Friday, January 4, 2013

Enhance the Success of Your New Year’s Goals 4: Others

TouchpointsThis continues our series on how the GoalsWork model can help you improve your career

Susan set a goal to become a director of a major nonprofit organization that helped eliminate need and suffering in 150+ countries. She knew that she could not accomplish this without help from others. She identifies several mentors both within the organization and out. She built and maintained an excellent network of contacts and sought their advice and help. She also studied books, articles, and blogs about successful and failed charitable and humanitarian efforts. Listening to all of these other people and implementing their good advice—while learning from their failures—helped her achieve her goal. She now heads a global humanitarian effort in 150+ countries.

Words from Walt about How Others Help

Walt Disney accredited his success to working with others. He said:

  • “You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world…but it requires people to make the dream a reality”
  • “I don’t pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.”
  • “Everything here at Disneyland and the studio is a team effort”
  • “I feel there is no door which, with the kind of talent we have in our organization, could not be opened”

Identifying the Elusive “Others”

You may think others will not help you. Would you be willing to help someone you like achieve their goal? If so, why doubt they will? Not everyone will help you, especially if they are competing for the same goal. You will find enough willing to help if you look.

I suggest you look in the following places:

  • Books, articles, or blogs written by people who already achieved your goal
  • Facebook friends or LinkedIn connections
  • Mentors, networks, and associates within and outside your organization
  • Professional associations, trade unions, seminars, or conferences
  • Online user groups for common problems, software, or goals
  • Successful goal-minded friends and family
  • Websites like www.ChangeAnything.com

Monday we will analyze how 2-4 actions a month enhance success of your goal

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