It’s been a while since I got back on track to use yearly resolutions in my life. Before moving to Canada, I had a strict resolution statement at the beginning of each year and a self-made 365 page notebook 📒 of my daily activities to follow my goals more precisely. I can’t ignore the achievements I eared with this method while there has always been more room for development and progress.
Outliers in this resolutions are goals that are easily or frequently achieved. For example, if you planned to travel in the first quarter of the year and you ended up traveling three times in that period, it’s an outlier number or position. Or, if you planned to make and invest money as ETFs (Exchange-Trade Funds) in the amount of $1,000 and in that period of time you made $2,000, it’s an outlier 🤑. In other words, any result higher than your goals (which could be measured in percent and the maximum is 100%) could be called an outlier.
They could be considered opportunities if you think about how strong you are, or how able you are to surpass the maximum. Also, they could be seen as noise. When you meet expectation in certain areas, from that point forward they are nothing but noises in your projection 👓. I believe the best approach to them is to ask yourself or your stakeholders (could be your partner or family and even friends) this question:
“Why I got this result?”, “What was the reason?” , “What pushed me to do more?” , “Who made me do more than what I planned for?”
It’s always helpful to have more complementary ideas and comments about the reason behind events. Then we are able to get ready for a more reformed plan. Stakeholders of your resolution are intrinsically an important part of it if you take a realistic approach to it. Their comments always matter and are key to a successful running of that plan. If you don’t know your stakeholders yet, give ChatGPT 🤖 or any GenAI a chance to provide you a list of it and you might get surprised.
Sharing outliers with your stakeholders is as important as planning for it. They might be a strength or weakness in your profile and exposing them to your stakeholders or important people gives you concrete feedback of your potential and milestones on your path to success.