What’s Stopping People from Reading? - Matt Kesby

 

Virtual assistants and global teams in the www.go-va.com.au tribe are encouraged to read as part of our culture-building practices. That’s why new team members or newly regularized ones get a book (Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People or Robin Sharma’s Little Black Book for Stunning Success) during their tea sessions with CEO Fiona Kesby.

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Make 2020 Your Most Remarkable Year - Fiona Kesby

We had a remarkable year in 2019. We celebrated our fifth anniversary, moved to a new office in the Cebu IT Park (which was challenging in itself and required military precision), welcomed my brother and GO-VA founder Matt as he and his family moved to Cebu, and were welcomed into the Circle of Excellence among SMEs by the prestigious Asia CEO Awards.

How are we going to exceed last year’s results in 2020? 

In a way, it’s easier to plan and set goals after a disappointing year, right? Because you just want to put it behind you as quickly as possible.

But moving forward from a remarkable year, a year in which most of our expectations were exceeded, we may find ourselves thinking: How are we ever going to top that? 

So, when I faced the tribe during our GO-VA Awards Night 2019, I wanted to make sure everyone understood how much I valued their bravery and resilience all throughout last year. 

But I also wanted to challenge everyone to set even bolder goals for ourselves—to begin 2020 with a clear plan for how we will achieve all these goals.

And to remind everyone how much the GO-VA tribe believes in them: in their ability to exceed their expectations and in their strength to let old or counter-productive habits go.

“The things that most frighten us, when we actually have the courage to do them, dissolve,” one of my favourite writers, Robin Sharma, said in a mastery session. “Everything that scares you is bravery training.”

Our beliefs are self-fulfilling. 

If we tell ourselves we can’t do something, chances are we probably won’t do it. That’s why it’s so important to be brave in our expectations about what we can create and achieve in this new year.

That’s why it’s so important to free ourselves of self-limiting beliefs and barriers.

My wish is for everyone in the GO-VA tribe to claim 2020 as the year when they start to be more driven, as well as to make caring for themselves and for those around them a priority. 

 To develop the discipline to maintain all the habits—getting enough rest, spending quality time with loved ones, eating well, staying active, being grateful, learning every day—that will prime them for the work that mastery requires. (One popular estimate is 10,000 hours of practice.)

This part I’d like to share not only with GO-VA but with everyone who needs to be reminded of it. 

 As our stories continue to unfold, may we always remember not to be the victims, but to unleash our potential as heroes. 

To be braver, more resilient, and more grateful for the remarkable opportunities that can be ours, if we just keep on giving the best of ourselves to whatever we set out to do.  

To a remarkable and life-changing year!