Xtraordinary Living Blog celebrates it's 1-year anniversary

Today is the 1-year anniversary of the launching of this blog. It has been a fascinating journey and I thank you all who have commented and given me feedback over this past year. I hope that I've been able to contribute as much value to you as you have to me.

In today's post, I want to recommend reading Alan Deutschman's article "Change or Die", where he talks about the scientifically studied odds against people changing behavior. However, he also mentions how those odds can be reversed by the addition of 3 elements: vision, structure & support.

Last November during our PL&L staff retreat, we set a goal to have a greater impact in our client's lives in 2007. Looking at Deutschman's 3 elements of change, we concluded that PL&L has done a great job in 2 of the 3 areas - vision & support. However, we have been sorely lacking in the structure department. So we set out to correct this.

The challenge was how to do this in a way that didn't tax our already thin resources. The answer we came up with was that we could do this by using technology more effectively.

The result of these conversations has led to the launching of the "QuoteActions" and Engage&Excel programs this past month. I will be writing future posts about these programs soon.

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