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A while ago I did a round up of 101 one hundred and ones and I must first say I got some very odd keyword search referrals for quite a while after that. Today’s post is top 10 lists - sparked by a impulsive decision to peruse through my older delicious bookmarks. So here are several different top 10 lists of tips, resources, articles, etc. all of which apply to the gen y/millennial crowd that I’ve been saving for a rainy day, or ya know a New Year.
Have any top 10 resources I may have missed - perhaps one of your own?
January 1st marks the beginning of numerous New Year’s resolutions. It’s always an interesting conversation starter to ask any audience (large or small) "do you create New Year’s Resolutions?".
The problem, as I see it, with New Years Resolutions are that they are made in haste, as an opportunity to break self imposed standards during the holidays. So many people over spend, over eat, & over indulge in November and December with the claims that come January it will all turn around. I am however, not against making resolutions because I think it’s very important to have measurable goals and something to work towards.
My solution has always been to create big picture goals that resemble more of a pathway than a particular to-do list. To-do list type resolutions never work for me because my focus and priorities change as the year progresses and consequently by February I can’t even remember what I wanted to accomplish. I think setting a goal with a 12 month deadline only breeds procrastination which results in guilt.
I went to a leadership training in October of 2007 and one of my biggest take aways is that in order to accomplish any goal you must always be taking steps in the direction of your end result. Which of course means you know what your end result will look like and then make sure to take steps towards that every day. I set goals or "resolutions" for myself every month in the different categories of my life: personally, professionally & for this blog. When I create my year at a glance goals I am working from an eagle eye view of what I want my year to look like at the end, knowing that life happens and plans change and life rarely unfolds the way we expect. I actually wrote my list about a month ago but recently I came across two blog posts that have inspired me and helped me to focus my goals even more.
Chris Brogan recommends coming up with 3 or so keywords that tie to goals and work from there. The thing that I love about Chris’ approach is that it’s broad enough to encompass multiple areas of life, yet it’s also narrow enough that I will definitely be able to remember in February what my 3 words were.
So I read back over my list in my journal and came up with 3 words for me: Joy, Contribution & Journey.
The other post that inspired me to refocus my resolution was Tiffany Monhollon’s Forget Resolutions. Tiffany recommends picking one theme - her’s being discipline. And so for me, my theme for 2009 shall be joy - finding, creating & inspiring joy in myself and others.
What would be your 3 goals and/or your theme word for 2009?
Other recommended reading on this first day of 2009:
Yes, it’s Christmas and yes I am on a rant! Before I go there let me just say, today was lots of fun, just got back to our hotel room. For those of you don’t follow me on twitter - I’m in Kentucky (long way from TX home) with the fam. We are staying in a fun little hotel not too far from the house where all the festivities are.
So, I just got back and decided to turn on good ‘ol tweetdeck to see if there were any fun Gen Y posts I may have missed today. And to my excitement someone had tweeted a link to Gen Y: When You Wake Up Unemployed. (more…)
Happy Holidays! At the end of the year I like to look back at all that I’ve accomplished, all that has changed and all that is yet to come. This has been a great year for me personally, professionally & developmentally. If I had to sum up this year for me in one word it would be - learning. There have been various events (both good & bad) that have resulted in a great deal of lessons I will carry into the next stage of my life.
Here are some of my favorite posts of 2008. I have some BIG plans for 2009, I’ll reveal those very soon!
And if you still can’t get enough, there have been a great deal of twenty something advice series posts & here’s my favorites from 2007 GenPink 1.0.
Time has been a commodity this year and I’ve met so many great bloggers & internet celebrities. So I have one favor to ask of you - and that would be for you to develop your own Best of 2008 & link to it here. I’d love to know what I may have missed throughout the year, without having to go back through your archives. And instead of just blankly throwing this request out there, I am specifically asking for this request from (in no particular order). In case you’re wondering, you’re either on this list because you’ve been in my feed for a while and I’m afraid I missed something or I just discovered you sometime in 2008.
Tiffany, Rebecca, Zandria, Chuck, The Ryans, Derek, Monica, Greg, Dan, Ramit, Ari, David, Janet, Tina, Olivia, Andrea, Rachel, Kerri, Molly, Allison, Shanti, any and all Brazen Careerists I may have missed as well as 20sb, and of course anyone else who wants to - I especially want Gen Y bloggers!
A very Merry to you! I hope that whatever you are doing as 2008 comes to a close, you are experiencing joy.
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