https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/personal-development/ Recent content in Personal-Development on A Geek's Life Hugo en Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:28:00 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2023/08/29/44-legacy/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:28:00 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2023/08/29/44-legacy/ <p>The year of being 43 was meant to be the <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/2022/08/19/43-disciplined-execution/">Year of Disciplined Execution</a>, drawing from the <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disciplines-Execution-Achieving-Wildly-Important/dp/145162705X">Sean Covey book</a>, namely : <em>focus on the wildly important, act on the lead measures, keep a compelling scorecard and create a cadence of accountability</em>. Looking back it is fair to say delivery on this was middling at best, with both high and low lights, summarised below:</p> <h3 id="highlights">Highlights</h3> <ul> <li>Daily Bible App story helped me maintain a semblance of devotional life</li> <li>Highest ever plant performance ranking at work in several categories, increased recognition at the plant of my M&amp;C skills with several key solutions delivered</li> <li>Good earnings supplemented by decent performance in the stock markets</li> <li>Greater clarity around the next type of role for me: stay in Upstream M&amp;C Corrosion Management, not necessarily projects etc</li> <li>Offered roles at bp and Shell after rigorous interviews, great boost to the morale that I can still mix it with the good guys</li> <li>Bonding with L, despite the distance and intermittent visits from me</li> </ul> <h3 id="lowlights">Lowlights</h3> <ul> <li>Weight stayed high, didn’t manage to bring it down to the low 90s as anticipated</li> <li>Health was middling, a number of developing issues to keep a eye on as I transition into my late forties</li> <li>Beginning to feel like I am in a rut at my current job</li> <li>Didn’t blog/ write as much as I would have wanted</li> </ul> <h3 id="44-legacy">44: Legacy</h3> <p>For the next run around the sun, the word which has bubbled to the fore of my mind is <em>Legacy.</em> It is one which has guided the core of my activities and decisions over the past few years albeit without being explicitly expressed. In a sense, it is a continuation of the Year of Disciplined Execution, as Legacy and its underpinnings should drive the definition of what is <em>wildly important</em> which is then executed in a disciplined manner. Legacy is also inextricably linked to the three interaction clusters of <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/the-life-plan/">my life plan</a>, <em>personal, professional</em> and public. Of particular importance for me in this context then is being healthy in every dimension of my life whilst adding value in each of those three clusters.</p>