Everyone is talking about what’s on his or her bucket list. I’m making one that declares what I NEVER want to do again before I die.
1. Hold on to mediocre employees and hope they’ll improve
2. Work with a known misogynist
3. Eat wasabi and think it’s avocado
4. Take on a client without a signed contract
5. Stay in relationship with a client that threatens to fire me (next time I’ll let them)
6. Fly coach to the Middle East
7. Use divisive language to shake things up and create change (come to think of it, maybe “train wreck” wasn’t the right word choice)
8. Take on too many clients at the same time
9. Complain about having too many clients at the same time
10. Ski
11. Volunteer to chair a school gala
12. Treat employees like family -- I’ve got one
13. Drink a cocktail in Costa Rica containing ice
14. Work with a client who is having an affair with her boss who happens to be my friend’s husband
15. Wear stilettos to a lawn party
16. Work my assistant so hard that she passes out
17. Forget to lock my doors at night
18. Let someone finish the sentence, “I’m saying this as a friend…”
19. Try to grow broccoli in New Mexico
20. Not believing in myself
Before you think about all the places you want to go and all the things you want to do before you kick the bucket, first decide what you will never do again. Life’s just too short to repeat what doesn’t work for you.
So what’s on your anti-bucket list?
Robin Fisher Roffer is a leading brand strategist and reinvention specialist. Founder and CEO of Big Fish Marketing, she is the author of Make A Name For Yourself: 8 Steps Every Woman Needs To Create A Personal Brand Strategy For Success, The Fearless Fish Out Of Water: How To Succeed When You’re The Only One Like You, and Reinventing Yourself: 10 Steps To Shifting Your Career Into High Gear. Learn about her Reinvent Yourself! Workshops at http://relevanceinstitute.com/
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From: Amy | 8/29/11 at 1:06 pm
Isn't writing an Anti-Bucket list kind of counter-productive? I mean you don't really gain anything from writing down what you won't do. It enforces negativity. It's a negative list. Why waste our thoughts on what we won't do, when there is so much that we can and will do.
From: Robin Fisher Roffer | 9/6/11 at 3:13 pm
Hi Amy, I have written countless blogs (which you can find on Whole Living) on the importance of writing down what you want to accomplish in life. From identifying why you do what you do to creating a list of your goals and objectives to defining your unique skills, talents and attributes. I am a believer in writing down what you want because there is power in the pen and when you set your intentions things really begin to happen! I wrote the anti-bucket list to draw boundaries. To laugh at myself about some of the silly things I've done. To become more discerning in my choices -- this is growth -- this is me reaching for my highest potential. If I repeat the things on my list then I detour off my mission and waste time. For me, the list is a positive step forward. Robin