Monday, January 26, 2009

Still Catching up...


I know, I know--it's past the middle of January already. But I'm still catching up on my Google Reader. Having started my own faux finishing business 4 years ago, I follow marketing blogs as well as art blogs. My business plans have taken a different turn, but I find all sorts of useful information in the marketing blogs.

Seth Godin's comment in his Happy New Year post is aimed at small businesses. But I think it works for Life as well:

"The opportunity this year is bigger than ever:
to lead change, to create a movement in a direction you want to go."

Duct Tape Marketing had a blog post titled Don't Be Boring talking about social networking sites. But again, I think the comment works for Life:

"Don’t be rude, don’t be boring, give to get."

Escape from Cubicle Nation gave a "few tips for allowing yourself to focus on one thing at a time so you really can accomplish your dreams (or at least start them!) this coming year." Read the full post for more details, but here is the basic list:

  1. Make The Big List.
  2. Think about your deeper contribution, purpose or mantra for the year.
  3. Cross off anything from the list that does not directly serve your deeper purpose.
  4. Create a simple 4x4 grid with one square for each quarter.
  5. Map your activities into the squares.
  6. Get your massive plan down to a very short list which you can start in January.
  7. Celebrate every little accomplishment.

Lots of good tools to help make 2009 a year of accomplishments.

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