Whether you are looking for a new career, applying for a promotion, or starting your own business this year, if you don’t have the right frame of mind, I promise you, your efforts will not work. You’re defeated before your get out of the gate, and that is a bad way to start the New Year. It’s much better to consciously put yourself in the right frame of mind before starting a new goal. There are many ways to align your mind before finding a new career.

Here are six steps that will assist you in creating your new career.

•Take care of yourself first – Don’t let clients, colleagues, friends and family dictate how you will prioritize your day. Don’t put off what feeds you.

•Attitude of gratitude – when you acknowledge what you are grateful for, the universe hears it and unexpectedly, more good comes from it. Write down at least five things you are grateful for each night in your journal.

•Affirmations – Positive statements you say to your subconscious to visualize the outcome you want for the future. Say your affirmations as if you already have it, using the present tense. "I am happily working in the job I love and making good money."

•Visualization – Go to a quiet place and visualize yourself with a positive outcome. For instance, if you are going to an interview, on the morning of the interview, visualize yourself answering all the questions in a positive manner along with getting along well with everyone you meet. Test this method and I think you’ll agree that it really works.

•Visioning board – Create a collage on a large poster board of the things you want in your life for this year. Cut out pictures from magazines and newspapers. Draw. Be as creative as you like. Look at it every day. You may be surprised at how fast you get them when you face them every day.

•Write out your success history – Take 15 minutes and write out 30 successes you have had over your lifetime – no matter how big or small. Piano recital at 3? Received a promotion last year? Add anything you can think of and post it where you can see it often.

Desired Goals + Imagination + Action = Success

By utilizing these steps you will notice how much more clarity you have in the career you seek. Try them and see what happens; I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.