Chalk Talk

I am blessed to be able to attend Grand Canyon University, pursing my undergrad in Applied Management.  I am currently in a class titled ‘Organizational Change and Development’… and loving it! My professor has worked as a Dean in higher education, Director at Sperry Aerospace and Senior Vice President at SRP.  He has his Doctorate in adult learning; simply put, he is brilliant!  In last night’s class he began by handing out a paper that had three questions on it:

1. What is motivating you? 

2. What are your personal goals this year?

3. What are your professional goals this year?

While not profound questions…they had a profound impact on me that ignited tonight’s project.  Zig Ziglar once said “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why recommend it daily.”  How often we get caught in the day to day routine that we quickly lose sight of our true goals, aspirations and dreams.   The daily drudgery of over-sized workloads, hectic schedules and trying to meet everyone else’s needs has us wondering what our own purpose is!  I sat in class able to clearly identify what my goals were…but the daily disciplines I need to exercise in order to attain those goals weren’t so easy to see.  Thus….Chalk Talk!  Hobby Lobby carries chalk board contact paper.  Peel and stick right on your wall…and WHALLA, you have a chalk board!  For this season, I have dedicated mine to my goals, providing me a daily visual reminder of my motivation, purpose, passion and direction. 

Cheers to ChalkingJ!