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3 Words for 2016

January 1, 2016 By Greg Falken 4 Comments

3For the past few years, I’ve been following Chris Brogan’s practice of coming up with three guiding words for the coming year. Chris wrote a post about his 3 words for 2016 but here’s the basic idea:

Pick any three words that will guide you in the choices you intend to make for 2016. They should be words that let you challenge yourself as to motives and decisions. They should be words that help you guide your actions.

The idea behind there being three words (and not five or seven or one) is that you can create a kind of “triangulation” between three words, such that they can stand alone and work together.

Sharing your three words gives them a little added impact and hopefully stimulates some discussion. Here are mine. I add a few words of explanation to them, so I don’t forget what I was thinking when I picked them.

Refine

I want to take a higher level view of what I can offer, extending the concept of humanizing technology. This may take the form of developing websites with higher standards of design, UI and UX. It may also apply to other, as yet undeveloped services.

Guild

One person cannot meet all needs. I want to collaborate with others who strive to bring their best efforts to their area of expertise.

Create

The making of new things must take place frequently. While I am most comfortable repeating patterns, this ultimately just uses up time. Find new things to create, refine them, and move on.

Your turn. Share if you want or just put them away for future reference. Do go back and look at them from time to time, so that they can help keep you on track.

Have a great 2016!

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Three Words for 2014

Three Words for 2014

January 1, 2014 By Greg Falken 3 Comments

Truth Deliberate Pillar

2013 words. Illustration by Mike Davenport.

For the past few years, I’ve followed Chris Brogan’s practice of picking three words to use as guideposts for the coming year.

As Chris describes it:

The concept is simple enough: think of three words that sum up what you want to change or work towards in the coming year. Instead of a goal like “lose weight” or a better goal like “lose 30 pounds in the next year”, you might choose a word like “green” to represent an overall commitment to having more plant-based foods in your life, and to restore your body to a more natural state.

See the difference?

This year’s three words are:

Fit

Learning more about health and the things I can do for my body. A major achievement last year was losing all of the 30 pounds that I set as a “hope” (I hesitate to call it a goal) two years earlier. I like the way I feel and want to maintain it for the rest of my life.

Focus

I have a diverse set of skills, which is a good thing, except when it’s not. I need a clearer vision of my purpose, that I can use to set better goals.

Sufficient

In the sense of “enough”, as described in Your Money or Your Life. Enough income to support our basic needs, comforts and just a few luxuries, without spilling over into the accumulation of stuff, debt or unwanted obligations.

Three words photo by Oliver Teicke.

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Three Words for 2013

January 1, 2013 By Greg Falken Leave a Comment

For the past few years, I’ve followed Chris Brogan’s practice of coming up with three words to use as guides in the coming year. This year I want to share them publicly.

Truth

Accept the truth of what is and be willing to speak it out loud to anyone at any time. Be truthful with others about my values and beliefs.

Deliberate

Make specific choices and follow them through. Do not accept the arbitrary. When change is needed, make new choices. Plan, execute and adapt.

Pillar

As in pillar of the community. Be available to offer support to family, friends and associates. Also to provide the support that I need for myself in setting boundaries and the maintenance of health.

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Three Words for 2012

January 1, 2012 By Greg Falken Leave a Comment

WordsOn this first day of 2012, I am following Chris Brogan’s suggestion to pick three words to guide me in the coming year. Because, as Chris says:

Resolutions are often too vague, or too directed towards one goal. It might be “quit smoking” or “lose 20 pounds” or “get hired.” These are all fine aspirations, but I challenge you to dig deeper, to find three words that could be used as lighthouses to guide you through stormy seas, that can be used as flags on the battlefield of your challenges, words that will bolster you and give you a direction that goes beyond the goals you might attach as a result of these words.

So, without further ado, here are my three words for 2012:

Enthusiasm

Bring enthusiasm to the task at hand. Use enthusiasm as a primary signal when choosing to pursue opportunities.

Capacity

Build capacity to engage with meaningful tasks and see them through to completion. Find or build tools and structures to make work manageable.

Distribute

Distribute work among many people. Distribute ideas to people who value them. Distribute myself among people with differing skills and viewpoints.

Happy New Year’s Day to you all and I wish you an excellent year to come.

Words photo by ninasaurusrex.

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