Now that we are entering a new year, we are all probably hoping for an improved economy and also improved financial or business status. Believe me, so am I. 2009 started out as what I thought and hoped was going to be the best year ever. At least it seemed that way for the first three to four months. By the time we hit the half-way point at the end of June, I quickly realized that my hopes were not going to be a reality. Along with the economy plus several other factors, the best year ever turned out to be one of the worst years ever.
So, we can sit around and hope for the best and pray that others in the world will make the right decisions for us and make things better . . . or . . . actually make plans to avoid the problems, pitfalls and issues that caused the challenges we faced in 2009 by deciding to take control of our own destiny and do what is necessary to make things go the way we want. Jack Welch used to regularly say "Control your own destiny, or someone else will". This is absolutely true.
I was scheduled for neck surgery on December 28th. The plan was to remove two discs (between c-5, c-6 and c-7) replace them with bone taken from cadavers and install a titanium plate to hold the whole thing together. I had around a 90% chance of this being successful. The surgery was going to eliminate neck and shoulder pain along with loss of feeling in my right arm and hand. The surgery was orginally scheduled for three weeks prior, then rescheduled for the 28th because I had a chest cold. I decided to cancel. I did not have the surgery for several reasons. One, I started developing an elevated temperature for some unknown reason a few days before surgery. I also kept getting hints from various sources on how I had a possibility of losing my voice, being out of commission for several months, having additional back problems, etc, etc. I prayed about it and woke up the day before the surgery and decided to cancel it. I am going to take another approach and try some alternative methods, yoga, accupuncture, etc. I'll keep you posted on my progress. I am working on a plan for recovery that does not include cutting my neck open and replacing parts.
Getting back to business . . . Want to have a great 2010? Decide today to make the appropriate changes in your life to make things the way you want them. I had a workshop in Lexington a little over a week ago and spent a lot of time discussing various ideas and methods to improve performance and profitability. I concluded the session by telling everyone that everything discussed was nothing they have not already heard before. No life changing events occurred in that room that day, nor did I say anything that was considered a brilliant idea, I just presented information that was already public knowledge, perhaps I just presented it in a way that made people think differently. In one of my previous blogs I posted an email I received from one of the attendees, please take a moment to read it.
The point I'm trying to make is, you already know what to do, you already know how to do it, and who to ask for help. There are probably no fantastic ideas that will come to your rescue nor is their some magical cure to your ills. It's just a matter of deciding to do something and following through. So, decide today what you expect for 2010, and put a plan of action together to make it happen. You know what you need to do, so how about trying to implement for a change.
Happy New Year!
So, we can sit around and hope for the best and pray that others in the world will make the right decisions for us and make things better . . . or . . . actually make plans to avoid the problems, pitfalls and issues that caused the challenges we faced in 2009 by deciding to take control of our own destiny and do what is necessary to make things go the way we want. Jack Welch used to regularly say "Control your own destiny, or someone else will". This is absolutely true.
I was scheduled for neck surgery on December 28th. The plan was to remove two discs (between c-5, c-6 and c-7) replace them with bone taken from cadavers and install a titanium plate to hold the whole thing together. I had around a 90% chance of this being successful. The surgery was going to eliminate neck and shoulder pain along with loss of feeling in my right arm and hand. The surgery was orginally scheduled for three weeks prior, then rescheduled for the 28th because I had a chest cold. I decided to cancel. I did not have the surgery for several reasons. One, I started developing an elevated temperature for some unknown reason a few days before surgery. I also kept getting hints from various sources on how I had a possibility of losing my voice, being out of commission for several months, having additional back problems, etc, etc. I prayed about it and woke up the day before the surgery and decided to cancel it. I am going to take another approach and try some alternative methods, yoga, accupuncture, etc. I'll keep you posted on my progress. I am working on a plan for recovery that does not include cutting my neck open and replacing parts.
Getting back to business . . . Want to have a great 2010? Decide today to make the appropriate changes in your life to make things the way you want them. I had a workshop in Lexington a little over a week ago and spent a lot of time discussing various ideas and methods to improve performance and profitability. I concluded the session by telling everyone that everything discussed was nothing they have not already heard before. No life changing events occurred in that room that day, nor did I say anything that was considered a brilliant idea, I just presented information that was already public knowledge, perhaps I just presented it in a way that made people think differently. In one of my previous blogs I posted an email I received from one of the attendees, please take a moment to read it.
The point I'm trying to make is, you already know what to do, you already know how to do it, and who to ask for help. There are probably no fantastic ideas that will come to your rescue nor is their some magical cure to your ills. It's just a matter of deciding to do something and following through. So, decide today what you expect for 2010, and put a plan of action together to make it happen. You know what you need to do, so how about trying to implement for a change.
Happy New Year!
