As one year ends & another starts, sometimes it can be all too daunting to look ahead …
In front the Sun climbs slow, how slowly
But in Rambling with Ric’s blogs, it always pays to look to the West … …
But Westward, look, the land is bright
Rye Harbour at dawn
By long-established * tradition 3rd January is BHAG Day.
* OK; I started it this year !!
I’ve long been a believer in BHAGs …
B ig
H airy
A udacious
G oals
The term was coined by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.
Their idea was that the
BHAG provides one clear purpose and vision that you & everyone on your team
is on board with.
If anyone is ever unclear which direction to head towards, or if a decision is beneficial for the company, they only need to ask, “is this getting us closer to our BHAG?”
The BHAG gets you out
of thinking too small. Ironically, setting a goal that is big and audacious,
also creates a sense of urgency.
So, what makes a good BHAG ?
From my experience, it needs to be explicit as to what it is and around 80% achievable.
“A goal should scare
you a little and excite you a lot.”
Joe Vitale
As always, Mandiba
himself explains it better than I ever could:
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As I stand on the edge of this New Year, 2022 is a Big Year for me:
45 – 65 – 70
No … it’s not my Bank Sort Code !
|
45 years |
… As a Qualified
Accountant |
|
65 seasons |
… … Supporting
Sussex cricket |
|
70 years |
… … … Old |
More on the 45 & on the 65 as the year progresses.
For today, it is time to focus on the 70 ...
As the years tick by increasingly quickly, I often think back to those Sunday afternoon walks with my cousin Pat, when visiting my maternal Grandma.
Pat & I always paused to look at the clock on St Mary’s Church in
Rye, East Sussex.
Begun in 1515, the clock's construction was only completed 45 years later in 1560. Needing to be wound twice a day, it is the only clock in England - and possibly in the world - with its pendulum swinging through the roof into the body of the church.
Whenever I visit Rye, I look - as I have done these last 60+ years – at the
text on above the clock.
It is impossible not to believe that – for all of us – we are a shadow that passeth away.
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And what of my own BHAG for 2022 ?
The Old retain their wits quite well so long as they exercise them
On Old Age by Cicero
7 Million Steps at 70
It’s going to require around 19,200 steps a day, some 3,435 miles in the year.
Perhaps some 3 hours
walking each day, every day.
I really do hope that
you’ll come Out Rambling with me during 2022.
After all ….
Why
read a Rambling with Ric blog, when you can star in your own
See you soon!!
Ric
PS
So, that just leaves Your BHAG … …
I’d really love to
know:
What is it ?
And during 2022 … How are you getting
on ?
And always remember:
Start by doing what's necessary; then
do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
St Francis of Assisi
