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Pause Before You Plan

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

→ Read More: Pause Before You Plan The post Pause Before You Plan appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Attitudes and Mindset Goals Vision and Strategy Goal-setting reflection winter solstice' Nothing — absolutely nothing. Shabbat means stop, cease. That’s what this week beckons.

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How to Set the Right Goals and Make Them Work for You

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Are you starting to lose focus on your goals? The problem is that annual goal-setting doesn’t work. You can’t plan an entire year and know in advance all the goals you will need to achieve. It’s likely that many of your goals are no longer motivating and many no longer make sense.

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How to Maximize Your Energy When You Don’t Have a Lot

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

It’s important to identify these times so you can plan for them. Personal Effectiveness Full Steam Ahead Goals Managing Energy Multi-tasking' Instead of trying to muscle your way through it, here’s how to maximize the energy you do have. Use this time for the priorities that require your greatest mental acuity.

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Four Strategies to Make Your Vision a Reality

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Vision, strategy, and goals are important …but they are not enough. I use a daily planning agenda, a weekly planning agenda, and a social media checklist. Consistently tracking and measuring your progress will help maintain motivation and keep you aware of how you’re advancing toward your goal. 3. Accountability.

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Vision and Execution Are Not Sequential

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The widely held assumption is they are two ends of a spectrum: Vision is about planning. But in reality, most of us don’t live our lives that way, and most leaders are not rigorous about it, because life doesn’t wait while you are planning. Vision and Strategy Execution Goal-setting Holistic' Execution is about action.

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Prepare for Creative Tension or It May Undo Your Vision

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They set goals and identified next steps, roles and communications. They had a great plan and the means to achieve it. It required more work, making adjustments to plans, communications and coordination was more difficult. The team was excited and energized. All set, right? They fell victim to “creative tension.”

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Pause, It’s The Moment of Between

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Before you begin to set goals for the new year. Soon it will be time to plan. Shabbat means stop, cease. That is what the solstice invites us to do. Wait a moment. Go a little slowly. Be a little gentler. Take in the opportunity this week offers. But don’t jump there too quickly. First it is time to pause.

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