| Retirement: A New Mission |
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Those in retirement or approaching it often think about their role at this stage of life. For many, this season is an opportunity to become the sage to those around them. From their start as an apprentice to journeyman then master, they are now in a position to help others along their own journeys; however, a tension often exists. That is, are they willing to move away from the comfortable life of retirement they've waited and worked for to embrace a new mission?
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| Strategic Living
10% Vision, 90% Alignment |
Greetings!
"GO FOR IT, THE DOLDRUMS, COCOONING, GETTING READY."
These words represent the four phases of life transitions we all go through, as stated by Frederic Hudson, an early leader of the coaching movement. Hudson believed individuals, families, communities, churches, businesses and colleges all go through these phases - some planned, some not. Perhaps you can think of times when you moved through these phases or you saw someone close to you going through them.
Realistically, life transitions are never emotionally neutral. Often, these are highly charged time periods, some real highs and some real lows. Experience suggests that having a solid grounding, a stake in the ground if you will, can help you find a sense of balance during transitional times. Let me suggest that having a personal mission statement can be such a stake. It can be a powerful tool to navigate through tumultuous times.
I developed this newsletter because I'm passionate about helping organizations and individuals a.) Understand their strengths b.) Have a vision and plan that maximizes their potential and c.) Align their resources in such a way they actually walk in their vision.
I hope you find this to be a helpful resource for your journey! |
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Your Personal Mission Statement
 Most organizations understand what their purpose is, their reason for existence. To communicate this understanding, they draft a mission statement - a definition of what they are about and what success looks like to them. The mission statement helps to communicate what is most important to internal and external stakeholders, focus their energy and resources, and provides some curbs on the road regarding making short and long-term decisions for the organization. Here's a sample organizational mission statement (any guesses to whose mission this is?): "To be one of the world's leading producers and providers of entertainment and information, using its portfolio of brands to differentiate its content, services and consumer products."
Individuals, like organizations, can also benefit from having a mission statement. Because people also need to communicate, focus and have some basis for their decision-making. Here's a sample personal mission statement: "To help men and couples discover their 'sweet spot' by facilitating and coaching them to excel beyond their own limitations."
But how do you develop a personal mission statement? Read More |
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Finding Resources by Managing The Tail
Defining "The Tail" is different for many organizations. In this article, we refer to "The Tail" as all of the projects or products or customers you are working on that will result in little or no net value. If you were to rank all of those items from highest value to lowest, you can draw a line where the list stops producing value. That's where The Tail begins. Sure, that seems ludicrous, but organizations, and people, resource non-value items all the time.
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I'd love to hear from you on the topics presented in this newsletter as well as other thoughts you have regarding aligning our lives to help us realize our visions.
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Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Ron Swingle
President, ProjectLead |
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