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Like many people, every year I go through a process of developing new-year's resolutions… but I also go through and tweak all my personal productivity systems, and do a full sweep of guiding principles, personal mission, roles, and goals in a manner similar to that described in Stephen Covey's landmark "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People."
For 2009, I decided to publish the majority of my plans, partially to use my readers as a motivational tool—it's harder to fall off the wagon if you've increased the visibility of what you're trying to do.
For confidentiality reasons a couple of things will be redacted
Personal Mission
- Be a loving and supportive husband who provides for his family no matter what the situation.
- Develop and nurture high quality relationships with family, friends, and colleagues through personal integrity, open and supportive communication, and generosity.
- Embrace intellectual curiosity as a lifetime learner open to new ideas, yet skeptical and disciplined in testing assumptions.
- Demonstrate consistent excellence in professional endeavors, and improve the skills and efficacy of my team and myself.
- Continually push forward the state of the art in technology through continual innovation and unyielding passion and drive.
Guiding Principles
New Year's Resolutions
Name | Description | Priority |
Healthier Habits | Improve diet, and consistent workouts to improve health | 1 |
Earlier Wake | Wake up 2 hours earlier and develop morning and evening rituals | 2 |
Personal Goal 1 | Redacted (private) | 3 |
Work Goal 2 | Redacted (confidential) | 4 |
Learning | Increased reading and formal writing | 5 |
Work Goal 1 | Redacted (private) | 6 |
Work Goal 3 | Redacted (confidential) | 7 |
Roles
