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Jan12
Five Ways I Will (NOT) Screw Up 2009
Filed under: How-to, Personal Best, Tips and Tricks; Tagged as: 2009, 2009 plan, Andy Wibbels, DeBorah Beatty, optimize3 CommentsI’ve been reading about this meme started by Andy Wibbels (@andymatic on Twitter), and an incredible blogmaster. He’s the author of the GoBlogWild blog. Then Suzanne Falter Barns of GetKnownNow picked it up on hers, and I thought it sounded like an awesome thing to join in with, too!
So here goes:
Five ways I will not screw up 2009
1) I will not stop just short of success – I have had a habit in my life of bringing brilliant ideas to life, busting my hump to make them happen and then just when they’re on the brink of becoming reality, I find another bunny rabbit to chase. I will follow through and complete at least one idea all the way.
2) I will not try to do everything myself – This year I will learn to ask for help when I need it and give up the ego that makes me think I have to do everything myself.
3) I will follow my heart instead of my head – My head is where my Oughta-Pilot lives in the voice of my mother telling me to do this or that. My heart knows better and I need to trust it more.
4) I will create a plan and stick to it - one of my mentors had me do a 3-month plan. What a tough exercise for an entrepreneur – I tend to like to chase bright and shinies, but the first week has worked so far and I’ve gotten a lot more done. I will also create a plan to make the move to Portland, OR that I promise to follow. Once I get there, lots of things will change for the better with audience demographics and my personal happiness.
5) I will work the tools I’ve started, re-evaluate them and discard the ones not working – Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and all the other social networks where I have created profiles. Too many, I fear, since it takes me so much time to manage them all. I will choose the top 4 performers and work them effectively.
So, that’s my five, want to play and add your own? Just add my permalink to the list and go for it.
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Until next time,
Work well, Play well, Be Well
db
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3 Responses to “Five Ways I Will (NOT) Screw Up 2009”
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Lovely DeBorah… thanks so much for contributing!
Andy Wibbels’s last blog post..Five Ways You’ll Fuck Up 2009
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I just read your latest newsletter. I LOVE the 5 things to do in 2009. I didn’t realize that others stopped just short of success, too. I’ve done it all my life.
I remember a physical example. I was swimming laps at Stanford pool, after work. I found that I would look up to do the turn about a foot before the wall.
In another example, I nearly died in a blizzard while crossing the Sierras. I finally gave up at Nyack, plowing into a snow bank (I had previously nearly gone off a cliff, stopped only by the guard rail. The bottom was at least 200 feet below.) The annoying thing about Nyack was that it was, literally, a mile from the point where the rain started and the snow stopped. But I took all day to get my car pulled out of the snow bank, towed to a gas station and fixed (my distributor cap had cracked).
Every time I stop a goal, I wonder if I’m stopping just short of success (like the Internet business that didn’t pan out last year). With that one, it was just too frustrating to do, so the decision was probably the right one.
Anyway, I really liked that issue. And I found your description of the ‘oughta pilot’ very understandable.
Thanks
Katie -
I really enjoyed your post, it was very enlightening and interesting. Regards, JB
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