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Head in the clouds, feet firmly on the ground.
Lawrence Jones, February 19th 2007, 9:53AM
Well, after a long hard but very satisfying weekend climbing Snowdon with some of my team, I am reminded why I put team building so high on my list of priorities. This weekend’s jaunt in sunny Llandudno was an experience that was priceless.
With rucksacks full of packed lunches, dog food for my two boxers (Indy and Lara) and plenty of water, we left the St.Kilda hotel, Llandudno in a convoy of cars after a full welsh breakfast. (Same as an English one funnily enough)
The were a few of the team nursing headaches from the night before and a couple still suffering from partying too hard at the awards ceremony on Thursday night where we won Best Business Host in the ISPA hosting awards in London.
So the weekend was part celebration, part team building, and with a few new additions to the team a great initiation to UKFast and the way interact. Every department was represented with almost 50% of the company involved.
So why do I think it is so important?
In a world where we set ourselves goals that are so far in the distance, it is important to have a series of smaller goals, to help you get in the habit of achieving them and get you used to succeeding. How many of us have said or heard the phrase, I want to retire by the time I’m ….? The problem with a goal like this is it is so far in the distance.
Part of the fun of goal setting is the achievement of hitting the target. Climbing Snowdon is a big enough achievement to make you feel good about yourself, yet it is also something you can achieve in a day, and also share with others.
If you have any doubt, try it. Take a day out and take a few friends or colleagues and go and share the experience. To hit the big goals you have to hit a series of smaller ones.
UKFast's hosting team up Snowdon
In my opinion, a goal is not necessarily something you’ll hit every time. The purpose of the goal is to make you a better person during the challenge.
Tags: goal setting, motivation, team building, ukfast
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Jonathan Bowers, February 19th 2007, 6:10PM
http://www.ukfast.net
It's also amazing how the mind works when you do start hitting the smaller goals. When you place achievable aspirations in front of you and are actually able to tick them off, you start to realise that the bigger goals are possible as long as you break them down into the actions that will get you there.
Climbing Snowdon as a team not only gives you a fantastic rush on the day that stays with you for over a week afterwards but it is a great reminder that many of your goals may impact on those around you and your success is so often interlinked with other peoples, which can be a real confidence booster.
laura, February 21st 2007, 5:10PM
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It was my goal was to climb the mountain without getting scared of the height.
Last time, as the team knows, I reached the top but not without coaching and blackmail! It was emotionally and physically tiring. It is a story that is told time and time again in the office 'how I freaked out on Snowdon when my fear of heights took over'. This time i wanted to prove to myself, thanks to some NLP I had, that Icould reach the top without crying or crawling. And I achieved it. For me this was a bigger goal, so there is no doubt i can achieve my smaller goals. Have a look at UKFast Mountaineering Team Photos.
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Chris Norton, February 19th 2007, 10:12AM
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It's also good to simply get away from the city and get out into some amazing countryside. - even if you do turn bright red and almost stop breathing halfway up... well, I survived and had a great time in the end - so cheers to the Jones family and the UKFast mountaineering team.