Instead of making resolutions, for the past five years I’ve chosen three words to be my theme words for the year, as described by Chris Brogan. Three words, carefully chosen, can be your personal theme too! While it’s great to do this as an annual personal theme, try doing it for one month and see how it goes.
ADOPT 3 WORDS and make them YOUR words!
The idea is to pick three words that are meaningful for YOU, and put them where you’ll notice them every day. Examples:
- On your calendar (schedule an event that lasts from today through the end of the month, or for all of next month)
- On your phone’s home screen (if you have room!… make a meme or .JPG file, then select it as your background)
- On your social media profile
- On your bathroom mirror or refrigerator door
You will see the your 3 words every day, which will make you think of your three important themes. It’s a great practice… try it for a month and see what happens!
In case you are curious, here are three words that I picked recently:
- Adventure – this describes my personal journey. It’s about leading from the future as it emerges, rather than being stuck in my comfortable pre-planned life.
- Create – being creative is about finishing things, bringing my creative vision into existence.
- Amplituhedron – has the idea of amplification while simplifying previous approaches to complex problems. The discovery of these mathematical formulas required a new way of thinking.
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