WHAT’S YOUR 2024 MANTRA?

By Linda Dulye, President/Founder, Dulye Leadership Experience and Dulye & Co.

I am an avid consumer of leadership blogs, articles and podcasts. Twenty-minute consumption routines support my daily learning.

A topic that is heavily trending right now, not surprisingly, is goal setting. The big takeaway is: You must establish clear, measurable goals to give direction and purpose in your role as a vital contributor to the organization where you work and the community where you live.

I encourage you to put some thought into this. Make goal setting a priority assignment to complete this month.

Here’s my tip to get you going: Guide yourself with a simple mantra.

Begin this future-focused exercise by creating a rallying cry to keep you accountable and inspired. Experiment with pairing a few words that spark your spirit. Two or three will do just fine. Recite them. Write them down. Absorb them. Your mantra should feel good.

Since 2008, I have pronounced one mantra. You’ve likely heard it or read it. I share it liberally during conversations, in correspondence and at every DLE program. It has been an undeniable energy source.

Keep soaring!

My two-word rallying cry has stayed fresh by encouraging me during setbacks, empowering me when doubts prevail and elevating successes. It makes me smile. Others, too!

DLE member Danielle Sanders, an IT Supervisor at General Dynamics Mission Systems, recently shared with me, “I’ve coined this year with the following slogan: 2024–the year to soar.”

A mantra that inspires others AND you is monumental!

Get your goal groove going with a mantra. Keep soaring! is my beat for 2024. What’s yours?