Richard Hogan: Before you make a new year resolution, ask yourself, are you afraid to thrive?

Two of the most important questions you can ask yourself before you launch out on a new year resolution is, “Am I afraid to thrive?” and “What would thriving look like?”

Richard Hogan: We can keep thinking the same way or we can disrupt them and start to think differently. Picture: Moya Nolan

Well, we all survived another Christmas. As we look back on the year, reflecting on what we accomplished or where we fell short and as we start to think about looking forward into the new year, it is important to consider how we author our lives.

We rarely think that we are the authors of our life story, but there is nothing as important as that concept.