“Diamonds are chunks of coal that stuck to their job”
– Gabriel Ross Perot
What is the key to successfully achieving your strategy and goals for this year? Just stick to it! George Patton famously said that “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” This sentiment is echoed in Lee Colan’s “quick-read” book titled “Sticking to It: The Art of Adherence”, where Colan persuasively argues that one’s ability to stick with a strategy is a significantly more important predictor of success than the strategy itself. What Colan calls “Adherence” is made up of three components – each is essential and has a multiplying effect:
- Focus – A clearly defined purpose and a simple plan that involves your team and allows you to say “no” to activities that don’t contribute to the strategy.
- Competence – Existence of SMART goals for you and your team with effective systems in place to accomplish and track achievement of those goals.
- Passion – Team members understand their roles and potential rewards. Furthermore, they are engaged through shared values and the respect you demonstrate in day-to-day actions.
If any of these is lacking, it will significantly diminish your likelihood of success. Of course, as you are working toward accomplishing your goals you will undoubtedly have problems to solve along the way. While you’ll need to overcome those daily challenges with effective processes, you still need to have the building blocks of Focus, Competence and Passion as your foundation.
At under 50 pages, Lee Colan’s book is practical, insightful and to the point. It includes an assessment and practical steps you can take for building adherence on your team immediately. You can learn more and find a copy of Colan’s book “Sticking to It: The Art of Adherence”
Published by connie dello buono
Connie Dello Buono is based in Sunnyvale California. Her first ebook is about women's health, Birthing Ways Healing Ways and her recent one is about cancer prevention, Curated Healing Ways. She had helped women have holistic childbirth as childbirth educator, founded Motherhealth, to serve seniors in the bay area with holistic caregivers and blogs at www.clubalthea.com with more than 10,000 health and finance related posts.
Connie trains her own caregivers, which are the favorites of most bay area seniors who are home bound and alone.
She is active in the rehab and nursing facilities, volunteering on music and movement for seniors.
She is a member of Lion's club and offered scholarships to students in the Philippines.
She is active at churchinsunnyvale.us and has Fridays Bible home study in Sunnyvale using the recovery version of the Bible , free at biblesforamerica.us
She loves dancing and teaching and her courses can be found at
https://teachclub.com/@thriveafter60
She is California Life Insurance licensed providing life insurance for older adults with health issues and helping women retire safely with income for life.
at menloassetca.com , she helps with 401k rollover.
3 Benefit plans
- Mortgage protection using term life insurance to pay for mortgage balance in event of death
- Final Expense plan using Single Issue Whole Life Insurance, with cash back, disability benefit and guaranteed in the presence of health issues
- Fixed Index Annuity retirement plan for safe, accessibility, less fees, less taxes, avoids probate as it goes directly to beneficiaries, rate of return with no downside market participation.
She brings compassion and understanding to the needs of her clients, bringing holistic approach in health and life insurance. Her goal is to free families from worries especially during covid with caregivers and life insurance in the presence of health issues, especially for women.
She can be reached at 408-854-1883 , motherhealth@gmail.com
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