June 14th, 2007
Need a way to make goal setting fun, Opi it!!
My Man, Chris Cree introduced me to the word Opi. Opi is a Greek word that refers to the here after. The Opi is to be written of the future you in the present tense. April Groves tagged Chris and Chris tagged me. I am not a big fan of tags but this is a fun one. Reading Chris’s yesterday, I got caught upped and thought his call from Oprah was real. He has some good Opi on.
April Groves, The realtor of integrity, excellence and unparalleled service in the coastal Georgia area got me thinking how this Opi could aply to business.
As a businessman and sales leader, my thought is, what a creative way to have your team visualize their goals. In sales if you maximize your bonus, your Opi could be what to do with the cash. Blackinbusiness leaders and Managers, have your team Opi their goals. This would be a new twist on a yearly exercise.
My Opi
I just finished my 10 am workout and am on my way top have lunch with my son, the junior Senator from the state of New York. He is so busy and getting to spend some time with him this father day week is special. As we enter BSmith’s, I noticed my Daughter doing the CNN noon news cast. My wife is in Bali finding some special accessories to sell in her incredibility successful store “Weincahoots.” She has open a school and college for autistic children. Our youngest child, who is autistic have been a remarkable success as the school first graduate and now is VP of Public Relations. He and his brother, the Senator have pushed important legislation to have helped special needs children and made No Child Left Behind a reality as opposed to a slogan.
I am retired except for a few lectures and managing my blog staff of 300. I never thought Blackinbusiness would become more successful than Ebony, Black Enterprise and BET combined. We live on West 50th between Madison and Park in a brownstone close to the Palace Hotel. Our upstate home is in Lake Placid and is a Log Cabin surrounded by trees. We have a larger home that sits on 5 acres in Kingsville, Maryland. Our children and grandkids live in Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, DC and New York.
Everyone health is good and we feel lucky.
Tag you are it!
June 14th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Hi Jim!
Lake Placid. I never would have guessed. You are one lucky future you from where I sit.
June 14th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Thanks Liz, I have partied a lot in Lake Placid, I am a true upstater
June 14th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Living in a log cabin in upstate NY, closer to the Vermont and Mass than Lake Placid, but surrounded by trees, I applaud your Opi. I usually hit Virgils for lunch if I am near times square, you know pulled pork and beer. I think it is great that your dreams are always of family and success. You are a leader. JB
June 15th, 2007 at 6:17 am
That’s one powerful Opi, Jim! But I suspect there’s way more than luck involved with where you are going.
Sounds like I grew up near where John Bryant is. Was offered a ticket to watch the Americans play hockey in one of the playoff rounds of the ‘80 Olympics in Lake Placid. My parents wouldn’t let me miss school. Gaaahh!
June 15th, 2007 at 6:52 am
Jim,
I love your Opi - while your future you is successful and happy, your focus on your wife and children is beautiful. It is so true that our dreams for our children always (and rightly so) outweigh our own.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
John, great to hear from you, we have had some fun in Lake Placid!!! If you remember.NYC has it all, culture, food, sports, danger, excitments,I will give Virgils a try. By the way, you forgot to say tooling around in a Mini Cooper
June 15th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Chris, John and I are life long friends and grew up in far upstate New York. That is why I picked Placid. Some of my friends were going to the 80 Olympics but were too drunk and were asked off the bus transport.
June 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
April, I cannot not dream with out dreaming of a better life for my kids. It is all our fathers dream. Thanks for the feedback
June 15th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
What is the name of the school? What a powerful success story for individuals with special needs
June 16th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
special needs today, Thank you for commenting, I wish there were such a place. As the parent of a autistic child, it is very frustrating and frighting, that ther are so few options. this story was a fantasy. I will lookinto your organization
June 26th, 2007 at 3:59 am
Hello there,
We will be relocating to Bali, Indonesia in early Aug. I have an 8 yr. old autistic son, just wondering if anyone knows a special school in Bali???? Been searching from the internet but no success.
Thank you for any info.
Best regards, Edna
June 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Edna, you may want to check in with the author of comment 9
July 8th, 2007 at 4:28 am
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