My Theme For 2010: TEAM!
Each year, I choose a one-word theme that acts as a guide in all my major decisions and shapes my entire year.
I start thinking about the theme around the beginning of December and simply set the intention that the essence of the word will come to me strongly and clearly at the right time to serve my highest good and the good of those I serve.
In 2008, my one word theme was FOCUS – which I like to make into an acronym for “Follow One Course Until Successful.” Focus certainly paid off in 2008; it was my most successful year up to that point.
In 2009, my one word theme was INFLUENCE – I would ask myself consciously and subconsciously, “Who and what am I allowing to influence me?“
When I wrote this post on December 29, 2008 about choosing Influence for 2009, little did I know then how much my choice would impact my year both personally and professionally!
2009 far exceeded my business and finance goals with an abundance of national and international speaking engagements, lucrative joint ventures, celebrity clients, meeting Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama, the successful launch of my first social media certification course, Mentor With Mari, the co-creation of the International Social Media Association. all topped off with an invitation to attend the 52nd Grammy Awards and walk the red carpet!
In 2009 in my personal life, I chose to stop traveling the country in a motorhome and transition out of my eight-year marriage, as I shared in this post. I couldn’t have imagined sharing such an intimate experience so publicly before social media. Yet, the process was profound for both me and my community.
Now, as we celebrate the completion of 2009 and dance into 2010, my resounding one-word theme is TEAM! This word came to me as I contemplated where I got stuck most this year – where I didn’t allow myself to grow as much as I wanted.
One of my Achilles heels is delegation. I’m blessed to have several skilled team members and to be surrounded by powerful mentors, mastermind partners, coaches and other skilled experts. Yet I allowed myself to get completely stopped or stymied in several areas (like blog development, membership programs, product creation, book writing!) because my calendar got so backed up and I wanted to do so much myself.
Of course, there’s such a thing as balance, right? Whilst my two blogs may have taken a back seat, my Twitter presence, Facebook fan page, professional network and speaking engagements flourished significantly!
You’ve probably heard of the word “TEAM” used as an acronym for “Together Everyone Achieves More” (or Miracles). I like this. though if you have other creative suggestions, I’m open to ideas! 😉
Now it’s your turn! What’s your theme for 2010?
Hi Mari,
Team is a great choice. Mine is COLLABORATION and FUN… I had to put FUN in there.
Have a SUPREME and DARING 2010!
Love
Francine
Thank you for sharing your one-word themes and the stories behind them. I look forward to watching you blossom and grow even more in 2010 with a theme of TEAM.
You have inspired our one-word for 2010 and that is FIT — not an acronym, just a word with many meanings.
Cheers!
~Kris
I think TEAM is a great word and perhaps my own word as well as I’ve spent the last few weeks creating systems for everything in my business so I could delegate more and free up my time to do the things I love and that I really need to be doing. If I could add some supporting words to team it would be – SYSTEMIZE & SIMPLICITY
Happy 2010!
Mari, I really liked your theme idea when I read it last year as well. “Team” is a great theme choice. My theme for 2010 is “TAKE ACTION”. We can have all the knowledge but if we don’t put it into ACTION and share that knowledge with others, what benefit was having the knowledge?
You chose great words on the last years Mary! I´m planning to leave my little house for going to another one bigger and more comfortable. About my bussiness I´m planning to enter on a new market: illustrating children books, and to change the look of my current online bussiness, so I think my word for this year will be RENOVATION / UPDATING.
I hope all our dreams come true! Have a happy 2010!!!
Hi Mari,
thanks for such an inspiring post! It’s kind of vital to choose the right “guiding star”, isn’t it?
My theme for 2010 is POSITIONING. I run three businesses in two languages and in order to get people to know me, I’ll need to work on my marketing, communication and added-value creation – which in my opinion, are all encompassed in my chosen theme word.
All the best in the new year,
Martina
Mari, after much debates my chosen word is TEAM as well. Thank you for ROCKING my world at the Jim Bunch workshop last fall. I signed for his year long program and he and his team discovered that my missing link is the lack of strategies and support. There we go you and I have the same 2010 word with a “twist”. Like Jim always say, GAME ON!
Excellent choice Mari and congratulations on your great 2009. I wrote about my resolution on my blog on New Year’s Eve — “No more coulda, shoulda, wouldas” http://bit.ly/76LMSA. I’m looking forward to what will be, not at what could have been.
Mari, I am soooo please I listened to the webinar that you did with Nigel Botteril, you have really inspired me. My theme for this year is “Go Boldly Forward”.
Hi Mari, What a great suggestion of having one word guide your decisions for the year. Absolutely brilliant. I too delegate but definitely not enough for all that I want to accomplish. I’m going to ask my higher self for guidance on my word – see if it’s team as well or some other word that’ll support me.
Thanks for all you do and share so openly,
Kim