Where Are You Going?

” … Had a talk with my old man
Said help me under­stand
He said turn 68
You’ll rene­go­ti­ate
Don’t stop this train
Don’t for a minute change the place you’re in
Don’t think I couldn’t ever under­stand
I tried my hand
John, hon­estly
We’ll never stop this train …”

- John Mayer, “Stop This Train”/Continuum

In busi­ness, in life, is there are big­ger ques­tion? Where are you going? Phys­i­cally, spir­i­tu­ally, men­tally, finan­cially: what is your aim? The answers to these ques­tions ulti­mately define our des­ti­na­tions. As the first post in this blog, I’ll share a bit of my what’s on my hori­zon, and invite you to share what’s on yours. Sub­ject to change, and in no par­tic­u­lar order, here are my Top 7 Destinations:

1. I aim to wring my self com­pletely out, burn all my wood, to drink deeply and fully every drop of this nec­tar called life by giv­ing my very best to the world.
2. I aim to bal­ance the hours I spend nur­tur­ing our time-hungry agency QUO VADIS (QV) with the hours my love-hungry fam­ily needs.
3. I aim to cre­ate a pow­er­ful and prof­itable expe­ri­ence for my QV team mem­bers and client/partners–one that feeds their wal­lets and souls.
4. I aim to prac­tice the art of brand com­mu­ni­ca­tions at the high­est level, in a way that respects the human­ity and intel­li­gence of our audiences.
5. I aim to earn enough money, but no more than I need, to live the most mean­ing­ful and ful­fill­ing life I can imag­ine for myself and my family.
6. I aim to grow my aware­ness of the inter­con­nect­ed­ness of every atom of our exis­tence, and the knowl­edge that what I do for oth­ers, I do for myself.
7. I aim to say “I” less, and “We” more.

Your thoughts?

Posted on Saturday, August 18th, 2007 at 10:33 AM. Filed under: Uncategorized RSS 2.0 feed.