With governments around the world – including the U.S. government – each struggling to reduce their respective, prodigious deficits, world financial markets are very unsettled. And, as a result, the U.S. economy regretfully appears headed for the feared double dip recession which I predicted back in September. As such, it certainly looks like 2012 will be a challenging year for businesses, as well as for individuals. “Challenging” does not mean hopeless. Even in the most challenging times, there are abundant opportunities for the agile, who are focused and well prepared.
As 2012 rings in thirty-five days from now, most people will wander into the new year with no clear plan as to how they will make 2012 a better year for themselves than 2011. Some will have quickly assembled some New Year’s resolutions in the week before New Year. But, only a relative small number will enter 2012 with a personal plan that provides them with a reasonable chance to improve upon their 2011 results. How sad!
Well, I have decided to try to do something about this by making available a step-by-step plan for building a quality personal plan. The process is completely free; you don’t even have to provide your email address. You can just follow the steps on this blog…or if you want the added convenience of RSS or email notification of every step, then register to the (lower) right of this post (you can unsubscribe at any point).
You can also read comments on Twitter, from fellow participants, by following hashtag #2012Plan. Follow the hashtag and you can read comments from CEO’s, coaches and other top professionals using this process to assure that they enter the new year with an inspiring personal plan. (Some coaches even use this process to help their clients set new areas on which the coach and their client will work in the coming year.)
I have broken the planning process into 31 “bite size” steps. Close to 5,000 people have successfully used this step-by-step process in past years. These participants benefited by ringing in the New Year knowing they have a great plan for success in the coming year.
Each step will take you an average of 15-20 minutes to complete. Using the one step per day approach, by New Years eve you will have a plan that inspires you and taps into the strengths with which you are blessed (as part of this process, you will learn more about your strengths from trusted friends and colleagues).
The program starts here. At the end of every step is a link to the next step so you can easily proceed at your own pace. If you fall behind, just get back into the process as you can. There are even a couple of catch-up days built into this 31 day process.
Someone with your talent deserves a rock-solid personal plan for 2012. You are worth this investment of time. No doubt that December is a busy month for everyone. But, imagine how you will feel New Year’s eve knowing you have an inspiring plan, in hand for 2012.
FYI – I have set a Mark Victor Hansen style audacious goal of getting 10,000 to follow along in December (or January, for the procrastinators) and build their personal 2012 plans. I am convinced that one of the best ways to jump start this weak economy is to have a large group of hi-performers entering 2012 with an implementable success plan.
Imagine 10,000 people “armed” with a well crafted personal plan. My holiday gift to my friends and followers, and their friends and followers.
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. Dave is also the leader of the Accelerate Success mentoring program where he mentors high performers in a unique program designed to do great things for the favorite charity of each participant. If you are (1) a high performer who believes you still have untapped potential, and (2) passionate about a favorite charity, you may want to learn more about this powerful program. You can also follow Dave on Twitter, on Facebook, and/or on Google+.
