2017 is gone and will soon be forgotten and 2018 is still tender. The echoes on the streets, radios, television and text messages is nothing more than "HAPPY NEW YEAR". Yes we all know that is a new year, I am not disputing that fact but very soon the new year will be an old one just like 2017 and every other past years. This brings me to my question - Welcome to 2018(What do you intend to achieve?) - Goodbye 2017(What were your achievements?).

Life - The Ultimate Business.

Life is a business and one of the main reasons why we do business is to make profits, though loosing is inevitable sometimes. That is why you have to invest in yourself and others so that when the time for profit comes you will reap that which you have sown.

At the end of the year in every business, good businessmen sit down to calculate all the transactions in their business. They check to know how much they spent, how much they made as profits. They also check to know the part of their business that generates more funds and the part the takes away such funds.
All this are done to help guide them in decision making on how to make the business for the next year better and maximize their profits.

Have you asked yourself what your achievements were in 2017?

While every other person was busy celebrating chrismas by eating rice and chicken. I sat down to take note of what I achieved in 2017. I am not saying that eating rice and chicken is bad. All I am saying is that you might be relishing the chrismas food are your own detriment?

Taking it to the Bible we all know the popular story were some servants were given coins. The first was given 5 coins, the second was given 3 coins and the last was given 1 coin. The first invested his 5 coin and brought extra 5 coin, the second invested his and returned back with 3 coins extra while the last one buried is own coin and return back with that same 1 coin.

Results terminates insult. Hence if you don't have results in what you are doing, you are definitely wasting away. When I say results I mean your fruits. Fruitfulness defines usefulness and God expects us to be useful. The quality of a tree is determined by the quantity of its fruits.

Don't blame anybody for your not been fruitful rather look for steps take.
NOTE: Seed Triggers Harvest.
You can not reap when you don't sow because fruits are products of seed sown.

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How many problems have you solved? when solve problems of people, you get paid for it.
If you want to be rich, learn how to solve the problems of the the rich.

Using myself as a case study - Below are my little achievements in 2017

• Registered my company Toxaswift Solutions. You can check it out at http://www.toxaswift.com

• Built 10 powerful dynamic websites as a web developer. some of which are http://www.benmoorefitz.com
  http://www.nipi-ng.com
  http://www.gpswift.com and many others.

• Built my School Management System Application that generates endless dynamic funds on termly basis.

• Did NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Successfully.
  
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• Joined Steemit.
  Link to my introduction post
  https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@casweeney/my-first-post-on-steemit-as-a-web-developer-project20millionnaija

• I invited many persons to steemit and today they are happy because they are earning from what they know.
  They are @gimba, @rasheedyazi, @happoculturation, @frequency50, @ponpun, @ojukwuchiwizzy, and so many.

• I met great personalities in the steemit platform during the meet ups in Nigeria.
  These are @ejemai, @michaelcj, @destinysaid, @ehiboss, @nmalove, @jacobite, @ewuoso, @illuminatus, @bhoa, @gbenga, @dante31, @tojukaka, @nairadaddy, @ponmile, @tfame3865 and so many others. Its is a great achievement.

• I learnt new programming languages like Laravel and Angular JS.
  
  Source

And many others which I won't mention for personal reasons.

I also lost too, because just like you make profits, you are bound to also make loses.

For the above achievements I will always give thanks to God because He made it possible. It is not by my power nor might.

Have you planned for next year?

If you fail to plan, you will definitely plan to fail.

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Plan in this context simply means a set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

NOTE: If you must achieve your set goals, you must plan.

While every other person was busy going to SHOPRITE, Some others were busy planning for 2018. Believe me you don't expect these two categories of people to achieve the same results.

What I intend to acheive in 2018

• One of my plan for 2018 is to make the SteemCamp event a success because the project is for the benefit of those who have what it takes to be successful but lack the means, funds and ideas to make it come true.

• Learn More Programming Languages like React Js and Python.
  
  Source

• Invite more people to steemit and many others.

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I am also building the SteemCamp Website. I am happy to say this because when the event finally starts. I will proud the say I built that website. It will be a great achievement in 2018.

I think I have said a lot. A word is enough for the wise. Stop wasting away and do something good with your time.

Invite people to join steemit, it is also an achievement. Success is measured by the number of people you have blessed(helped to be useful in the society).

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Conclusion
To round it up take some time out have fun with people around you, share with the less privilege. I enjoyed myself this period too. But not at the expense of my set goals.

Thanks for reading and hope you achieve your goals.

HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR