At the beginning of each year, I try to get away and plan for the coming year. This year I had the luxury to accomplish that personally and professional. I’ll write about the experience over the next few days. I started the process by closing my eyes, humming Kumba Ya, and “centering”. Okay, actually I just stood in front of a sliding glass window looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. I took three post it notes and wrote STOP, START, and CONTINUE . Then I asked my self the following questions:
- What do I need to STOP doing that has impeded my past success and accomplishments?
- What do I need to START doing that I am NOT doing that might help contribute to accomplishing my 2008 plan?
- What do I need to CONTINUE doing that worked in the last few years?
Then I just let the ideas flow writing one per Post-It until I could barely see out the window. Along the way, I pondered past years and themes “Back to the Basics, Do Less Better, and Eat Mor’ Chicken (just kidding about Do Less Better). Then I started thinking what does 2008 rhyme with – late, mate, date, bait, separate…nothing there. Then fate, gate, hate….Finally it came, GREAT. My theme is GREAT in 08. Here’s the acronym:
G – Getting Ready
R – Referrals
E – Excellence
A – Attitude
T – Talent management
Mor’ Chicken later…
