Increase Your Net Worth for 2009
also seen at Basil & Spice:
Wealth is what you take from the world;
worth is what you give back.
One of the best ways to build team spirit and intimacy in all your relationships in these last days of ’08 is to ask everyone you know a big question:
“What are you planning to do – no matter how large or how small – to make the world better in 2009?”
Great and generous minds think alike. On the same day, my business associate, Keith Ferrazzi, offered this question as one of his Tips of the Week, two other of my fellow members of Provisors (a high level networking association in California), Philippa Kennealy and Deborah Rodney asked this at a networking meeting of high level lawyers, financial advisors, CPAs, and consultants. At that meeting, something very interesting happened; people could recall, almost to a person, what others said their 2009 mission would be. Meanwhile, after having been together many years in this group, they still had trouble remembering what people exactly did in their profession! Elevating the conversation to something that truly inspired them connected them in a way that professional small talk never could.
Try it yourself! Sharing your ideas will not only be uplifting, but motivating. Focusing on how to make a difference on a grand scale makes us want to do everything better, from being a good friend to being a good family member to being a good team member at work.
Take another step and have everyone explain how and why they chose what they chose, and watch each person’s commitment deepen further.
Check out what people in the Greenlight Community are making their mission.
Happy Holidays to you all and thank you for being part of the Usable Insight community.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Dear Dr. Goulston,
Once again you’ve inspired me to think beyond the ordinary. Now I think and contemplate, “What will I Do to make the world better in 2009? Fascinating, not simply the question but moreover, my answer.
Now I will take the same question and present it to the people of The Bahamas during the January 2009 edition of the Matters of the Heart talk show. Thank you for helping to challenge me and many others around the world to think and act outside of the box. Like you, I’m committed to changing the world for the better.
Kirk Johnson
Matters of the Heart | The My Heart Matters Group