IS Your Strategy Not What You Say It Is?

Do our actions match our words?
"Bottom line: If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person. As you continue on your life’s journey, allocate your resources wisely—at work and home." Christensen/Allworth/Dillon
    The article was about business, but it tells truths about our life and relationships.
"If you study the root causes of business disasters and management missteps [and our life's failures, you’ll often find a predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification. Many companies’ decision-making systems are designed to steer investments to initiatives that offer the most tangible returns, so companies often favor these and short-change investments in initiatives that are crucial to their long-term strategies." Christensen/Allworth/Dillon
    Doesn't our pursuit of near term gratification cause us problems in life; everyday life?
    You can read the entire article at http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-14/message-to-managers-your-strategy-is-not-what-you-say-it-is
Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School (HBS) professor and world-renowned innovation guru, James Allworth, HBS graduate and former Apple employee, and Karen Dillon, former editor of Harvard Business Review (HBR), co-authored “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

THE  ONE MINUTE APOLOGY:  A Powerful Way to Make Things Better: Ken Blanchard, Margret McBride
- - A SUMMARY by Jason Young

I ask myself the following questions, and answer truthfully:

·         What mistake did I make?
·         Did I dismiss another person, their wishes, feelings, or ideas?
·         Did I take credit when it wasn’t due?
·         Why did I do this?
·         Was it an impulsive, thoughtless act? Was it calculated? Was it a result of my fear, anger, or frustration? What was my motivation?
·         How long have I let this go on? Is this the first or repeated time? Is this behavior becoming a pattern in my life?
·         What is the truth I am not dealing with?
·         Am I better than this behavior?

Then I do the following:

Begin with surrender…
·         I am truthful and admit to myself that I’ve done something wrong and need to make up for it.
·         I take full responsibility for my actions and sincerely recognize the need to apologize to anyone I have harmed, regardless of the outcome.
·         I have a sense of urgency about apologizing-I act as soon as possible.
·         I tell anyone harmed specifically what I did wrong.
·         I share how I feel about what I did with those harmed

I complete with integrity…
·         I recognize what I did is inconsistent with who I want to be.
·         I reaffirm I am better than my poor behavior and forgive myself.
·         I recognize how much I have hurt another person by making amends and demonstrate my commitment not to repeat the act by changing my behavior.

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