I have a whiteboard inside my office. On January 1st, 2018, I worked out a series of new year’s resolutions that happened to fit four quadrants.
Earlier today, I was planning on erasing it and replacing with all the exciting new projects I have planned – Feisworld’s first online course, Feisworld documentary, Feisworld Chinese Podcast…
Before I erased the board, I had to come clean about where I stand today – April 26th, nearly 4 months after I made myself all the promises. Now What?
Have you thought about this question like I just did?
This is what was on the board VS how well I think I’m doing:
Main Focus This Year
– Be a Good Boss (A)
– Stay in the Genius Zone (Do what I do best), focus on impact, not money
– Build an online community (B)
– First $5K outside of consulting –> Not Yet :p
– Read more (C)
How I Will Improve
– Improve self-care, daily! –> A (Woohoo, yeah!)
– Don’t say yes immediately to new projects –> A (It’s hard, but worth it)
– Do not take on more than 4 projects – or max at 20-25 hours per week for consulting work –> A
– Set aside 20 hours / 50% time per week on new growth and opportunities –> A- (Free time is finally there, I haven’t been as efficient)
– Build buffer between meetings (minimum 30 mins) –> B
Habits to Develop
– Reading Books (30 mins/day) –> D (Hmmm… not doing it)
– Writing (30 mins/day to 1hr/day) –> B (Doing it… not consistently, I read Helena’s http://entregurus.com/ every day to keep motivating myself)
– Exercise (30 mins-1hr, 3-4 per week) –> A (since a week ago… before that, pretty bad. I signed up at Lifetime, and I’m obsessed.)
– Get away from my computer (once an hr) –> B (need a reminder to get serious about it)
New Things to Learn / Revisit Old Hobbies
– Practice singing
– Pick up alto sax again
– Online business (online courses, webinar, etc.)
– Apple store training (draw on my iPad)
– Tennis
– Dance more (Hip hop, and Zumba counts, too)
What was your new year’s resolution? Please share in comment below!
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Fei WuFei Wu is the founder and CEO of Feisworld Media, a Massachusetts-based digital media company helping brands get discovered by people and by AI. An Adobe Global Ambassador and brand partner to ElevenLabs, Synthesia, and 50+ other tech and AI companies, she hosts the Feisworld Podcast (400+ episodes, 500K+ downloads — guests have included Seth Godin, Steve Wozniak, Chris Voss, and Arianna Huffington) and co-created the documentary Feisworld: Live Your Art on Amazon Prime. Fei writes for CNET, Lifehacker, and PCMag, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and WIRED. She has been publishing on the internet since 2014 — long before AI discoverability had a name.
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