In recent weeks the News has run as series of New Year resolution ideas to inspire readers to get the best out of 20121.

Executive career and lifestyle coach Caroline Cameron has alloowed us to reprint some of the tips from her book, The Great Life Redesign.

Learn and move on

If you've made a few mistakes this year, don't worry, we all have! Take time to identify what went wrong, convert the precious lessons into wisdom and move on. By extracting lessons from mistakes or failures, you can let the emotion, values violations or whatever was 'wrong' about that event go.

Take stock of where you are

Step back and give each area of your life an A - F grade. Review what's working and what isn't in your relationships, health, wealth/finances, career, home, environment, community, challenge/growth and spirituality/beliefs.

Conscious ly decide what to keep and what will be different

Having mentally reviewed each room in your 'life house', decide and make a list of what needs to change. If you do make a change, what will actually be different and how will that be better than what you have today?

Create a 2012 Vision

By this time next year, decide will be happening that isn't happening today. Write down keywords to decide where you're going to invest time, energy and effort. Based on where you're heading, what will it look, sound and feel like and who will be there with you?

Decide how you'll make your vision a reality

This includes setting goals and developing strategies to bring your vision to life. Without these your vision will be based on wishful thinking that's unlikely to be realised. Make concrete plans and hold yourself accountable for making change happen.

Celebrate the wins

In the quest to get things done, we often forget to celebrate our achievements big and small. Take time to feel the satisfaction of achieving each goal and notice what it was that helped you get there. The 'high' of achieving a win will keep you motivated for future success.