Happy New Year!!  In my eyes, 2011 has already been a wildly successful year.  I have not missed a workout yet, yes it has only been two days, but usually I have already fallen off the horse.  I am back in the pool training for another triathalon and my lap times this morning weren't too bad, after taking 5 months off.  The Colts are the AFC South Champs and the #3 seed in the AFC after an exciting victory against the Titans.  The sun is shining, I can see blue sky... and tomorrow morning The Gutting Group will help a bus driver, who has never owned a home in her entire life, close on her very first home.. with NO MONEY DOWN!  Yes, there are still NO MONEY DOWN programs with certain qualifications. 

2011 will be as successful, as joyful and as prosperous as YOU MAKE IT!  Control your own destiny, if not, someone else will. 

Set realistic and obtainable goals for this first week of 2011.  Go out and achieve those goals at all costs.  Do not let anything get in your way.  Then Sunday evening, January 9th, sit back, reflect on the weeks accomplishments, spoil yourself a little with whatever you like to spoil yourself with (ice cream, a glass of wine, chocolate, cookies, etc).. remember, today is a gift, tomorrow is just a dream that may never come, so be sure to seize the moment.  Enjoy the ride, because your hair stops blowing and the adrenaline stops pumping when you reach your destination. 

Derek Gutting, The Gutting Group, Keller Williams Realty, www.Guttinggroup.com.