If there’s one thing we think everyone can agree with, it’s the goal of making 2021 a better experience than 2020 was. 

Even if we’re still battling many of the same problems, we can be using what we’ve learned and bringing our best selves to the situations that we encounter. We can be planning for the worst while hoping for the best.

In February, 1964, as President Johnson announced the first American Heart Month, he urged “the people of the United States to give heed to the nationwide problem of the heart and blood-vessel diseases, and to support the programs required to bring about its solution.”

By now the dust is settling on some of the major changes 2020 brought, and you are looking at how to plot your way forward. No matter how hard you’ve had to pivot, one thing is for sure: It’s time to take your goals seriously in 2021 and not leave things up to chance. 

Keeping yourself sharp, your connections strong and your eyes on the prize are all ways to reduce the risk of finding yourself irrelevant or out of luck in the future.