Can you imagine where you’ll be in 12 months?
Look, I know it’s a long time to think about now that I’m “in my mid-40’s,” it’s dawning on me that time IS going faster and faster. My grandpa was right…again.
Surprise. Tragedy. Opportunity. Work. And life…
These are the things that get in the way of us achieving (and living) #Momentum.
But, you knew that.
What I have learned over the past few years (ok, some of these took me a lot longer than just a decade!):
I can’t do it all.
I can’t do it all now.
I can’t do it all by myself.
Tell me…what do you think, when you see those three bullet points?
One of the things we talk about often in the Get Momentum 1:1 coaching calls is all the places that we can apply the “Concept Of Momentum” to achieve more, to worry less, and to experience a better life. This approach will affect an incredibly networked environment, yo’ll e able to see just how all of this comes together as you think about the next 8,760 hours (*that’s 365 days…) and how it ALL will change, if ever so slightly.
Take out a piece of paper, set a timer for 15 minutes and think about how things will be in 12 months for:
You.
Your family.
Your community.
Your co-workers and clients.
Wondering what to write?
Keep it easy, keep it real.
Just come up with 2 hopes, 3 dreams, 4 expectations, and 5 worries that each of those “bullet points” will have over the next year. If you ONLY did that, I can all but guarentee that you’d have a laser-like focus on what needs to get your attention today; and, what you most likely will need to ignore going forward *(at least for a little while, as you tidy up some of the “messes” that need your attention).
I know I hid the power of what I just wrote, so let me turn it in to TWO questions for you…
1) are you absolutely clear that what your focusing on now will make a difference?
2) do you have the “outside counsel” you need to identify what to ignore this year?
Let’s just assume that what you’re doing with your life is important; it is, right? You’re going to have to “steward” your resources carefully. By resources I’m talkin’ (at the minimum) your:
- Time
- Energy
- Focus
- Money
- Community
What’s easy? To sit down, and make a list of what needs to be done. You can do that in a daydream. Alternatively, what is much more difficult difficult? To understand the absolute responsibility that “Choice” affords those who have it…
The Value of Choice
Choice may actually be your MOST valuable asset; the ability to choose to do “This” and “Not do That.”
If you have the ability to choose what to focus on next, you have one of the gretest powers on earth.
I dare you to clarify: “What are you trying to finish?” I mean in absolute terms, “What is the thing you want to get done?” Now, where are you along the contiuum of progress on/with that thing?
We use the word #Momentum every day in our Get Momentum coaching program. (Makes sense, doesn’t it?)
We define momentum as:
- The impetus for action,
- the coaching to continue through the tough times,
- and the community that will celebrate with you
- as you move from milestone to milestone, making the world a better place as you figure out what it is you can do to “Make Things Better.”
That’s it, 4 steps. Take one out, and you’re going to start wasting. You’ll lose time, get distraced, feel frustrated, and quite frankly the universe will stack itself against you.
Do yourself a favor, for 24 hours make a conscious and VERY deliberate decision about will get done next. Focus, and then refocus, on the thing you know will make the difference by the end of this week, this month, this year.
12 months from now - those 8,760 hours will have gone by, whether you want them to slow down or speed up - you will be where you are based on what you focus on next…and then next after that, and then next after that…
For as long as you’ve been alive, and for the forseeable future as I can see it, there WILL be TOO MUCH to do. That “increasing mound of ambition” needs to be studied, sliced, diced, unpack, and reshaped in to a plan that you’re proud of, you’re a part of, and you’re willing to hold yourself accountable to see through to the next goal line.
We need you…
We need you to make real, concerted, valuable, meaningful progress. And, when I say we I mean all of us.
Even the people you haven’t met yet that will be better off because you have the time, the energy, the focus and you’re making the maximum use of the (*limited) resources you have to make thigns as good as you can make them.
Momentum is your tool to identifying, definining, working on, and actualizing your ambition.
