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2025: NOW WHAT?

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Here we are finishing the last weekend in January and what have we to show for it?

So far this has happened to all of us:

  1. We started a new year.
  2. A New President of the United States of America successfully transitioned into office.
  3. Life went on as it did on December 31, 2024.
  4. We are all a little older and hopefully a little wiser.
  5. Change has come, gone, and tomorrow will bring more change just like it did on December 31, 2024.

On the precipice of February 2025 we now have to take a moment or two and ask ourselves “NOW WHAT?“

Personally, that is the question to ALWAYS be asked. Asked, no matter the situation, no matter the conversation, no matter the idea.

Professionally, NOW WHAT should be standard for everything action, every plan, every strategic initiative, everything!

NOW WHAT?
You ask and answer it. You alone know what is next for you in your personal, professional, and private life.

Ask “Now What?” to challenge yourself, to challenge others, and to challenge everything.

Of course, asking “Now What?” should always be a conversation starter and never the conclusion. Then again, when something ends ask, “Now What?“

It really helps to keep the conversation going (it should always be going).

Now What?

Thanks for your time,
David Guerra, MA, MBA

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2025: Change -The Politics of Dancing (and other such nonsense)

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While my views and opinions on politics are mine and I try not to OVERTLY cram it down anyone’s throat. This I try not to do because one; it is pointless to do so, two: I am write where others are wrong (then again, there are times when others are right and I am wrong).  

There are times when politics needs to be mentioned. This is one of those times.

Today, is Friday, January 17, 2025, and on the other side of the weekend, the world will change, our lives will change. On Monday, while it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day it is also Inauguration Day here in the United States of America.

Everything changes. For good or bad, who knows as that is still unwritten. 

What is not unwritten is the following:

• Change is happening.

• Change will happen.

• You do not have to like change.

• Change is what you make of it. 

• Remember, “changes aren’t permanent but change is” (RUSH, “Tom Sawyer”)

 A few words of advice: 

1. The sooner you accept the fact that change cannot be stopped the sooner you can get on with accepting and dealing with any change that comes your way.

2. It falls solely on you to come to peace with the change that is happening around you. You cannot force or demand others to acquiesce. They are dealing with their own change(s). 

3. Stick around, a new set of changes are coming fast.

Thank you for your time,
David Guerra

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The First Sunday

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Welcome to the first Sunday of 2025. A day of rest? A day of reflection? A day of preparation? YES, YES, and YES.

This first Sunday should be the one that sets the standard for the remaining 50 Sundays. Yep, there are only 51 total for the year.

Setting Standards?

Standards are what keep you grounded. They help in getting you focused on what needs to be done and what you want to do. By addressing what needs to be done, you have a sense of accomplishment that you will want to repeat. Setting the standard now and adhering to it now, creates an expectation of wanting to repeatedly accomplish what you start and ultimately you will want to accomplish more. Then, over time, you get to incorporate what you want to do (Think Hobby Becoming A Passion).

Take the rest of today to work on the standards and get them set before the sun goes down. Do not delay. You will Thank yourself.

Thank you for your time,
David Guerra

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