To start 2013, I want to share with you my goals. In an attempt to be fairly well-rounded in them, I have made sure to include some in the categories of body, mind and spirit. I make them public to invite you to hold me accountable. Goals for my body: 1. Keep my weight at …
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Leap Year Lesson #366: Accomplishing Big Goals Instills Hunger for Bigger Ones
This is it - daily lesson #366 for this leap year 2012. What an adventure! When I set the goal at the end of 2011 to write a daily lesson learned for 366 straight days with each post no longer than 366 words, I knew it was an ambitious goal. After all, I had only …
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Leap Year Lesson #365: You Can Learn If You Try
One of the enormous takeaways from writing a daily lesson learned for all of 2012 is the realization that it is possible to learn something every day if you try. Some days it's easy because you have been very intentional about learning some subject or pursuing something new. Other days it's unintentional and the particular …
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Leap Year Lesson #362: Put Others First in 2013
As I read many goals others are setting for 2013, I am struck by the number of them that relate to people loving themselves more, putting themselves first, focusing on "me" time, etc. I have very mixed emotions about such goals. On the one hand, I can certainly see the importance of taking care of …
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Leap Year Lesson #354: Celebrate Success
Our business area at work had a celebration today. This month marked the initial release of a major, long-term development project that involves about 300 people over several years across multiple business and IT departments. It happens to be led primarily my my current director and my former director from the IT team I left …