#Habits2016

At the end of 2014, my recruiting colleague, Kent Burns of Simply Driven Executive Search, challenged me to come up with a “WORD OF THE YEAR” (WOTY) to define my mission in 2015. I didn’t think much of this request but decided I would accept this challenge and give it some thought – out of respect for him, if nothing else.

Nothing else quickly became “this is a really good idea” and when I discovered there was a WOTY Body Of Believers and a “reveal” via his Facebook page – fear became a motivator, I sat up straighter, broke out a thesaurus, mixed in some etymology meditation – and decided I would do this right – out of respect for myself and CGP Network.

2015’s Optimize was revolutionary for my biz. Optimization was the filter, almost daily, that I finally chose to utilize for those things I had been meaning to do – important things related to my process. When you are a 1-Man Captain Of Industry Show your process can easily become what I want it to be today.  Much like Phineas asks Ferb at the beginning of every episode, my business was all about Andy asking Andy, “Hey, Andy – what do you want to do today?” That may be slight hyperbole but closer to right than I would want you to know – unless you are reading this brilliance.

The story gets better – my initially reluctant, self-inflicted Optimization 2015 campaign led me to a record year – actually, a breakout year – so much so I hated to see 2015 go. It was so good and I am so grateful for the clients that allow me to collaborate and connect them with the right people.  Thanks, Kent for the challenge and for the many “Think Tank” sessions of last year.

Now, we build upon Optimize with 2016’s WOTY – Habits.  I see this as an opportunity to take the optimization forward with continued action, consistency and my nemesis – tracking it all.  Here is to 2016 and doing what I do better – perhaps good habits will even drive out bad habits.  AG