The originator smirks (smirking is unhealthy nowadays…) and nonchalantly replies, ‘If you really wanna know, go look @ http://www.2012warning.com’ Eventually the waterers shuffle orf, to the vicinity of work, and dutifully check it out because… we are the techno-slave generation.
Vôila! We have a date for the end of the world. And there you were, Silly, thinking that the end of the world came when you were made redundant. The date is…(go look). It hasn’t as yet been confirmed by ‘the Big Guy’ upstairs of course, but the Mayan people said, ‘this is it!’
I will set aside some nice clothes and clean underwear (Heaven forbid you get to the ‘other side’ in grubbies…). We will forego mowing the lawns and vacuuming. I mean, who would notice, right? We will wait on the beach. I like the beach. My choice? Waikiki.
But, team, what to do until then? Be a NOWIST! In a phrase… ‘people who do stuff now!’ Nowists are the mortal enemies of ‘procrastinators’ and serious adversaries of ‘fence-sitters’. Nowists belong to the only tribe that can move the world forward. It’s only a pity that the tribe is so small…
So. Stop doing time management courses! Do what all achievers never stop doing…and that is actually, DOING IT! We are not good at ‘doing’ in New Zealand. But, we are entirely without peer, in avoiding, considering, procrastinating, deciding and wondering. In fact, anything, except starting.
Our mantra can be summed up in this statement… ‘Why not give it a few years, to see if it works’. That was probably the catalyst for 600,000 Go-getter Kiwis to live anywhere else, but here! And then… along came, the ‘recession’. What a delicious excuse for pondering even longer.
Now we can just about remain motionless and be roundly applauded for our great foresight. The accolades will come from all the other sad immovables for whom the term ‘vision’ is confused with going to the optometrist. It’s not much point flinging the body about, when apathy rules the mind!
I have a powerful yet simple business review model I call BIZCHK. It re-invents the ‘tired you’. It is your W.O.B. (Warrant of Business). It takes very little time to complete. Costs bugger all. Gives you an innovative glimpse of your future. And doesn’t hurt at bit.
Nah! Let’s just give it a few years, to see if it actually works. Duh! So, if you’re a cheapskate (it’s part of the culture) let me start with a cuppla public questions about your place, people and processes. Is there a spiffy answer for each question? There sure is! But, not for cheapskates, you understand.
Who is responsible for innovation and ideas at your place? Who are your Key Persons? You do know what a Key Person looks like, right? And, how do you look after them? I’m sorry these first questions are so tough. Whenever I ask only these, I get (you’ve got it)… much mumbling.
So, team, the end is nigh. It says so on the site. You did go look, right? Of course you did. You can’t help yerself. My recommendation? DO something NOW!
