Bodacity

Why dream BIG? Because "average or better" isn't good enough. The world already has plenty of that. 

We can be better and we can do better. Every day. On purpose. 

Excellence is achievable (though perfection is not). 

We can be BODACIOUS! And we can start right now.

GReATITUDE

The wisest and most admirable people I know are masters of thankfulness. Somehow, they build a habit and nurture a heart of GRATITUDE into their living, each and every day.

What makes these folks so GREAT in my mind? They relentlessly ...

• Express their thankfulness for the good things and people that come their way.
• Notice and acknowledge both the good intentions and actions of others.
• Show appreciation to others in both small ways and large.
• Seek the good in every situation and in every person, and speak it aloud.

I am so very GRATEFUL at how these exemplars model a life of GReATITUDE.

MinuteMatters

Each day is made up of 1,440 minutes.

Most of us sleep for about 420 of those minutes (give or take).

That leaves somewhere in the ballpark of 1,000 waking minutes available to us each day.

How we use each of those minutes matters. Matters regarding...

• How we choose to SERVE (or not)
• Who we choose to BE (not what we choose to DO)
• The ways we choose to make our world a better place
• How much LOVE we choose to extend to those around us
• Whether we choose to end this day better than we began it

Yep. Lots of choices. May we choose well and rightly, every minute, every day.

Have a good 'un.

Nimbleocity

 Nimbleness and Speed are not the same thing, but they're first cousins.

In a fluid and dynamic world (regardless of our professional place in it), innovation and adaptability are key to survival and success.

How do we do that?

• Be crystal clear about direction and intentions.
• Build deployment flexibility into the pursuit of that direction and those intentions. 
• Communicate and coordinate frequently on the success level (and, thus, viability) of those varying deployments.
• Abandon the lost causes quickly (and forget about sunk costs).
• Quickly flow resources (tangible and intangible) toward those are that gaining traction.

Do all that stuff again tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after......

ContinuousUN-improvement

Continuous Improvement is tattoo-worthy stuff. The most impactful people I know and the highest performing organizations I've seen are intensely focused on continuous improvement. 

Sometimes UN-improvement -- the lack of progress -- seems to be the most common and continuous effect. 

Being "stuck" is a clear indicator that it's time for something to change. 

InterVerse

Each of us is associated with multiple groups (I'm intentionally choosing NOT to use the word "organization"): Families, houses of faith, HOAs, country clubs, workplaces, professional associations, etc. Each of those groups has a unique and dynamic culture. We are both shaped by those cultures and also shape those cultures, simply by our affiliation and participation. 

We can view that mishmash membership as a set of sub-universes, each one with the word INTER at the front.

INTERtwined -- Like a tangled skein of yarn, we are loosely intertwined with others in our groups. Sometimes we know the others well, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we cross paths frequently, sometimes we don't. Yet, there are numerous commonalities between/among us due to our affiliation with the group.

INTERwoven -- The coordination of effort, systems, and processes within these groups is far more intentional. This social space resembles a tapestry in which the "weave" is tight, well planned, made of high-quality inputs. Groups that effectively achieve this state are generally intensely focused, well coordinated, extremely collaborative, and high performing. 

INTERconnected -- Via digital connectivity, we now have immediate access to job-alike and life-alike people around this entire planet. From each we can learn what works best, what doesn't work at all, what might work in the right circumstances, what's yet to be tried. Never in history have we had such instant access to others, both inside our groups and outside. 

INTERdependent -- There is a high degree of interdependence between and among those who share the affiliation with us, whether our group is efficacious or not. The satisfaction we experience and the quality of service we provide both trend steeply upward when that interdependence is understood and leveraged. THEN, it becomes a force multiplier. 

INTERVerse -- This is the totality of those other INTER-spaces above. 

Members we are, of each and every one of those INTER-spaces described above. What we choose to do with/for each group is purely up to us. Having a good sense of our InterVerse is the first step in us becoming who we want to be. 

EnemyIdentity

What happens when we discover that we're our own worst enemy? When our habits, our behavior, our interpersonal failures, our lack of empathy, our failure to trust, our inability to "let go," become so glaringly visible in the mirror? When we painfully discover that the source of most of our frustration lives within us.

We really can't engage in meaningful battle until we've clearly identified the enemy. 

Now that we know 'em, we can get to work on making life better for everyone. Including ourselves.

As always, it starts with the daily choices we make. Which ones shall we make this day?