Showing posts with label Redisover yourself. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Redisover yourself. Show all posts

Monday, January 4, 2010

A fresh look at 2010

One of my colleagues (David Roy), sent me a list of questions related to my previous post, that can guide 2009 Review and 2010 Goal settings. He got these questions from the Newsletter by David Allen (Author of Getting Things Done).

Completing and remembering 2009


Review the list of all completed projects

What was your biggest triumph in 2009?

What was the smartest decision you made in 2009?

What one word best sums up and describes your 2009 experience?

What was the greatest lesson you learned in 2009?

What was the most loving service you performed in 2009?

What is your biggest piece of unfinished business in 2009?

What are you most happy about completing in 2009?

Who were the three people that had the greatest impact on your life in 2009?

What was the biggest risk you took in 2009?

What was the biggest surprise in 2009?

What important relationship improved the most in 2009?

What compliment would you liked to have received in 2009?

What compliment would you liked to have given in 2009?

What else do you need to do or say to be complete with 2009?

Creating the new year

What would you like to be your biggest triumph in 2010?

What advice would you like to give yourself in 2010?

What is the major effort you are planning to improve your financial results in 2010?

What would you be most happy about completing in 2010?

What major indulgence are you willing to experience in 2010?

What would you most like to change about yourself in 2010?

What are you looking forward to learning in 2010?

What do you think your biggest risk will be in 2010?

What about your work, are you most committed to changing and improving in 2010?

What is one as yet undeveloped talent you are willing to explore in 2010?

What brings you the most joy and how are you going to do or have more of that in 2010?

Who or what, other than yourself, are you most committed to loving and serving in 2010?

What one word would you like to have as your theme in 2010?

For more on this subject, visit David Allen's web site - http://www.davidco.com/

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wish you a Very Happy New You for this New Year!

What will you do on New Year eve? – Fire Yourself !
If you are wondering what I mean, read Ron Ashkenas’ blog at HBR.
Ron highlights how GM Management team could not break out of their routine and do anything different, even when they were witnessing imminent demise.  Somebody else had to fire them, because they could not do it to themselves.

It is similar to UnThink principle I highlighted in my last blog entry. It is so important to stop and think about what you are doing, what you are NOT doing and what you should do. You may rediscover yourself - professionally and personally.
Easier said than done!  I have read about this stuff many time before, but never really acted on it until recently, when I was all alone on a business trip. I found myself thinking about my career and my family, and I started analyzing behind a napkin paper. I spent more than 2 hours – just thinking. I believe, I know myself better now and I am quite sure what I want to do in my life.
I guess the act of recognizing this need of self-analysis is important. Rest your sub-conscious will take care of.

Wish you a Very Happy New You for this New Year!

- Amit Unde


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