On December 31st, I sat on my couch and wrote down everything that I was going to change about my life starting on January 1st. I created resolutions to tone up my body, eat heathy, organize my life, save more money, pay off my debt, etc. I ended up with 10 things on my list and spent the next TWO HOURS scrambling to come up with a plan to start accomplishing all of my goals the next morning.
Before I knew it, it was January 2nd and I had yet to get off the couch. How in the WORLD did I screw this up on the FIRST DAY?! All of my bad habits of 2015 snuck into 2016 without me even noticing. Then I thought, "It's okay I will start counting the 'new year' on January 3rd when I get back home to Texas. Yeah, that sounds good! You know what, I'll just start on January 4th since it will be a Monday. Start fresh on a Monday!"
You all either think I'm crazy or you were having the same mental conflict.
Here I am, a CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER, making new years’ resolutions. The irony! I studied continuous improvement for 4.5 years and I didn't even think to apply this to my everyday life.
Teaching Moment:
Continuous improvement (CI) is an ongoing effort to improve something whether it be processes, products, or services. Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that conceptualizes the idea that big results come from many small changes accumulated over time.
Kai- Change
Zen- Good
"Change for the better"
Lesson Learned:
- "The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -Socrates
- "Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement." -Taiichi Ohno
Key Words: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Question:
What goals did you set for this year and how did you plan to accomplish them?
:Kirstin Renee