{"id":2271,"date":"2014-12-28T23:14:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T04:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2014-12-28T23:14:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T04:14:57","slug":"three-minute-leadership-dream-bigger-aim-higher-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2014\/12\/three-minute-leadership-dream-bigger-aim-higher-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: Dream Bigger, Aim Higher in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0writes author,\u00a0Melody Beattie<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Excited by another magnificent year of great learnings, achievement and personal and professional growth, great leaders anxiously, and with deep reflection, prepare for the exciting next steps of their life\u2019s journey.\u00a0\u00a0They reflect on the words of self-help author\u00a0Tony Robbins<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cSetting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0They move excitedly to take the first step.<\/p>\n

Discussing 2015 goal-setting in his article,\u00a0Dream Bigger, Aim Higher in 2015<\/em>,\u00a0Philip Humbert<\/a>, leadership author and coach, provides advice to great leaders as they think about the coming years. Many people adopt an incremental approach to their goal-setting (a 10% increase in productivity\/results; minor adjustments to their own or their organization\u2019s growth and development).\u00a0\u00a0Of this he says:\u00a0\u201cThere’s nothing wrong with it, except that it doesn’t work. For many of us, \u2018raising the bar\u2019 and doing more of the same is not what we truly want. It doesn’t challenge or excite us because it’s simply not \u2018enough.\u2019”<\/em><\/p>\n

For great leaders, he counsels:\u00a0\u201cBut I’m challenging you to think bigger and aim higher. As you look to 2015 and beyond, what do you really WANT for your life? What’s the REAL story? What’s your DREAM? What are you doing with your life?\u00a0\u00a0Don’t settle for more of the same, a few more dollars or an extra week of vacation if you really want to create memories, take chances, and to \u2018live with passion!\u2019”<\/em><\/p>\n

What will success look like in your\u00a0being<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0doing<\/em>\u00a0look like on December 31, 2015? Choose it to be a mosaic of magnificence. Be bodacious in your goal-setting! Dream dreams undreamed, stretch and push yourself, your organization and those whom you serve to new levels of excellence that together we become more than we ever dreamed we could be\u2026 and more\u2026 so much more.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year, my very dear friends!\u00a0\u00a0May it be our best year ever. Life is so very good.<\/p>\n

Have a beautiful day and a magnificent year!!!<\/p>\n

Mike<\/p>\n

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