Today is the start of the rest of your life. Welcome to the new year. Today is the first Monday, and for most, probably the first work day of the new decade. With the new year and new business world ahead, have you made the right New Year Business Resolutions?

Many, many Americans and people from all around the world make New Year Resolutions. They do this to help kick start a better year with better habits or attitudes. Though, did you know that it is equally important to have New Years Business Resolutions to kick start your business as well.

Well let’s start off first by naming off the top five personal New Years Resolutions:

1. Get in shape / Lose weight
2. Spend more time with Family & Friends
3. Quit Smoking or Drinking
4. Enjoy life more
5. Pick up a new hobby

All good resolutions and all pushing you in the right direction to start off the year. So for your entrepreneurial self or for your business mind, here are some top New Year Business Resolutions for you:

1. Have less meetings – Many a times, the ideas and ideals get lost in too much “meeting time” but not enough expediting and application. Make a promise to yourself to spend less time debating on the color scheme for your new website and just build the damn website!
2. Promote your business for free – There are countless ways of promoting your business for free. From Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter Tweets, Blogs, Friends in the media and old flames you used to mess around with, there are bridges and applications at your disposal. USE THEM!
3. Learn something new – Take a new class. Learn how to write better, learn how to do your finances, learn how to draw, just learn something! Besides, other than feeding your mind, you’ll also feed your social self when attending classes and meeting like-minded people, which of course brings me to my next business resolution,
4. Meet new people – You can never meet enough amazing and interesting people in this world. Meeting new people makes you feel alive and young. It’s also tied in very closely with learning something new as there’s always something new you can learn from a new friend.
5. Don’t do tomorrow, what you can do today – Stop procrastinating. Do it, and do it NOW! Whatever it is that you need to do… just do it! (no we are not sponsored by Nike) What you waiting for? Less talk and more DO!

So what are your New Year Business Resolutions?