Colleague Talk - Happy New Year 14th Jan 2008

It’s a new year, I’m glad to have made it this far. What with the festive accidents and post-election violence...phew! May God bless Kenya. I join our other Kenyans to give my heart out to all the families and individuals affected.
Last year was a challenging year for me and most of us in many ways. I sat down to review my last year’s resolutions and realized that I had achieved 50%! That’s a fail even in my organizations training college!! I had done better previous years. I had failed, but that’s good, because failure motivates me, it bruises my male ego and that is intolerable. That aggravated me to put my best foot forward this year and I have started doing exactly that.
I intend to begin a course that I have always wanted to do,
I intend to inject new ideas at my work place to improve work-flow, efficiency and increase customer-focus,
I intend to make my workplaces as enjoyable as possible and also enjoy what I do
I have put down my personal Vision and Mission statement (I will share it with you later),
I intend to learn new skills,
I intend to cultivate a number of virtues this year (Assertiveness, Time-keeping, Self-respect, Self-confidence, Courage, Determination and Going the extra mile)
I intend to improve my job acumen
Last but not least, I intend to PUSH in everything I do (PUSH – Pray Until Something Happens

Action Point:
I came across the following calculation and thought I should share it with you;

THE TIME OF MY LIFE CALCULATION
No. of weeks in a year 52
No. of working weeks 48
No. of days in a year 365
No. of working days 240
No. of days that are YOURS 125
So, what does this tell you? Yes, you spend more time with the people in the office, who you DIDN’T choose to be with, vs. the time you spend with your family & friends, people who you DID choose!! So, we need to make our workplaces as enjoyable as possible and also enjoy what we do. So, what are the dreams and aspirations of the people you work with? Do you know? We need to be passionate about people. If we are all happy, we are all working together and doing what we enjoy, then our organization will always exceed expectations.

Quote:
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful” (Samuel Johnson 1709 – 1784)

I wish you all the very best in 2008. God bless you all