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 judy@glicksmithgroup.comThe 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