Merry Christmas, Everybody!
Hanukkah was way far from Christmas this year. I enjoy all fun holidays, because they’re fun! This holiday was no exception – I had a chance to hang out with my friend Mac and we had an INCREDIBLE time – ate some yummy Christmas sushi and played a bunch of guitar. Mac’s an actual musician and I admire that talent. He’s also been a close friend for at least 16 years and it’s funny, we met at a mutual client and just began talking. It makes me wonder how many awesomely cool people are around us all the time that we may not notice if not in the state of mind to do so. In this case of course I’m glad I did. I have a very small circle of people like Mac who have been much more family to me than friends and I feel exceptionally blesssed.
Month of Super Greatness!
OK I realize now I have one month left to achieve total excellence. Yeah not too much pressure. I’ll admit, this daily accountability has really helped me to keep super focused. I think my ADD may be dropping by the wayside a little too – just increasingly aware that I have so much control over my life when I disallow others to step on this.
Been sad that one friendship I do greatly value may be toxic – my friend, every time we talk reminds me I’m unsuccessful in his mind for not taking his career path (not mentioning name but he is high up at DELL and more on my personal Darren Williger blog here) – and this isn’t something worth hearing from anyone I respect. It’s just disturbing when I share how happy I am that some people close to me tell me I’m on the wrong life path. Maybe I have the wrong friends. I am going to learn to disconnect from phones and other places I’m terrorized at some point soon.
The ramblings of a crazy man? Possibly...
This is Darren Williger and I am taking a look at what I can accomplish in the next 100 days, both personally and professionally.
September 2010 I had this thought - WOW there\'s just over 100 days left this year. Then I realized all my annual goals, professionally and personally - and said \"Darren, it is time\". A GoDaddy coupon code encouraged me to pull the trigger on this new domain and had the site up in minutes.
December 2011 seemed like an awesome time to do this exercise again! Over the next 100 days I will be taking a more serious look at my health and wealth, learning to focus more on what\'s important, and scheduling everything in my life for maximum productivity. I\'ll share details here, mostly to hold myself accountable and track my results on achieving greatness!
I\'m totally immersed in my new career and focused on learning more daily. It\'s been an incredible shift these past few months. On the side I\'m going to be exercising, writing, making more videos, photographing meals, tweeting, speaking and eating. Looking to minimize unproductive time sucking activities.
I\'m limiting my side business focus to weekends as I ramp up my new career. New blog coming soon, appropriately named Saturday Night Marketing. I\'m very excited!
It has been one helluva year so far - many challenges, and some frustration sweat and tears along the way - additionally, many net new opportunities have unfolded as several old ones fall by the wayside. Seems this pattern has repeated in life relationships as well.
I am so excited and grateful for all the incredible opportunities I\'ve been afforded and ones I will continue to create for myself. I\'m not going to allow anyone or anything (including myself) get in the way of the success and greatness I deserve!
Thanks for joining me on this journey!