My Three Words for 2011

I don’t know if Chris Brogan started the meme or not, but every year he publishes 3 words that will serve as his guiding pillars for the year ahead. Last year I didn’t publish 3 words; instead I stuck with one: Freedom. Looking back at that post from the beginning of 2010 I can reasonably say that I did find more freedom last year than in previous years. At least in some ways. I’ve also taken on more projects than ever before.

2011 is going to be a big year.

Here are my 3 words for 2011:

Create. Accelerate. Win.

Create: I’m an entrepreneur at heart. And I live to create things. I have to be careful not to create too much and take on more than I can handle, but this year is all about wiping the slate clean and starting new things.

Accelerate: It’s time to move even faster. No one is waiting for me (or anyone else), and the old adage is certainly true, “If you want something done [right] do it yourself…” I can’t sit on the sidelines and expect things to happen. And I want to accelerate everything I’m doing, and help others accelerate successfully as well.

Win: I want to win. I want to win big. I want to win all the time. Winning is good. I know I’ll lose once in awhile, and I’m certainly going to stumble and make my share of mistakes, but I have no problem planting the proverbial flag in the sand and saying, “I want to win.” That’s not ego talking, it’s drive.

Create. Accelerate. Win.

The year is long. There are always ups and downs, emotionally uplifting moments and plenty of emotionally draining ones as well. As they say in hockey, “It’s a long season.” And during the year it’s hard to maintain momentum (or in my case, acceleration!) – we get tired, sick, beaten down, angry, sad, frustrated… But humans have an amazing ability to take a kick in the teeth, get back up and do even better than before. I want to maintain that inspiration throughout the year by using create, accelerate and win as my 3 words for 2011. Do what you need to in order to buffer yourself against all the craziness of life and get ready to kick some serious ass. Maybe it starts with 3 words of your own…

Aaron Lee

We have a lot of similarities mate.
This year I am changing to hopefully accelerate and grow to be a better blogger and to use social media more to helping me grow.

I think mine would be Create, Spread and Grow..
Cheers and good luck to 2011
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Create. Accelerate. Win
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Datalife Engine

I have only one word for this year. Just learn. I need to learn and have knowledge so the future will be easier for me! 🙂
Samiparker11

now this thing make some sense to me and is worth acting upon, thanks for sharing such a nice post.
Mike

Prime material. Thanks Ben.

The drive to win is a big one. Winning means realizing your goals. And it means consciously and consistently conditioning yourself to see that losing is almost always undesirable. How selfish those goals are (I believe a little goes a long way in this case) is a separate discussion and one that should be carefully considered by any entrepreneur who wishes to succeed.
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Hmmm, Very interesting. Script writers do something similar when writing a film. Films start out with an underlying theme that is built upon and these are usually emotions. They are usually a short list of words or statement which are printed out and pinned to the wall to be reviewed for every scene.

I like the idea of doing that for a year with one’s life.
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My Three Words for 2011

Create. Accelerate. Win.

Create. Accelerate. Win.

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