Two Simple "Investment" Challenges for the Coming Year
Randy Hain
President of Serviam Partners, Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant, Author, Speaker and Co-Founder of the Leadership Foundry
I found myself in a reflective mood as I sipped coffee in my home office in the wee hours before dawn this New Year’s Eve. I always endeavor at the end of every year to recall the highs and lows of the year, the lessons I learned and practical ways to continue growing as a husband, father, friend and business leader. This helpful annual practice often leads to advice I humbly offer my network on ways to continue their own growth and encouragement to better serve those around them. This reflection time led me to two distinct and simple “investment” challenges that I hope you will consider taking on in the coming year.
Invest in Yourself
How will you develop yourself professionally this year?
How will you grow personally this year?
Invest in Others
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a mindset I encouraged my network to adopt in the coming year and beyond that I learned from author Andreas Widmer. He taught me the Italian phrase “Ti voglio bene” (tee vo-lyo beh-ne) which means “I want your good”. As we ponder the powerful simplicity of these words, consider the coming year as an opportunity to look around you at work, at home and in your community through this lens. If we truly seek the good for others, we will do our best to serve and help others in all areas of our lives.
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Who is this post written for? Everyone, regardless of your title or experience level, can benefit from making these two types of investments throughout 2024 and beyond. I intentionally offered thought-provoking questions for you to reflect on instead of my version of the answers because we will all have very different ideas and solutions. Thoughtfully developing our unique responses and implementing our action plans adds to the richness, value and impact of the process for true growth. Because most professionals I know deal with significant time management challenges that can make this type of post feel somewhat overwhelming, I am directing you to this older post of mine that is filled with helpful time-management best practices: Living Life in Real Time (Advice for Busy Professionals).
Invest in yourself and invest in others…let’s keep it simple in the coming year and have a shared goal of looking back at the end of 2024 with gratitude for how much we have all grown and the positive difference we made in the lives of those around us. The ripple effect of these actions will make a significant favorable impact on us, the people we encounter each day and hopefully on a world that needs to get back on track. I look forward to doing the journey with you.
Check out Randy Hain's latest leadership books, Upon Reflection: Helpful Insights and Timeless Lessons for the Busy Professional and Essential Wisdom for Leaders of Every Generation. Learn more and order the books from Amazon here.
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Randy Hain is the president of Serviam Partners, the award-winning author of 10 books, an executive coach, leadership consultant and thought leader on candor, time management and business relationships. He is also the co-founder of The Leadership Foundry
Passionate leader and engagement champion with 10+ years of HR Leadership across diverse industries.
1 年Randy, thank you. Investing in ourselves is critical. I have a lot of work in store for 2024 and I appreciate you reminding all of us of what our most important priorities should be. Appreciate you!
Coach, Community Builder, Clergyman
1 年Thanks as always, Randy, for sharing your helpful thoughts. I really appreciated how you reframed them as questions!
Founder, Podcast Host, Social Marketing + Communications Specialist
1 年Love this insightful list, Randy. Tangible action steps to help us get started! (My reading list is already growing...)
Cybersecurity Product Leader, PM Mentor/Coach
1 年"Have you identified what you want to get out of life? What are your personal goals and are you on the right path to achieve them?" The folks who give me the honor of helping them through mentorship often struggle the most with this question. It is difficult for many to fully wrap their heads around the question, 'what to get out of life'. When folks run into this issue, and they ask for help, I typically try to help them narrow the question down into different areas, and then try and walk them through how the areas tie together. Often, the person's desires conflict when looked at across the different areas of life. Most typically, this involves 'family' and 'work', but it's also common to see many professionals devalue 'self care' over 'work'. Whatever areas you mentor on, consider helping those who come to you for advice break things down into smaller pieces. The victories they have, the lessons learned will drive towards the larger goal. Happy New Year everyone. Stay safe and I hope YOU can spend time to figure out what you'd like out of life!
Executive Coach, Leadership Advisor, Speaker, Connector of People
1 年Fantastic, Randy. I love how you make the distinction between investing in yourself and investing in others. The frameworks are important to separate. Investing in myself always has a ripple effect on how I invest in others. Thank you for continuing to invest in me! Here’s to a meaningful 2024, my friend.