In the early 2000s, I was the manager for a Winter Park, FL Little League team in the Minors — 9- and 10-year-old boys. Not having a son on the team, I was neutral about the talent and skill development of the players and playing time. This freed me to focus on creating a season-long […]
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Preparing to Be On-Purpose (Part 4)
With Preparing being the October theme, Post 1 was about your Purpose and Values. Post 2 was about your Vision and Missions. Post 3 described how best to integrate your PVMV into a strategic story that is informed but not bound by your past to create your future. This post, Post 4, is about creating […]
Preparing to Be On-Purpose (Part 3)
Part 1: https://onpurpose.me/preparing-you-to-be-on-purpose/Part 2: https://onpurpose.me/pvmv-preparing-you-to-be-on-purpose-part-2/ What’s your personal narrative? A narrative is a written or spoken account of a string of events that happened in your life and reported as seen through your eyes. Therefore, our perceptions and prejudices invariably warp and wrap our account into a “factual” recollection often embellished by time. What was bad became worse, […]
PVMV: Preparing You to Be On-Purpose! (part 2)
Mission and Values play a vital role in aligning your Purpose, Vision, Missions, and Values.
Preparing You to Be On-Purpose!
Being on-purpose is the meaningful alignment of your 2-word Purpose with a clarified Vision put in action with an aligned Mission that’s guided by your stated Values (PVMV). This month, our focus is to guide you to clarify your personal PVMV.
PVMV: Developing Your Strategic Muscle
When facing a crisis, challenge, or problem, the natural tendency is the quick fix. Expedience, however, rarely produces excellence. “Kicking the can down the road” often results in the matter mushrooming in scale, costs, and damage compared to addressing it properly at the time — or, since I’m in cliché mode, “nipping it in the bud.”