Goals

Twenty years from now …

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twenty years from now

What have you always wanted to do?

Do it.

Where have you dreamed of going?

Go there.

Start putting a plan together.

 

Do the road trip.

Attend the event.

Take the jump …

… skydive, bungy or high dive.

Start a business.

Write the book.

Learn a language.

Swim with the …

… stingrays, whale shark or turtle.

Run the marathon.

Book the restaurant.

Fly the plane.

Teach.

Change the job.

See a wonder of the world …

… Colosseum, Taj Mahal or Great Wall.

Surprise someone.

Try yoga.

Hike a trail.

See the show.

What will you look back on in twenty years and say …

“I did that!”

 

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

 

The above quote is often mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain.

Here’s the story … https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/09/29/you-did/

 

Thanks to Mike O. for the inspiration.

 

Continue to strive

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The achievement is greater than anything accomplished before.

Celebrate the success.

It was however, still short of the goal.

Learn and improve.

Then continue to strive and do better again.

 

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“The extra energy required to make another effort is the secret of winning.” – Denis Waitley

As it ends … so it starts

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So how did you go?

Did you try?

Did you learn something?

Have you lived as fully as you could?

Did you push yourself?

Have you changed anything?

For yourself?

For others?

Did you do something?

Did you make mistakes?

Good!

Let’s go do it again.

 

“I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you’ve done something.” — Neil Gaiman

 

With the time that is left

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What are you going to do with the time that is left?

In the meeting.

This afternoon.

Today.

Before bed.

This week.

On holiday.

This month.

For the project.

This Year.

With your parents.

While travelling.

Over your working career.

With your kids.

With your grandchildren.

With your significant other.

With the rest of your life.

There’s so much time left … and then there’s not.

 

 

“As you get older, don’t slow down. Speed up. There’s less time left!” – Malcolm S. Forbes

“You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

 

Happy New You

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There is something psychological about a new year.

A sense that things can be different.

A chance to make a fresh start.

Start anew.

But it’s all a bit arbitrary.

There isn’t much difference between the final day of a year and first day of a new year.

Unless you choose there to be something different.

Yes, you get to choose.

You could have started yesterday.

You could begin tomorrow.

Or now.

You can choose to be a better you anytime.

 

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

You missed your goal … so now what?

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You set a goal … and missed it.

You can beat yourself up.

Feel you messed up.

Be frustrated and disappointed.

Which is all okay.

It means you aren’t satisfied yet.

Which will fuel the setting of the next goal.

Review what happened.

Take the learnings.

Come up with some new strategies.

Be kind to yourself.

And go again.

 

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone

“Try. Fail. Try. Miss. Try. Fall. Try. Get rejected. Try. Succeed. Repeat.” – Mel Robbins, author of “The Five Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage”

 

The To-Do list will wait for you

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There will always be more to do.

Always more to put on the To-Do list.

The list that seems to have more added to it that comes off.

You can’t do it all.

Your team can’t do it all.

Your business can’t do it all.

But you can do the next thing.

You can focus.

You can prioritise.

And yes … priorities will change.

To adapt to a changing landscape.

To evolving circumstances.

What was important last week may not be today.

They are your priorities.

You get to decide.

To decide what the next thing is.

Go do that.

The To-Do list will wait for you.

 

“Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.” – Steve Jobs

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

“It’s not only one thing. It’s one thing at a time.” – Gary Keller, author of “The One Thing”.

 

[Inspiration for the words and illustration prompted by reading this HBR article.]

 

You are here. Was it how you planned it?

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How did you get to where you are now?

It may not have been an obvious or clear path to here.

Looking back, it all makes sense.

Back then, it would likely have made no sense.

There might have been a plan.

The plan has been modified.

There might have been a direction.

Though there have been many changes of tack.

There was perhaps a vision.

That appeared differently.

There was a destination.

With side roads and detours.

Where so you want to go next?

The plan may be a straight line.

The journey will likely not be.

 

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams