Sail Away

You don’t need to be a manager, supervisor or executive to steer your life in the direction that you want it to go. You just need to apply some simple steps every day. That's the hard part. We all know they keys to success, the hard part is applying and sticking with them.

I work day by day to take the time to think about my future, set tangible goals and make small changes that help achieve my legacy goals. Simple project management: think, plan and execute. Not as simple as one would think. 

Dreaming is always a fun and rewarding experience. Just to write down your dreams instills motivation and hope. I started with three questions: 

1. How do I want to be remembered?
2. What are my long term goals that will help me achieve my legacy?
3. What are my short term goals that will help me achieve my long term goals?

My answers were way out there! But one of my short term goals was taking an after degree in Management & Leadership with a focus on Indigenous Nations and Organizations. I say short term because I can achieve it within 5 years. My long term goals are 10-20 years and legacy are beyond that.

Don't feel you need to limit your short, long and legacy goals to specific time blocks. In the end it is the journey of deciding who you want to be, what life you want to life, who you will live it with, where you will live it and for how long. 

Self-management is just one tool that can help.

Management "is working through others to accomplish tasks that help fulfill organizational objectives as efficiently as possible" (C. Williams, 2008)

Self Management is the "management of or by oneself; the taking of responsibility for one’s own behaviour and well-being." (Oxford Dictionary)

Photo: That funny looking kid with the sunglasses is me on my dad's riverboat giving a tour to our fellow Athabasca United Church members.