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Frank’s Story

The quarterly sales figures just came in; Frank had just learned that his marketing plan had failed dismally. He had been so sure his idea was a winner and that it would lead to a much needed promotion that would allow him to finally move his family out of that dump they were living in. Frank pondered his situation, and started thinking about who must have messed things up. Perhaps it was sales, they clearly must have misunderstood his plan. How could he ever get ahead when working with incompetents like that? Or perhaps it was his boss to blame; maybe his boss had never spoke to the director of sales like he had asked, to tell the director his marketing plan was the top priority.

I just finished reading a great book called The Compass, by Tammy Kling and John Spencer Ellis. I do want to recommend it to our visitors.

The Compass teaches quite a few important life transformation concepts, embedding them in an entertaining story form that demonstrates these concepts in a way where it’s easy to understand and digest. The story keeps moving along, and was hard to put down at times. To my surprise, the book even includes a Reader’s Key section at the end, which outlines the insights and lessons. In this section, I was able to pick up a few useful perspectives I had overlooked, this was a great way to ensure everyone gets full value from the book.

Once again, it’s time to think about your New Years Resolutions, assuming you haven’t given up on these long ago! Perhaps you’re one of those who prefer to say “my only resolution is NOT to make any resolutions”, knowing you never keep them? After all, what’s so special about a New Year?

Yes, the New Year is just a calendar date, but it’s a symbolic point you can leverage to let go of what you don’t want, and create what you do want. The secret is to not create unrealistic resolutions doomed to fail from the start, perhaps being too ambitious, not specific enough, or not really all that motivated about it.