For the very first time, the people of Samoa were the first, not the last, to celebrate the New Year. All it took was moving the country to the other side of the International Date Line. On a day when most of us resolve to quit smoking or lose a few pounds, Samoans have already achieved their new year resolution, they moved their entire country! The change places them back in the neighborhood with their trading partners, Australia and New Zealand. It means birthdays, aniversaries and other events will be celebrated on the same day by extended families. By sharing the same workweek between neighboring businesses, productivity should soar. What is most remarkable about the change is not that everyone agreed to throw away the last Friday of the year, or the challenge of contracts coming due on the missing day. I'm amazed that it took so long to make the change. When Samoans got out of bed this morning they didn't need to reset clocks. They just flipped the calendar to January. No computer crashes, no lost wages (everyone got paid for Friday). As you consider your new year resolutions, consider raising the bar, go bold, think big. May each day of 2012 be Just Another Day in Paradise!