3 Words to Describe Your Year?

Post author:Marc A. Pitman
Post published:January 28, 2009
Post category:leadership
Post comments:4 Comments

I’ve long been a fan of giving my year a theme. The one word or phrase helps me stay on track long after the rush of my “100 things to do” list is done.

This year’s theme is “implementation.” I love dreaming up grand plans and creating plans. But implementing them is a challenge. I always feel like I have more time to get things done.

Catching up on my RSS feeds today, I came across Chris Brogan’s concept of simplifying your goals to three words. I really like it.

So for 2009, mine are:
Strategize | Execute | Enjoy

Strategize: I love doing this so I want to keep this as a major thing I do, both for my own goals and for my clients.

Execute: I will learn to love doing this, largely because I love the results it brings.

Enjoy: I’m the kind of person that needs to give myself permission to enjoy things. Both work-related and personal.

What are your three for this year?

Tags: 2009, chris brogan, goal setting, goals

Marc A. Pitman

Marc A. Pitman helps leaders lead their teams with more effectiveness and less stress. The author of "Ask Without Fear!®," he is the founder of The Concord Leadership Group and FundraisingCoach.com. He's also the executive director of TheNonprofitAcademy.com and an Advisory Panel member of Rogare, a prestigious international fundraising think tank. He is the husband to his best friend and the father of three amazing kids. And if you drive by him on the road, he’ll be singing 80’s tunes loud enough to embarrass his family! You can connect with him on Google+, on Twitter @marcapitman, and like "Ask Without Fear!" on Facebook. To get his free ebook on 21 ways to get board members engaged with fundraising, go to http://thenonprofitacademy.com/21waysebook

This Post Has 4 Comments

jhimm 28 Jan 2009

i’ll go with

relinquish | embrace | cleanse
Rob 28 Jan 2009

Marc –

Are there particular strategies that you have in mind to support you on the thing you’ll ‘learn to love’. Execution is such a powerful talent and skill and I am always looking to improve this.
Marc A. Pitman 28 Jan 2009

Jhimm: those sound powerful!

Rob: Nothing specific yet, but I’m taking a 90-day class with my executive coach, Freddie Ray. She’s amazing. She’ll be offering it again in April.
Larry Hehn 13 Mar 2009

My three words (a little late…)

pray | share | encourage