2009 Resoltions/Goals

I figure if I write it down I've got a better chance

Personal:
-Get back to surfing seriously (2-3/month)
-Swim 2x a week
-Yoga 1x a week
-8 rounds of golf
-1 Trip out of the country (10 days +)
-Drink less during the week
-More salad in the diet
-Grow family relationships
-Read 20 books
-Blog once a week
-Ski 5x (Take Hunter to the snow 3x)
-Budget and Save
-Become well versed in personal finances and investing
-Learn more about wine
-Join a non-profit or volunteer group and participate monthly

Professional:
-Grow and develop client relations (12 trips to client offices)
-Grow business by 60%
-Revolutionize in store shopper behavior
-Read 10 career development books
-Improve public speaking and sales skills
-Develop an idea and write a business plan around it

Happy 2009!

Being "Busy" is so Tired

Raise your hand if you aren't busy this week? This month? This quarter? How about this year?

In a world of always on connectivity where friendships and business meetings span multiple continents, all of us in the working world are busy. If you aren't busy and you are in the working world you probably have a boring job or are in the wrong job.

Today now more than ever I invariably hear business partners, clients, friends, and family say they are always busy. Heck, I say I'm busy too and most of the time I am.

But let's be honest with ourselves, being busy is many times a tired excuse of "I don't have time for you" or "you're not important enough", possibly just "I'm lazy" or "I don't want to hear your POV".

The best people in their respective fields always have time for people. They are willing and open to listening and hearing all perspectives and points of view to enable them to make the most informed decision with the most amount of information.

Ask yourself, are you busy making yourself, your brand, your company better? Or are you just busy being busy. I am trying to ask myself this more and more as I go through my days.