In 2014, I Will …

In 2014, I will …

• Write a better book
  • Update: Well, I think I have … but the reader will be the ultimate judge
• Find a new publisher (that believes in me)
  • Update: Not yet.
• Convince HBR to feature me more than once
  • Update: Failed (only once) but did sign a contract with Forbes to start in 2015 (I also started writing at Huffington Post)
• Re-read more Handy and Drucker
  • Update: Done. Delightful.
• Be invited to speak at the Drucker Forum
  • Update: Done. Also delightful.
• Visit Europe at least three times
  • Update: Done. Paris. Amsterdam. London. Stratford. Vienna.
• Reach out to those I’ve dearly missed
  • Update. I’d give myself a B. Not quite as good as I expected of myself.
• Respond to more tweets without including the original one (ie. just converse)
  • Update: Definitely. It’s been fun.
• Reveal more of my true personality publicly
  • Update: Well I believe I’ve accomplished this, but who really cares?
• Stop using 2.0 after anything
  • Update: I had one flagrant foul, but in my defense, I was relating back to 2008 when I used it.
• Become more conscious of where I buy things from
  • Update: The January-April experiment of not buying anything from China was very, very hard.
• Continue donating money and time to those in need
  • Update: Done. >$1500 donated in various forms and time given in multiple ways.
• Accept my weaknesses & celebrate my natural strengths
  • Update: Utter failure.
• Temper my ‘quick to judge’ tendencies
  • Update: Tempered, yes. Eradicated, no.
• Enjoy the opportunity of launching a start-up consulting outfit in an $11 billion company
  • Update: It had its moments, but so far so good.
• Read at least twelve books
  • Update: Nine, dammit. (but I am going to Maui and there is time left)
• Tell better stories when I’m speaking
  • Update: The audience is the ultimate judge, but I believe I’ve worked hard on this one and seen some good results.
• Shift ten pounds of weight around
  • Update: If I grab two pounds of skin from each side of my stomach, and shift it to the back, does that count?
• Learn to take stunning photographs
  • Update: I have definitely learned how to do this. So much fun. (see below)
• Pay it Forward more than I did in 2013
  • Update: Accomplished.
• Answer every comment on this blog
  • Update: It was close, but no, I did not.
• Assist Denise through her career decisions
  • Update: Hooray! We stayed put.
• Support the goats through yet another transition
  • Update: If by transition you mean “we’re moving” and then “we’re staying” then yes, accomplished.
• “Live well, love always and laugh out loud every day” (© Brian Reid)
  • Update: In spades.

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