 days of the year in 'crui...