Happy New Year 2022!
2021 was a very hard year, probably the hardest I and my family as well as everyone in the world really have had to face. The pandemic didn’t go away as we had more than hoped. People struggled with divisions in families and friends. We were again locked away trying to stay safe. No matter what we did it never seemed to be enough.
But I think I need to look at 2022 as an opportunity. I know what went wrong and I know what to avoid. I also know I can’t live the last 2 years over again. So…what am I doing now.
Well first I decided to retire. Now, I was going to retire this year anyway but decided to move it up a bunch. I learned from the last 2 years waiting for things to change doesn’t always work. Even when I did everything I thought was right, it somehow didn’t work out the way I wanted. So now I’m doing things for me. I’m reconnecting with people that I have long missed, Seeing family and friends that I haven’t seen much in the last 2 years. I’m going to have fun. That was my vow for 2021 and that didn’t work out so well. I’m making it happen now.
My husband and I are also buying camper. We as a family have camped for many years, since the kids were very little. We have owned a popup in the past but most of our camping has been done in a tent. This will be our first big roomy camper. I’m very excited. We are doing this not just because we want to camp but because we are planning a trip of a lifetime. A true bucket list trip. We are starting in Chicago and taking the Route 66 road trip starting mid May. We are planning about 6 weeks round trip taking Route 66 to California and then a more northern route back hopefully going through Vegas.
This is just the beginning of the rest of my life. I’m looking forward to making 2022 a truly awesome year. I hope everyone does the same. God Bless!
Cindy (cooks)
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Our goal, first and foremost, is to wish all of our visitors a Happy New Year 2022!
Just as importantly, we share proven techniques to make your resolutions for a Happy New Year 2022 reality for you. We share three steps to achieving your goals: SMART Goals, Zig Ziglar, and Becoming Your Best when you Do What Matters Most.
SMART GOALS
The November 1981 issue of Management Review contained a paper by George T. Doran called There’s a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management’s goals and objectives.[1][4] It discussed the importance of objectives and the difficulty of setting them.
Ideally speaking, each corporate, department, and section objective should be:
- Specific – target a specific area for improvement.
- Measurable – quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.
- Assignable – specify who will do it.
- Realistic – state what results can realistically be achieved, given available resources.
- Time-related – specify when the result(s) can be achieved.
Notice that these criteria don’t say that all objectives must be quantified on all levels of management. In certain situations, it is not realistic to attempt quantification, particularly in staff middle-management positions. Practicing managers and corporations can lose the benefit of a more abstract objective in order to gain quantification. It is the combination of the objective and its action plan that is really important. Therefore serious management should focus on these twins and not just the objective.
Zig Ziglar, an American motivational speaker, pulled together a list of seven steps associated with goal setting (or goal achievement). They are: Identification, Benefits, Obstacles, Skills, People, Plan and Timelines.
Do What Matters Most
So Happy New Year 2022!
Our sincere best wishes to you and yours ~ may health, happiness and prosperity be yours in the New Year!
Regards,
Keith Klein
Organizer, Wisconsin Business Owners
Founder & CEO, OnYourMark, LLC
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