Personalised Personal Planning
When the Springboks won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, new South African President Nelson Mandela put on a green and gold rugby jersey to present the trophy to captain Francois Pienaar, a white Afrikaner. When Mandela and other ‘politicals' were imprisoned on Robin Island, they had set up a formal football competition - that's soccer, not rugby football. By putting on the strip of his former captors' sport, Mandela showed he was capable of working with the previously dominant but now politically vulnerable whites. An effective leader inspires their people to see and do things differently. The green and gold became a symbol of a new South Africa, where all could contribute.
When we develop an effective personal plan we kick off change in our life. Our plan helps to disrupt existing patterns, and establish new ways of behaving. Just as a leader contributes to the success of followers by encouraging new approaches, you can take a leadership role in your own life.
Personal planning is fundamental to personal change, but a one size personal plan will not fit all. Not a radical idea? Of course people are different, and need to adopt different approaches to achieve success. But when we try to plan our own future - why do we borrow the approach used by someone else? If all of us are unique, then what has worked for someone else is not necessarily going to work so well for us.
Let's look at two personality styles, and see how they might approach planning. We have come across many people who combine extroversion and open-mindedness into an ‘enthusiast' style. Enthusiasts find new people and new ideas stimulating. They can often get inspired to give a new opportunity a go. However, as the plan implementation gets routine - yet another review session looms - the enthusiast can be distracted - by the next big thing. The enthusiast needs a personal plan to ensure that they are able to persist even when implementation gets boring.
Another style we see is the ‘anxious performer'. A tendency to be both conscientious and nervous contributes to this style. These people invest a lot in getting things done. In part because of a strong action orientation, in part because of concerns of the risk of getting things wrong. The anxious performer needs a personal plan that ensures that they take time out to review not only what they have done, but to consider the relevance and impact of all that effort.
Does your personal plan play to your strengths, while ignoring your weaknesses? Possibly you don't have a plan guiding your future. Maybe your lack of a personal plan indicates that previous change attempts have been disrupted by your own style?
Nelson Mandela is enjoying what some would consider a hard-earned retirement. In terms of you taking charge of your life and guiding your success it is critical that you take on the personal leadership and effective personal planning that will make a positive difference. Make sure that your plan is one that flexes around your personal style and works - uniquely - for you.
Alan Goodwin and Stewart Forsyth at www.personaplus.co.nz provide self-development opportunities that work. We customize approaches to fit your unique personality. You tell us a bit about you - how you see yourself in your world. We provide unique suggestions that flex around your style.
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Honeymoon phase over for him, but not for me? Advice? :)?
Hey guys! Okay, well I love my boyfriend. And we have been together about 11months.
And used to, we would talk about our future, non-stop. We were so excited. He gave me all of his attention, and he was just the sweetest person. We did so much together, and he even moved up to my city to be with me. He treated me like the most important person in his life until recently.
It been getting worse in the past month. He puts his buddies in front of me. If they want to hang out, while we have personal plans, he invites them on our date, or blows me off. We don't talk about our future, and if I bring it up he sort of blows it off. I think I add to the problem because it hurts my feelings, and he stops trying to make me feel better because he gets frustrated with me. Things that used to do to make him laugh annoy him...
I know he still loves me. And he has told me he would never leave me. And that he does want to get married some day, but that it is very far away, and its something we shouldn't focus on. And I do agree.
It just hurts, and feels like he is losing interest, and doesn't love me as much anymore.
I just don't know what to do, or how to feel. I don't want to smother him, and push him away.
So I started hanging out with my girl friends more, but when I do that, I miss him a lot.
Is there anyway I can stop being so clingy?? It used to be okay when he was too. But now that he has grown out of it, I just feel stupid being the only one who is. Thank you guys for the advice. :)
Haha, its just a saying. :)
But thanks.
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should i get paid for unused on call shifts?
i am a part time associate in a retail store in California and i was just wondering if a company still has to pay you if you call in for your shift and are not needed after all.
my schedule is incredibly random... but i usually wok 3-5 days a week with addition "on call" shifts. (that are part of our weekly schedule.) on these days we are told it is mandatory to call 2 hours prior to our shift to see if (budget wise) we are needed.
our schedules are written out a week prior..including all possible 'on call' shifts. my manager likes to distinguish this by putting the on call shifts in parentheses... so we know ahead of time that we need to set that day aside for the job if needed.
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a friend had mentioned to me that a job is required to pay half of your on call shift if you are sent home early or not needed. but i wasn't 100% sure if that was true in this case..?
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iPhone monthly fee/Blackberry monthly fee?
Right now I'm with ATT, I have the blackberry personal plan which is 30$ a month with unlimited data. I'm on a separate family messaging plan.
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