Clutter Busting Coach

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Mission Driven

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When you are driven by your mission decision making and action planning can become clearer.

As I have updated my mission statement over the last several weeks, I have recommitted to focusing on those things that are important to me. And I plan to take a page out of Benjamin Franklin’s book as I go through 2021 with integrity in mind. I will work on being mission focused each month with a particular attention to one concept.

I am excited to share my mission with you. [Read more…]

Mission Statement Tips

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Last week I shared that I was planning to review my mission statement and suggested that you join me in that journey.

What did you learn?

I learned:

  • I play many roles and that I have found it challenging to blend them for balance and/or focus.
  • I continue to like using several concept statements versus a paragraph for my statement.
  • I have not looked at my mission statement since last January and, therefore, I need to add a task to do that at least monthly if not weekly when I do my planning.
  • I would have been able to make quicker/calmer decisions over the last several months if I would have reviewed my mission statement first.
  • That many of the statements need to be adjusted slightly based on the current environment/circumstance.

So, the plan is to spend some more time with updating my mission statement.

Here are some tips that can help if you too will be updating your mission statement. [Read more…]

Start, Stop or Continue?

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I have used the technique of start, stop or continue in business. I have asked this question of others when seeking input on my contributions to the team (what I should…). I have also used it as a self-evaluation tool for myself and my colleagues as part of our performance appraisal process.

I have also used it when I feel that I am not accomplishing goals or tasks on my to do list. This is also a good way to address habits, relationships or choices and whether they are contributing positive things to your life.

What do you need to start, stop or continue in your life now?

Achieving Your Goals in 2019

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So how can you achieve your goals (resolutions) in 2019?

In doing research on this topic, I came across an article that provides some great suggestions for realizing the goals you set this year.

What this article is really telling us is that we need to pay attention to our goals on a regular basis by making them a priority in our daily plans and choices we make.

Additionally, I would suggest the following tips for achieving your goals:

• Create and use affirmations
• Practice meditation
• Journal
• Create a vision board
• Review your goals on a regular basis
• Calendarize your action plan

Here’s to your success!

Thoughts on Creating Resolutions

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Stuck is a choice.
No decision is a decision.
A goal without a plan is just a dream.

As we begin a new year, I was pondering the above in the context of making resolutions.

I think that the start of a new year is a good time, before making resolutions, to look at your mission, vision and values. This can help add focus to your goal (resolution) setting. I would propose that we sometimes set our goals for others or set them based on what we think would we should do without regard to our mission and values. So, I ask what would be possible if we aligned our goals (resolutions) to with mission, vision and values?

Then I would suggest that you need to decide to start by making daily decisions to move forward. You have a choice about the actions you take daily will move you toward your goal and this includes taking a step outside your comfort zone to get unstuck.

I also I don’t want you to get me wrong, I think you should regularly dream and dream BIG. Yet in order to make your dreams a reality you must act.

How do your goals (resolutions) align to your mission, vision and values? Are you set to make your resolutions stick?