Herman School of Business
Promises Holding Up?
2008 is now six full weeks old. Long enough to start asking yourself how your promises for this year are holding up. It’s not to late to salvage your commitments made as the clock rolled over and you swore to yourself that this year was going to be different.
After counting well over 100 shirts when I did some rearranging of my clothes in December, I promised there would no new clothes buying in 2008. None. No matter how good the prices looked, buying more would just be a waste. At the time of the shirt discovery I spoke with a friend and my brother-in-law and we all agreed that as we strolled a mall on a shopping outing, or hit a big box store full of merchandise, we all drifted over to the men’s department and found shirts we just picked up and carried to the register like lemmings going to sea. So far, I have kept this promise.
Another promise was to “hit the gym” and try a better diet. In January I went to the gym twenty times and did two miles on the treadmill and two miles on a stationary bike, plus a few machine exercises. In seven days of February there have already been four trips, and I plan to go today. I forget what a potato chip tastes like, although the cupcakes I had this week were delicious, but I let myself enjoy the Super Bowl party with my buddies. So, this promise is still holding up.
As for business, I promised myself new attempts at marketing the books and speeches and went to Wisconsin and formed a company and signed a contract with two college students to rep for me at colleges. Mission accomplished. I also promised to analyze what was being done and make whatever adjustments were indicated based on results and a blog posting next week will address that in detail. There was the completion of the Due Diligence on the restaurant deal, and a final decision made that has that one in my rear view mirror, never to be considered again. Perhaps another posting will discuss how to let go of an idea, and not have it linger and keep you from moving to the next thing focused on the future and not the past.
I am going to give myself an “A” so far this year. How are you doing?
- Posted: 8 February 2008
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- Category: Business success
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