Accomplishing Goals: 3 Solid Steps for Taking Action
You can read volumes on how to accomplish your goals (I can’t even count how many books I have on my shelves and audio books on my computer on the subject) but strangely enough it’s the simplest information that has the most profound effect on us. Not only that, but it’s important to be reminded of it regularly because it doesn’t matter how many times we hear great things… we forget them.
So, for someone like myself that has some ridiculous goals along the lines of owning a vault I can swim in like Scrooge McDuck and one day having a heated metal drawer in my kitchen that is constantly stocked with fresh Wendy’s chicken nuggets, I’ve been fortunate enough to truly understand what holds us back from getting what we want.
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Removing the Blindfold – 2011 in Retrospect
As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time to take a quick retrospect into what failed, what worked, and what tomorrow will bring =). Figuring out how to start a clothing company has been quite the learning experience – and this is just the beginning.
When talking with Didi, the owner of the amazing marketing agency I’ve been working with for some time now, I told her that after a year of diving headfirst into the unknown (i.e. launching Phoenix Activewear) I had just come to the realization that I’ve being going into battle blindfolded, with one hand and one foot tied behind my back, and expecting to win. She was quick to add “That’s true. And you also had no idea where the battle was, either.” Mental picture of me showing up for battle to an empty field, blindfolded. “Let’s do this!”
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