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Happy New Year: My gift to you

Make it a Great MondayHappy New Year,

It is the time of year when I send out my Whole Person Worksheet and share my ever-evolving process for intention and goal setting. You may carve out some time to think about where you will go and what you will do in the weeks, months, and years ahead.

If you are not into written goals, that’s okay, but at least review the worksheet, as Covey’s approach to a whole person is well thought out. Remember, one key ingredient is understanding how to ‘oscillate’ in and out of each capacity.

Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance

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Covey Whole Person Paradigm – Stay Whole Tuesday

How I’m getting ready for 2023 . . .

First, I reviewed my Ten Commandments, sometimes known as My Flat Ass Rules. I read these when waking up each morning.

My flat-ass rules (2023)
 
Succeed at home first
Seek and merit divine help
Seek wise counsel
Build and use a challenge network
Listen to my spouse (woman’s intuition)
Live substantially below our income
Have courage and strength at work
Be kind and compassionate to others
Learn something new every day
Forgive and let go
 
Next, I wrote down some goals and aspirations for the next four months. No rhyme or reason to the timeframe other than it takes me through Emily and Kyles’s wedding in April. I divide these into four categories, as shown below:
 
Faith & Worldview:
  • Write one hour a day for enjoyment from 5:30AM to 6:30AM. Do not edit when writing. Just write for an hour.
  • Restart Nuggets from Dad rebranded Nuggets from ‘an expat’ Dad using a more robust blogging platform, such as WordPress. Make it a Great Monday, Stay Whole Tuesday, Woman Power Wednesday, Make Anything Thursday, Fit as a Fiddle Friday, plus an occasional letter to Harvey Penick.
  • Map out Scotland, Ireland, and England golf trips to experience unique courses and local villages beginning summer 2023.
  • gPageSingletary.com –> new landing page for writing projects: Releasing the Churn and Relevance. Put my work out there and see what happens. Read and annotate one self-development book or biography each quarter, aligning with or expanding my views on spirituality, religion, and the world.
Family & Friends:
  • Post a nugget to my daughters most weekdays. Repurpose my favorite nuggets from the past 12 years.
  • Write, practice, and deliver Emily and Kyle’s wedding toast. (History, Heart, Hope.)
  • Enjoy The Richmond Golf Club and get Cathy set up for membership so we can meet and play with other couples.
  • Play mixed doubles with Cathy at Twickenham Lawn Tennis Club when the weather allows.
Fitness & Sports:
  • Golf handicap less than or equal to 9 (i.e., single-digits = 9 pars and 9 bogies per round) by taking lessons from Nick and doing my TPI drills for golf-specific fitness.
  • Attend BARCH training classes 4-5 mornings a week with Cathy. Modify workouts to include TPI drills.
  • 15 zero alcohol days per month = feel better, sleep better, get fitter, and live longer.
  • Use my new electric toothbrush every evening.
Financial Peace & Freedom:
  • Final funds for remaining wedding deposits, etc., to Emily.
  • Autodesk: 20 Actions in Stage Six for FY23 and fast start on FY24 accounts.
  • Salient: Prep for exit in 2024.
  • Birmingham for BAE advanced manufacturing briefing, Barcelona for FY23 FAST START team meetings, and Nashville for OTC.
By sharing these, I hope you spend some time thinking about your intentions and goals for the year ahead.
 
Love,
 
Dad
 
P.S. I also write down some longer-term goals using a different format known as the six horizons of focus. Here is a snapshot of what that looks like for me. There isn’t a right or wrong way to do this. It is all very personal. But do remember, if you choose not to think about who you will be, where you are going, and how you will get there, you may end up stuck somewhere you do not want to be.
 

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