There is always room for development!

"Entre estímulo e resposta existe um espaço. Neste espaço está o nosso poder de escolher nossa resposta. Em nossa resposta se encontra nosso desenvolvimento e nossa liberdade." Viktor E. Frankl (1905 / 1997) - médico e psiquiatra austriaco, fundador da escola da Logoterapia, que explora o sentido existencial do indivíduo e a dimensão espiritual da existência.

Chegamos enfim à última das 9 previsões para 2009. Asacker fecha com chave de ouro:

"#9 Making a difference will trump making a buck

Walt Disney?s mantra was, ?I don?t make movies to make money. I make money to make movies.? What about you? Why do you make money? Think really hard and long about that simple question. If you?ve been putting off being passionate about your work in order to make a lot of money, now may be the time for you to make a change. Why? Because the business of making money simply to make more money is quickly coming to an end. The future is
not in making a buck; it?s in making a difference. ?We make a living by what we get, but we
make a life by what we give.? Winston Churchill"

Tom pede que nós mandemos lhe um email em Dezembro para dizer como ele se saiu nos prognosticos... Você arrisca um palpite?

Então chegamos a oitava previsão para 2009:

"#8 Execution is the new strategy

E.L. Doctorow wrote, ?Planning to write is not writing.? Here?s the funny thing: Writing is not writing. It?s editing. You?re really not sure where you?re going until well after you?ve begun; until you?ve put pen to paper (or type to page). And then, the work unfolds in unpredictable and mysterious ways. Sure, vision and planning are important. But with the accelerating pace of change in today?s world, the important insights are more likely to come through doing and editing, than through speculating and strategizing. ?Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.? Milton H. Erickson"

Nada mais verdadeiro em 2009: Mudanças vão levar a insights com mais frequência que insights vão levar a mudanças.

Eu particularmente gosto muito desta previsão para 2009 - a sétima:

"#7 Success will go to those with the best questions, not those with the cleverest answers

Do you know the definition of an expert? An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing? And a generalist? A generalist, like so many afflicted with digital A.D.D., is someone who knows less and less about more and more until he knows absolutely nothing about everything. Successful people know that they?ll never know enough, especially about what really matters. So, they pay attention. They catch on and refocus rapidly. They never stop trying and learning. They?re driven by the questions, by their desire to understand and to change things. ?All you need in this life is
ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.? Mark Twain

Nada mais verdadeiro em 2009: Preste atenção ao seu redor. Entenda o que está acontecendo e renfoque rapidamente. Nunca pare de tentar e de aprender. Guie-se pelas perguntas, pelo desejo de compreender e de transformar as coisas.

Segue a sexta previsão para 2009:

"#6 The passionate will not only survive, they will thrive

What?s bugging you? Whatever it is, for your sake and for those unwilling or unable to change do something about it! That?s the key to growth and success. The inventor David Levy referred to it as the curse effect: ?Whenever I hear someone curse, it?s a sign to invent something.? Well, perhaps that someone is you and that ?cursing? is resonating between your ears. If so, don?t let it irritate you and drain your life and passion. Use it to fuel you and drive you forward. The future belongs to those unwilling to accept the stifling status quo; to those who stay puzzled, excited, frustrated and surprised. ?Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.? Peter Drucker"

Pois é, em 2009 os apaixonados não vão apenas sobreviver, eles vão crescer vigorosamente

Ai vai a quinta previsão para 2009:

"#5 Many ?friends? will be lost and many new ones made

Social networks are all the rage today: MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Twitter and Plaxo, as well as the many recurring real world gatherings. And indeed, they can be great ways to stay connected and to gain attention. But many of the people who have ?friended? you through these groups did so for a reason; their reason. And once that reason goes away, so will they. Don?t sweat it. Keep connecting. Keep reaching out and sharing with people with similar interests and beliefs. But also, spend more slow and deep time with your family and your true
friends; those who accept and care about the real you, not the social status you. ?In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.? John Churton Collins"

Em 2009 não deixe de se conectar com o mundo, mas também invista tempo com sua familia e seus verdadeiros amigos!

Quarta previsão para 2009:

#4 A lot of people and businesses will fail

That?s the unfortunate nature of life. You try something, it doesn?t work. You try something different, it works. If it works big, people copy you (or steal it). You try something new, failure
again. If you?re trying, if you?re living, you will fail. So what? I remember college friends years ago telling me that they could never ?do what I do.? I didn?t know what that meant, so I asked. ?You know,? one replied. ?No security. Going out on your own.? ?Security is an illusion,? I countered. ?Everyone is ?on his own.? And for the record,? I added. ?I could never do what you all are doing.? Live a life of no regrets. Seize this opportunity to learn and grow and experience, while everyone else snuggles deeper into their comfy routines. ?He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.? Herman Melville

Em 2009 e daqui pra frente: não se esqueça: segurança é uma ilusão, esta é a desafortunada natureza da vida.

Ai segue a terceira previsão para 2009:

#3 Most people will sit quietly in their seats and watch life unfold around them

A recent New Yorker magazine cartoon made it comically clear: There?s a lot that we all want to experience, but not much that we actually want to do. Most of us simply want to go along to get along and enjoy the ride. Well, the ride is slowing to a crawl. And when it starts back up, it?ll be a much different ride. What kind of ride? The best way to know that is to put yourself in charge of creating it. Grab the wheel and get moving. Let the pull of what excites you and what you care most deeply about be your guide. ?The reason why worry kills more people
than work is that more people worry than work.? - Robert Frost

E aí? Em 2009: Ação ou Poupança?

Segue a segunda previsão para 2009:

#2 Many things will change, but many people will not

Most of us will be doing, thinking and feeling more or less the same things this time
next year as we are now. If you don?t want that sameness, grab yourself by the collar and yank yourself off of that comfortable, well-worn path and onto the one less traveled by you. Let go of your past and grab onto your future. Because while you?re waiting for that grand insight to point you in the right direction, the beauty of life is flying right on by. ?Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.? - Frank Herber

Pois é, em 2009 não deixe a vida passar esperando por aquele grande "insight" que vai te levar para a direção certa...

No reconhecido livro de Tom Peters - Re-imagine! - ele se refere a ASACKER como um guru de marketing. Ele é frequentemente descrito como um catalisador não conformista e aclamado pelo seu estilo direto. Tive o prazer de receber do amigo Gilvan Azevedo -atualmente na Suiça - as 9 previsões que Tom Asacker escreveu para 2009. Vejam a primeira:

"#1 The Earth will complete its 584 million mile, 67,000 mph trip around the Sun without incident

I know, that?s a pretty lame kick-off prediction. But think about those numbers for a minute. We?re all outgrowths of a living mass that is rocketing through space around an enormous ball of fire. Does that make any sense to you? Me either. So stop trying to figure it all out. Stop trying to protect yourself from an unknowable future and instead be a connected and passionate part of the here and now. ?What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.? - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"

É uma previsão e tanto para 2009: Pare de tentar entender tudo ao seu redor...

(Nos próximos dias seguem as demais)

Nao poderia deixar de compartilhar esta inspiradora mensagem do Coach de Vida Enzo Mucci: