#52: Recommitting and Keeping That Fire Burning

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Keep the Fire Burning Through the Year - Ideas

• Use your Word of the Year to motivate progress. Where do you want to go? 
• Use a Word of the Month to help you focus on a monthly commitment.
• Challenge yourself to try something new during each of your team building programs (Chris has done this for over 20 years. It's a way to keep learning and puts a little 'newness' excitement and mystery in a program.) 
• When you're out and about, look around you with your team building eyes. You never know when a new idea will show up - an idea that could help you work with your groups. 
• Read! Even if it's just 15 minutes a day. Explore what's written to help you learn and grow. Check out the FUNdoing Blog (Chris') - lots of activity ideas to explore. The OnTeamBuilding Blog (Chris') is filled with articles to keep you learning. Michelle's Blog is also filled with lots of great information. (All three suggestions include short reads you can fit into your busy days.) Read Recommendation from Chris: The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumphs, by Ryan Holiday. (Check out the Downloadable 'Obstacle Cards' Chris created using quotes from this book.) You can get through each insightful chapter in about 15 minutes! 
• Get together with like-minded people (face-to-face, virtual or both). Play, talk, create, disagree, think together! If you're learning you're growing. You just can't help get excited about trying something new with your groups. 
• Find the places that help you recharge and use them often. Here is an undeniable fact: 'Batteries' only last so long. Then they need to be replaced or recharged. How will you do this for your batteries. 

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