The desire for meaningful change can make us feel excited and overwhelmed. A recent survey about stress and decision-making during the pandemic show we have an entire generation of adults longing to make a meaningful change but feeling too overwhelmed to even choose something to make for dinner.

Define for yourself what success means to you. When you have quantified your purpose, values, and goals, you gain power, clarity and energy.

An effective mission statement answers the following questions:

• Who do you want to serve and inspire?

Use your mission statement daily to:

• Audit how your time, resources, and influence are spent to ensure they are correlated.
• Identify areas you need to reinvest and reinvent.
• Recognize what expertise you want to develop,...

When you have an action plan, it's time to get to work. Instead of being reactionary, think about being purposeful and proactive.

• Gather your key stakeholders; your manager, mentors and life partner to create support and accountability.