On Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning for me) I am doing a phone meeting for my downline, my STARZ group, based on a training seminar given by Rich Jutkins, Stampin' Up!'s CEO. We are going to talk about what do you really value. It seems when we are trying to accomplish things in our lives we say we want to do better but if that is not tied to something that is deeply important to us, it is harder to accomplish that goal.
To tie our objectives or in other words what we want to accomplish to what we value, we need to determine what we really value. This is not always an easy thing to do. Select here and print off this values list and read over the words, which ones speak to you, which ones do you think are important to you, which ones light you up inside when you think about them? Once you have highlighted those values, try and rank them in order of importance. It is often good to do this then think about them for a while. Then focus on your top ten. (Your values can change order of importance depending of life experiences and should be looked at often to make sure you are focusing on what is valuable to you.)
Once you know what your values are you can set out to accomplish your objectives both personally and professionally. To do this you want to make your objectives specific, measureable and time-bound. If family is a value for you just thinking about spending time with them won't help you accomplish anything, but deciding to spend time with them will, deciding to spend time making cards, one night a week for 3 months is better.
Think about what you value? Make it specific (what are you going to do). Make it measureable means when, or how often. Make it time bound which means for how long?
I hope you can have a more enriching life as you focus your efforts doing things that are based on your values. This does not mean you can't make more money or spend more time with family and therefore you give up your professional goals, it means making your professional goals line up with what you value letting them work together.
If you have ever wanted to be apart of a wonderful family of people that love the same things as you do, consider joining my STARZ group this month. If you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator during the month of May, and you'll get 30 percent off the Digital+ Starter Kit! The Digital+ Starter Kit contains over $320 worth of high-quality Stampin' Up! products, including our innovative digital designing software, My Digital Studio--and during this special promotion, you'll pay just $122.50! But that's not all! When you join the Stampin' Up! family, you can also purchase the Stampin' Memories Add-On-an additional $75 worth of scrapbooking products--for just $35. With the Stampin' Memories Add-On, you'll get
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