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September 9, 2006
Personality Getaway 2006
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks | Filed under: Personality News
On August 18 and 19 the Personality™ team went to the mountaintop for a little rest and refocus. We spent two days reflecting on our history, talking about strengths and dreaming about the future. We also played horseshoes and pool, ate good food and admired the view of Big Bear Lake.
Here are a few of the things we learned:
- The cause must always win.
- The importance of saying no. Learning what you should be doing and what you shouldn't.
- Before the trip the entire team read Now, Discover Your Strengths and took the test to discover our own strengths. On the retreat we shared our own strengths and discussed what that means for Personality™. The main point of the book is that to excel you need to focus on fine-tuning your strengths, not trying to make up for your weaknesses.
- The only way to learn from mistakes is to make mistakes, so consider making calculated mistakes when there's a potential payoff.
- We talked about what the perfect company looks like, from basics like good pay and flexible schedules, to out-of-the-box ideas like company-paid volunteer days and an office space that's part museum and part classroom.
- We brainstormed what the perfect cause looks like, from being in close proximity to the people they serve to simply being effective--whether that means years worth of proven results or a startup with a unique angle.
- Then we listed the obstacles and problems that are keeping us from being the perfect company working with the perfect causes and talked about how to solve each one (talking about solving and actually solving are two different things--we have a lot of work ahead).
When we finally descended from the mountain we had piles of notes, chockfull of ideas and wisdom. As we're learning, being a successful company isn't simply meeting deadlines and working on projects. It's also thinking ahead and dreaming big. And it's figuring out how to make those dreams a reality. It's what we hope to do for causes, and it's something we're putting into practice ourselves.
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