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Strategic Planning for Strategic Planning for Your LifeYour Life
Presented toSTC Rocky Mountain Chapter
Denver, COMarch 18, 2004
Judy Glick-Smith www.glicksmithgroup.comPresident/CEO [email protected] GlickSmith Group, Inc. 214.543.1083
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Introduction
I’m a plannerOwned own technical writing business for 20 yearsAlways fancied myself as a visionaryEven the best visionaries get blind-sidedSTC Bd Meeting, Ed See’s prediction about off-shoring of Techcomm.Not coming back
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Introduction
Drucker: “The only way to predict the future is to invent it.”Taking personal responsibility for your lifeDealing with detoursStriking a “balance”STC’s Transformation
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Our Place in the UniverseWho is looking at the universe?How is the universe being actualized?
The answer comes full circle.We are actualizing the universe.Since we are part of the universe,that makes the universe (and us) self-actualizing.
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of theNew Physics, by Gary Zukav
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The Secret to HappinessKnow who you areKnow what you want to accomplishMaintain a positive focusBe flexibleMeditateLearn to forgiveDo what you love!!!!!Practice continuous reinventionGet busy
NOTE: Life is not a dress rehearsal!
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Taking ResponsibilityYour mission statementDevelop written goals for every aspect of your lifeCreate the habit of setting and monitoring your goals on a regular basisBe willing to recognize when you are blind-sided and be willing to act.“Hope is Not a Strategy”
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The Process of Reinvention
The antidote to getting blind-sided is reinventionEveryone gets blind-sided.– Individuals– Organizations– Cultures– Countries
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The Process of Reinvention
Determine, based on your mission, what is REALLY important right now.Determine what has to happen and what do YOU have to do to manifest a positive outcome?What are the advantages and disadvantages to each option?
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The Process of Reinvention
Decide on options based on weighted analysisBuild a plan of action based on decisionsAdjust your life plan accordingly
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Finding “Balance”
Spiritual
Mental Physical
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Reinventing Your Career
The problem with attaching yourself to a specific career or job title is that you are pigeon-holed foreverTechnical writing has been commoditizedWhat do you do as a TW?– 85% information gathering and analysis– 15% writing
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Reinventing Your Career
Our “industry” has always been in evolutionary modeYou also have to evolveT-System job– Requirements Analyst– First project: Write a warranty document that
explained WHAT the software does (reference manual)
– System design– Requirements and Specifications
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Reinventing Your Career
What is it about your job that you love to do?What other careers might you use that same skill set?
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Reinventing STC: Transformation
Huge reduction of membership due to– Economy (people can’t afford to join;
companies are not paying dues)– People leaving the profession because their
jobs have gone off-shore– We are not pulling in new people because
those people don’t recognize their profession as techcomm
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Reinventing STC: Transformation
STC has been blind-sidedBoard recognized thisStarted Transformation Committee– as an outgrowth of an effort to review our
governance model– From the recognition of the success of our
SIGs, indicating that we might be better served by a new organizational model
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Reinventing STC: Transformation
Mary Jo is the Manager of the Transformation committeeMajor changes coming that, we hope, will serve our members better and give them a choice in how they want to be served.We have always been a diverse, resilient professionThis transformation has come at the right time
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Reinventing STC: Transformation
Questions???
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Resources The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent PealeThe Magic of Thinking Big by Dr. David SchwartzThe Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy
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Resources
Think and Grow Richby Napoleon HillThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinHow to Know God by Dr. Deepak ChopraLeadership and the New Science by Margaret J. Wheatley
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Resources
The Millionaire Mind by Dr. Thomas StanleyLife Strategies by Dr. Phillip McGrawManagement Challenges for the 21st Century by Dr. Peter DruckerThe Isaiah Effect by Gregg Bradden