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It Doesn’t Need to be a Perfect Plan to Start!

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I was working with a potential new client on an initiative they’d been considering for over a year. It was a manufacturing process technology they knew would add value and drive efficiency to their operations. But alas, they never got past the initial discussions. I was asked by someone I knew at this company to come in and help get things off the ground.

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Develop Your Team’s WISH List

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“We don’t track our risks. If something happens, we figure it out.” The comment caught me by surprise. This person is running a $500k program and don’t track risks? There are no mitigation plans? Nothing? Nope. As this person explained, the executive overseeing the project previously had a project manager who did nothing but talk about risks.

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Aristotle Summed Up My Year Pretty Well…

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“Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.” — Aristotle Suffering is defined as undergoing pain, distress or hardship. In 2018, I checked the box on all three…and loved every damn minute of it! First of all, I’m a runner. I signed up for a trail marathon and got in via a lottery.

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Using a Stopwatch to Get Out of Being “Busy”

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I haven’t written anything for awhile. In fact, I used to post to a professional group weekly and when I didn’t three weeks in a row, I got an email asking if I was OK. Yeah, I’m good I told them, just busy. It started in December with a new job, travel, holidays, kiddo sporting practices and events, church council, and a host of other little tasks.

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One of the Greatest Investments You’ll Make

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Why did you pay $50 for a book on project management? Aren’t you already a PMP? Why do you get up at 5AM to go to the gym and run races on weekends? Do you like not sleeping and pain? Why would you volunteer to stand in front of a crowd of strangers and present? What if people don’t like what you’re talking about? Why do you spend your time going to events where people talk about ideas they have or solutions they’re developing?

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Be the Calm in the Chaos

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As I got to the stoplight, I could see the on ramp onto the highway. It looked like a normal freeway entrance, with the exception of the truck upside down on its roof. You could tell it just happened as other vehicles were stopping to assist. Luckily, a few cars back from me was a police officer, who quickly made his way to the scene. Within a minute, another police car went flying by.

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Same Situation, Different Experience

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“Ladies and gentleman, from the flight deck welcome on board. Well, the first half of today’s flight is gonna be bumpy, so flight attendants will be seated until we find that smooth air. Sit back and relax!” You know it’s going to be bumpy when flight attendants aren’t allowed up. But, as we take off and get to cruising altitude, I tell myself I’ve been in way worse turbulence than this.

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