Chris McCarty

January 11, 2022

Focus

I came across an article about how a management consultant was brought in to a company and he only asked for 15 minutes with each executive. During that 15 minutes, he explained his system for productivity. Write out the six most important tasks to be done, rank them and execute the first one until complete or until roadblocked. Move t...
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January 7, 2022

Need a content calendar

I can already tell I need a content calendar to have success in this daily writing. Perhaps I'll start with something simple and start journaling a bit with a format of: *What went well yesterday* *How I'll get better today* *Gratitude* That being said, here goes the first entry: What went well yesterday - Basketball practice (3rd grad...
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January 7, 2022

Youth Basketball is back

Last season, youth basketball was cancelled because of COVID. This season, we are back. Cooper and Alexa are both playing again. Cooper is on the 3rd grade boys team and Alexa is on the 5th grade girls team. As I do with almost all sports the kids play, I've volunteered to coach. I really do enjoy coaching the kids. The biggest reason ...
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January 5, 2022

Final 2022 goals

My last two goals for 2022 are: 7) Create more family memories - I'll accomplish this by making sure our family has one 'adventure' per week. I use the term adventure very loosely here. It could be something as simple as going out to dinner but I want to be sure we're focusing on doing more fun type things as a family. 8) Continue to g...
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January 4, 2022

2022 Listening with a purpose and more 2022 goals

At some point in 2020 (maybe before) I started taking notes on books, podcasts, courses, etc... I was reading/listening to. This sort of wained in 2021 but I'm going to start this again in 2022 with a vengeance. As part of my 2022 goals, I'm going to spend at least 2 hours per week on personal development. This will likely come in the ...
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January 3, 2022

More writing

One of my categories for my 2022 goals is Personal Development. Within that Personal Development category, I've decided to write more in 2022. I don't exactly know what I'll be writing about but going forward, I'm going to write a few (100-300) words a day and post them here. Like I said, I have no idea the topics - I'll probably worko...
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