I recently met a great social media expert and interesting guy (who I now follow on Twitter). Anyway, he recently wrote a great blog about how he does his annual goals and I really liked his approach. It’s memorable and thought provoking. http://www.chrisbrogan.com/your-3-goals-for-2009/ He talks about finding three words that represent your filter, your purpose, your goals for the year – so here are my three words:
1) Breathe – this year, I will breathe better, it is my health goal – I will do what it takes and I know what that is (ever had surgery for a deviated septum? Then you know the pain of which I speak.)
2) Pocket – I always think of time in carved out sections now. Probably because I have been trained in the corporate view of time in half hour or hour increments. But this year, I will make more small pockets of time for those I care about. Pick up the phone for just a few minutes, play a game with Samantha, go to lunch with Shawn – that kind of thing.
3) Fearless – I love that question, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” So that is going to be my filter, my gut check for my decisions this year. I may not change all of my choices based on that but I will know more about why I make the choices I do. I am going to try to fear less in 2009.
My three words for 2009. Let’s see how I do with this, shall we? Stay tuned and I will let you know.