In my last post I wrote an article about looking back over our shoulder, to the year that was, and looking forward to the year that is yet to be.
Here are a bunch of resources to help you with your 2011 planning:
- From Dyana Valentine – what’s your business end tradition.
- Chris Guillebeau’s how to do an annual review. (I recently met Chris on the last of his 63 city book tour stop; watch for an upcoming blog post.)
- To stay atop of the curve: 2011 list of top learning resources
- For some help with pesky details: a free copy of my social media benchmarking template.
- Relax, planning doesn’t have to be perfect; see the book A Perfect Mess & my review of it.
- Vowing to get help Getting Things Done? Check out elance.com for a plethora of online talented professionals to draw on or get your own virtual assistant.
Want to read about the other perspectives & planning resources designed to help you get the year you want?
Download the full article here or see the Rock.Paper.Scissor’s latest e-newsletter ‘Easy, free planning tools to help you get the year you want’ which these resources are drawn from.
One of my favorite planning tools is downtime. Downtime, an little used tool by some, is a place where one reads, sits around with friends or family, lives in the moment and reflects.
Thomas Moore, Irish poet, singer and songwriter, said: “It’s important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don’t necessarily nurture the soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animal’s rhythm of rest and activity.”
I love the reference to finding your rhythm of rest & activity. And the need to nurture your soul. The world would be a far different place if we included ‘nurturing’ in our metrics.