Brandon Holmes: Help! I don't know what to talk about. Maybe checking in on networking strategy, career next steps? Have limited number of days available this fall for attending hot seats before several weeks of work and travel in December.

• Have a landmark or a “North Star” where you move towards, to know where you’re supposed to be doing with your time, energy, and attention. 
• Think broadly about work and life – the kind of person that you want to become, and the kind of life that you want to lead.
• Understand the difference between your vision and your goals:
• Vision is more exploratory, and about something that you can see and feel.
• Goals are something that you can track and can work towards. 
• Vision will help you answer the following question: 
• Is this thing in front of me an opportunity or a distraction? 
• Is this an opportunity to move closer to my vision, or is this taking me further away from it?
• Have a clear SCARY Goal based on your vision and have a realistic timeline.
• S - Strategic. Does this goal move me closer to the vision for work and life? 
• C - Challenging. Is there any part of this that sounds easy and more than doable?
• A - Aspirational. Is this something that you really aspire and inspire you?
• R - Relevant. Is it meaningful to you and within your skill sets and abilities?
• Y - “Why.” Does this align with the deeper “why” for the vision for work and life, why you do the work that you do, and you feel a sense of meaning and purpose behind it?
• Have a certain level of control on a goal that you can literally write a timeblock on your calendar.

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