Happy New Year! We’re kicking off the new year with a jumpstart on the Nutrition Lifestyle Challenge. Be sure to watch Conner’s Overview of the next 30 days and check out the first Weekly Challenge and first Daily Challenge under the Nutrition Lifestyle Challenge Track in SugarWOD.
As we dive into 2021, how did your personal missions statements and core values come out? If you missed last week’s email, you can read it here.
Adding to our identity-based goals, I’ll expand on some topics I wrote about last week. If you took the time to complete the questions I posed, this next part will be easy and clarifying.
Analyze the Personal Happiness category: these are habits or routines where we want to focus our attention. For me, I am “at my best” when I stick to my routine, both in health and focused work. To help me stay on track, I chunk my days into designated times for certain activities. I work out at the same time every day, and I focus on certain work tasks on different days of the week (ahem, Mondays with Maddie, etc.). We can talk more about chunking in the coming weeks.
As for Meaningful Relationships, the three most important relationships I have are: me, my family and Harpoon. They bring me joy and love me unconditionally. So when I’m making big decisions, I ask myself, does this add or distract from time with myself (i.e. you cannot pour from a glass that is half full)? Will this impact my time/relationship with Stephen and Aggie? Can this add value to our current membership or distract energy from our loyal members?
Some of my Core Values right now are growth, ownership and independence. Sharing these as my “intrinsic” motivation sheds some light on the tone of my emails or the direction of Harpoon. Though they aren’t the only values I hold, they are some of the most important to me right now (i.e. these can change and that’s ok, too!). Identifying my core values helps me make stronger, more effective decisions, and brings happiness to the end results. If I deviate too far away from my core values, I’m often disappointed with my choices.
Lastly, acknowledging and listing three people who are Mentors or Inspiration to you can help you make more confident decisions. It also can be just one person; don’t get hung up on writing our three. Specifically identifying “what” you admire about them or “how” they inspire you allows you to emulate their behavior by doing what they do. Think: “what would so-and-so do” in this situation? Make that decision until you’re confident enough to take your own steps.
Defining your core values can act like a blueprint for goals for the year (or quarter, or month, or decade). For me, my goals support my personal development, hold me accountable in ownership, and allow me to stay independent yet force me to work well with others. It helps us distribute our efforts to support all facets of our goals instead of focusing all of our energy on one subject area. Next up, we’ll talk about how to create a sustainable system for attacking these goals over the course of the next few months!