See, I thought that I was already "better than before", and have always exercised every day, and snowboarded and surfed on the weekends. Couple those activities with relatively good diets, and I should be the postercild for "Healthy (older) Boy" of the year. 2014 didn't seem to end that way, but on the very positive side of all of this, 2014 is now way back in the rear view mirror.
It being toward the end of the month of resolutions, and me having the luxury of recuperating and thinking through a lot of this, I've already answered this question in detail for myself, and it's printed boldly on my office wall. A solid convergence of health, family, customers, hard work and friends. From my love of Derby Management to my passion for Tufts, MIT and Common Angels to something new that I am planning to do at work. I've figured this out, or, at least, at this time in the year, have a somewhat definitive plan for personal improvement and business growth.
But I also understand that most resolutions fade away. Hard data actually shows that personal resolve toward those "easy-to-say resolutions" during the first week of January, actually start to waver during this "hard-to-start" week, which shows just now difficult it is to make a new habit stick. It's the exact reason that gym memberships spike during the first week of January and fall sharply off by 10% only four weeks later in February. In fact, since reseach shows that it takes about 66 days to form a habit that will lead to demonstrative change, the answers to "What's Important? require even stronger resolve and more attention to detail during the initial two or three months of the year.
Take the concept of creating an overall business plan for the entire company, and bring that concept all the way down to just you. Your plan, yoru achievements, your future!
Three years ago in January, I met the President of a division of a large international bank at my qym. Great guy, a little bit on the chunky side, and I thought that come March, we would have seen the last of him. Except that his objective was not to lose weight, but to participate in just one of the Tough Mudders. Two years later, he's completed three of these over-the-top-events including their 24 hour mega-endurance run.
His personal achievements are...
As we rapidly approach the end of the first month of the year, all of us would do well to voice the proverb of the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu-
...and take action now (as in this weekend) to figure out the answers to the question of "What's Important?" and then. at the very least, create an outline, or actually take it beyond the outline stage and begin to detail out an actual plan to get from this step to that step.
Personally, I'm looking forward to 2015 and all that it will bring! At work. At Tufts and MIT, And at Common Angels.
Best of everything that you can accomplish this year...just because you can! It's all up to how you set these goals right now and hold yourself accountable to execute every day, week and month.
Welcome to 2015. Gonna' be a great year...as long as you're planning for it.
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