{"id":84,"date":"2012-01-01T22:07:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T22:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2017-10-19T16:39:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T16:39:04","slug":"grow-grow-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/grow-grow-grow","title":{"rendered":"Grow, Grow, Grow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_90\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NewYearJan12012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90\" title=\"Building\" src=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/NewYearJan12012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We were born to grow and build. \u00a0Even with Lego\u00ae when we were kids.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA.gov<\/a>, the United States government&#8217;s official web portal, the most popular New Year&#8217;s resolutions are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/Hangovers\/beyondHangovers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drink Less Alcohol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eat Healthy Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Citizen\/Topics\/Education-Training\/Education.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get a Better Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Citizen\/Topics\/Education-Training\/Finding-Jobs.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get a Better Job<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fitness.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Fit\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.win.niddk.nih.gov\/publications\/for_life.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lose Weight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/bcp\/edu\/pubs\/consumer\/credit\/cre19.shtm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manage Debt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/healthfinder.gov\/prevention\/ViewTopic.aspx?topicID=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manage Stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokefree.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quit Smoking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/osw\/conserve\/rrr\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reduce, Reuse and Recycle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/publications.usa.gov\/USAPubs.php?PubID=5744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Save Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Citizen\/Topics\/Travel.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take a Trip<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serve.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volunteer to Help Others<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What are your New Year&#8217;s resolutions? \u00a0How are you going to grow in 2012 to be a better person, a better company, a better coach, a better mom or dad, a better friend, a better husband or wife, a better cook in the kitchen, a better mentor, a better&#8230; \u00a0a better whomever you are and whatever you do.<\/p>\n<p>I ran across a quote from the late <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimrohn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Rohn\u00a0<\/a>that said &#8220;I used to say I will take care of you if you will take care of me. \u00a0Now I say I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A friend of mine posted this blog on facebook from the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/cs\/2011\/12\/five_resolutions_for_aspiring.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard Business Review<\/a>\u00a0which provoked me to type this up. \u00a0We all see year after year the standard\u00a0resolutions\u00a0for the new year. \u00a0They&#8217;re basically the same each year. \u00a0The question is how can you grow and stand out from the crowd and not just be the same? Food for thought.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day we all deal with life. \u00a0It&#8217;s an up and down roller coaster! \u00a0Don&#8217;t let your highs be too high or your lows too low. \u00a0High or low is gonna happen no matter what! \u00a0How you react to any situation is the outcome of any situation. \u00a0Balance is key.<\/p>\n<p>Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. \u00a0All of us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Floor<\/a>\u00a0wish you a loving and prosperous 2012! \u00a0Work, work and work at your best with passion! \u00a0Happy New Year 2012! \u00a0Whoever you are and whatever you do&#8230; \u00a0be your BEST!<\/p>\n<p>Personally and professionally strive to Grow, Grow, Grow!<\/p>\n<p>PS. \u00a0This blog had nothing to do with flooring and Urban Floor is a flooring company. \u00a0So here is a shameless promotion plug: <a title=\"Urban Floor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Floor\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0hehe *wink*wink* \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; According to USA.gov, the United States government&#8217;s official web portal, the most popular New Year&#8217;s resolutions are: Drink Less Alcohol Eat Healthy Food Get a Better Education Get a Better Job Get Fit\u00a0 Lose Weight Manage Debt Manage Stress [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,39,21],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-new-years-2012","tag-personal-growth","tag-urban-floor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}