GOAL SETTING SIMPLIFIED! Have you made a list of your big and small personal and professional WINS in 2023? Then plan for your WINS for 2024 with an ACTION PLAN to GET IT DONE! In Episode 57 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show titled, ARE YOU A GOAL GETTER? Please meet the amazing Debra Eckerling founder of the D*E*B METHOD® and award-winning author of Your Goal
Guide. We talk about goal setting, achievement, success with real corporate training tools and tips. Determine your vision, Explore your Options and Set yourself up for your success! Deb says, “As you close out 2023 for the holidays and prepare to welcome in the new year in 2024 – set an appointment with yourself and plan to set and make your goals. Come listen, download, share and review this episode to help lift you up into the new year.
Mentioned Resources
Website: https://thedebmethod.com
Email: info@thedebmethod.com
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Goal-Guide-Planning-Achieving/dp/1642501506
Social links:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDEBMethod
https://LinkedIn.com/in/Coastbunny
https://Facebook.com/TheDEBMethod
https://Instagram.com/TheDEBMethod
FB Communities:
https://facebook.com/groups/writeononline
https://facebook.com/groups/yourgoalguide
https://facebook.com/groupstastebudswithdeb
Podcasts
The DEB Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deb-show/id1046414909
Taste Buds with Deb: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste-buds-with-deb/id1683615807
About the guest Goal strategist - Debra Eckerling is on a mission to change goal culture in and out of the workplace. She is the award-winning author of Your GoalGuide and founder of the D*E*B METHOD® system of goal-setting simplified. A speaker, consultant, and workshop leader, Debra offers personal and professional planning, content development, event strategy, and team building for executives, entrepreneurs, consultants, and companies. Debra has spoken on stages for TEDx, Innovation Women, SCORE LA, and more, and is the host of #GoalChatLive aka The DEB Show and the Taste Buds with Deb podcast. Connect with Deb on LinkedIn or learn more about her at TheDEBMethod.com.
About the Host:
Howard Brown is a best-selling author, award-winning international speaker, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, interfaith peacemaker, and a two-time stage IV cancer survivor. He is also a sought-after speaker and consultant for corporate businesses, nonprofits, congregations, and community groups. Howard has co-founded two social networks that were the first to connect religious communities around the world. He is a nationally known patient advocate and “cancer whisperer” to many families. Howard, his wife Lisa, and daughter Emily currently reside in Michigan, and his happy place is on the basketball court.
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Hello, it's Howard Brown. It's the Shining Brightly
Howard Brown:Show. Oh my god, we're coming up to year and I have a really
Howard Brown:important show. And amazing friend and guest, Deb Eckerling
Howard Brown:Welcome. How are you?
Debra Eckerling:Oh, well, I get to hang out with you. And I get
Debra Eckerling:to talk about goals. So I mean, really? How can I not be awesome
Debra Eckerling:today? Thank you so much for having me on.
Howard Brown:I'm so glad. We've been trying to get schedules to
Howard Brown:work. And now we're doing it. So let me tell people about you a
Howard Brown:little bit. And then I got a little a little question for you
Howard Brown:after this. So gold strategist Deb Eckerling is on a mission to
Howard Brown:change gold culture, in and out of the workplace. She is an
Howard Brown:award winning author of your gold guide, and founder of the
Howard Brown:DEB method, DEB method, trademark system of goal setting
Howard Brown:simplified. You're a speaker, consultant, a workshop leader,
Howard Brown:you offer personal and professional planning for
Howard Brown:content development and event strategy and team building for
Howard Brown:executives, entrepreneurs, consultants and companies. Deb
Howard Brown:has spoken on stages for TEDx, innovation, women, score LA and
Howard Brown:so many more, you are the host of gold chat live, I've been on
Howard Brown:a bunch of times, the Deb Show, and you now actually have the
Howard Brown:taste buds with Deb podcast, and can connect with you at on
Howard Brown:LinkedIn and learn more at the Dev method.com. So you are a
Howard Brown:amazing friend and woman and you are actually helping
Howard Brown:corporations. You know, and people move forward because goal
Howard Brown:setting is the starting point in the foundation. So we're going
Howard Brown:to talk a lot about this. So first, the the question is, is
Howard Brown:that something new going on or something that we may not know
Howard Brown:about you? Sure?
Debra Eckerling:Well you kind of teased it with my taste buds
Debra Eckerling:with them podcast, but the thing not a lot of people know is that
Debra Eckerling:I am a reformed non cook. Oh, I used to think cooking was too
Debra Eckerling:time consuming. It was so much easier to go out for dinner. And
Debra Eckerling:then once I got an instant pot, this was 2017 I realised that
Debra Eckerling:you could put in ingredients, and then go do things and then
Debra Eckerling:you're rewarded with a yummy meal. So somehow, over the last
Debra Eckerling:six and a half years, I've gone from a non cook to a food
Debra Eckerling:writer, and food podcast are and I have to tell you I am I'm
Debra Eckerling:having so much fun because first of all food. But second of all,
Debra Eckerling:there's so many more benefits to cooking than I ever thought
Debra Eckerling:imaginable. It's great for creativity, meditation, and it
Debra Eckerling:goes so hand in hand with goal setting and goal getting so I'm
Debra Eckerling:I'm I invite anyone everyone if you love, it's all about their
Debra Eckerling:bite size conversations about food, cooking, and community.
Debra Eckerling:That's my tag for tastebuds with Deb what you can subscribe on
Debra Eckerling:iTunes or your favourite podcast platform. Or you can even watch
Debra Eckerling:the apps on my social including my LinkedIn which is at the debt
Debra Eckerling:method. Oh, I'm sorry, including my YouTube app, the debt method.
Howard Brown:That's incredible. Oh my god. So you got it. That's
Howard Brown:great. So that foodie, I am like to cook barbecue, but I love to
Howard Brown:eat so. Oh, that's cool. So and there's so many angles to it.
Howard Brown:It's really cool.
Debra Eckerling:Well, did you ever notice that you could have
Debra Eckerling:a conversation about food and or cooking with just about anyone,
Debra Eckerling:even if they don't like to cook? It's another conversation. I was
Debra Eckerling:talking to someone last week just like oh, my husband's the
Debra Eckerling:cook. I don't cook. And she went into the reasons why cuz she had
Debra Eckerling:a y from her childhood. She never wanted to cook. I mean,
Debra Eckerling:it's it's it's so intriguing. But the other thing that I love
Debra Eckerling:about my show is it is a mixture of some our cookbook authors,
Debra Eckerling:some are chefs. Some have just written things to do with food.
Debra Eckerling:I have Mitch album on because he's got to food philanthropies
Debra Eckerling:I know you're another Michigan guy. So it everybody has a
Debra Eckerling:connection to food in some way shape or form. And I just love
Debra Eckerling:that exploration. And then I get to learn all these fun tips. The
Debra Eckerling:other thing is to growing up, I was always in charge of like the
Debra Eckerling:platters the plating would have company so it was the veggie
Debra Eckerling:trays or the crackers or the whatever I like I'm not
Debra Eckerling:artistic, but I'm great at designing platters. And then as
Debra Eckerling:an adult, I'm like, you know, it'd be fun to plate food. But
Debra Eckerling:now I have to cook it too. Okay, so you know, all these elements
Debra Eckerling:kind of come together. But the thing that I love the most about
Debra Eckerling:the cooking process is you can't be on your computer. You can't
Debra Eckerling:be going through emails or just obsessively watching the news.
Debra Eckerling:When you're cooking. You're in that moment and that is the
Debra Eckerling:perfect downtime that you can Use for figuring things out or
Debra Eckerling:just meditating or, and I love it. So sometimes if I'm writing
Debra Eckerling:an article and I'm like, Oh, I'm stuck, okay, I'm gonna go cook
Debra Eckerling:something. And then by the time I'm back at my computer, I'm
Debra Eckerling:figuring it out, and I'm ready to go. So
Howard Brown:I love it. Because I talked about it a little bit
Howard Brown:different terms, I see find your happy place, like I find the
Howard Brown:basketball court, you found cooking, find art, find
Howard Brown:meditation, find hiking, find music, but you found your happy
Howard Brown:place. And I can tell because you're lighting up all about it.
Howard Brown:Food does make the world go round. So it's incredible. So
Howard Brown:let's, let's talk about something that I will tell you
Howard Brown:that many people struggle with. I know that people say I want to
Howard Brown:get in shape, I want to lose weight into the new year that's
Howard Brown:coming up. And they sign up for a gym membership, and you sign
Howard Brown:up for a trainer. And like a month later, you're not doing
Howard Brown:it. That's a goal gone back Girl Gone Bad. And so tell me just
Howard Brown:give me a little history. How did you get into, you know why
Howard Brown:goal setting became such a pursuit and such an expertise
Howard Brown:for you?
Debra Eckerling:Well in so I've lived in LA, it's going on 26
Debra Eckerling:years. It's I moved here, the end of 19th thing is seven. Oh
Debra Eckerling:my goodness feels like such a million years ago. So back when
Debra Eckerling:I lived in Chicago, one of my first jobs out of college was
Debra Eckerling:doing events for Barnes and Noble. And I would always hang
Debra Eckerling:out in the cafe because it was a community bookstore. So I wanted
Debra Eckerling:events for the community. In one day, one of my regulars came in
Debra Eckerling:and he said W start a writer support group. And I said if you
Debra Eckerling:think people will show up, let's give it a try. And not only was
Debra Eckerling:it a hit, but I saw the power of goal setting firsthand because I
Debra Eckerling:would never ask anybody to do anything I wasn't prepared to do
Debra Eckerling:myself. So it was okay. What did you accomplish? What are you
Debra Eckerling:working on? What resources do you need? What are your goals
Debra Eckerling:for next time. And I would set and achieve my goals. And we it
Debra Eckerling:was such a wonderful community effort. It was great. So fast
Debra Eckerling:forward, moved to LA I always talked about this wonderful
Debra Eckerling:group restarted here. And over the years it evolved. So
Debra Eckerling:originally it was writer support group. Now it's for writers,
Debra Eckerling:creatives, and entrepreneurs, because if you're one, you're
Debra Eckerling:you're really all three because we've got to have that
Debra Eckerling:creativity that writing that entrepreneurial spirit, it all
Debra Eckerling:kind of goes hand in hand. And so it was a live group that it
Debra Eckerling:was a hybrid, online, only a hybrid again, and now obviously
Debra Eckerling:it is a very active Facebook group. So every day it's a
Debra Eckerling:different post about Monday is what are your networking goals
Debra Eckerling:for the week? Tuesdays? What are your goals for the week,
Debra Eckerling:Wednesday, blog share day, Thursdays, toot your horn, and
Debra Eckerling:then Friday is photo Friday, and then we can plan. So in this
Debra Eckerling:virtual land I've taken I think I've gone in a couple of
Debra Eckerling:different circles. But that's okay, I know you can follow me.
Debra Eckerling:But it's just a way for people to connect with one another
Debra Eckerling:share their wins and get encouraged along. So let me back
Debra Eckerling:up because I realised I skipped a very important part. So I
Debra Eckerling:started this group in LA. And people would come up to me
Debra Eckerling:You're good at this. I've been trying to write my book for
Debra Eckerling:years, can I hire you? We got it done in three months, or you're
Debra Eckerling:good at this, we you speak at my event. So that's where it came
Debra Eckerling:in. My professional background is project management and
Debra Eckerling:communication. So all those little things come together as
Debra Eckerling:well. And then in 2018, my main communications client was going
Debra Eckerling:away. And I took that as an opportunity to really fully step
Debra Eckerling:into what I believe I was meant to do, which is help people
Debra Eckerling:figure out what they want and how to get it. And my name
Debra Eckerling:worked with the system that I had been teaching for years. So
Debra Eckerling:that's a How did that method came about? Um, I that's a
Debra Eckerling:really long answer. But that's okay. Not everything
Howard Brown:you did you read but now you left us and teased
Howard Brown:us because people want to what is the Deb Deb method? Hey, take
Howard Brown:us to the next step. What is the Okay, so
Debra Eckerling:I believe and I said this before to get what you
Debra Eckerling:want, you need to know what that is. So Deb is all about setting
Debra Eckerling:the foundation for your goals. So D is determine your mission
Debra Eckerling:to get what you want. You need to know what that is, is explore
Debra Eckerling:your options. Okay, you've got this vision for what you want
Debra Eckerling:your life to be. It's the research phase so you can
Debra Eckerling:explore different avenues and see how you want to make that
Debra Eckerling:mission into your reality. And then brainstorm your path is
Debra Eckerling:divide and conquer you know, what are all the things that you
Debra Eckerling:need to do to get to your happy place. So determine explore our
Debra Eckerling:brain Storm. And when you set the foundation for your goals,
Debra Eckerling:you set yourself up for success.
Howard Brown:Love it, I love it. It's really funny that
Howard Brown:because I have your book, and I've known you for a while, and
Howard Brown:I'm going through it, it's not difficult, but it's definitely
Howard Brown:intentional. And we were talking in the green room before coming
Howard Brown:on that I wrote, you go, did you write your, your your wins down,
Howard Brown:and I did. And I've accomplished a lot. And you're like, Well,
Howard Brown:next, right. Next, you got to put your wins planning for 24.
Howard Brown:So that's my next step. So I love the way that it just takes
Howard Brown:you through. And it holds you accountable. And that's really
Howard Brown:important. I think that the biggest thing with making goals
Howard Brown:is being held accountable to make your goals. And so people
Howard Brown:slip all the time. Well, they
Debra Eckerling:slip all the time. But the other thing is,
Debra Eckerling:they're not gifting themselves, the time and the energy to
Debra Eckerling:figure out, you know, a year from now, what do you want to be
Debra Eckerling:celebrating? Great. Now, what do you need to do to get there? And
Debra Eckerling:it really is. So my motto is goal setting, simplify because
Debra Eckerling:it is challenging to change your life. So I just made the
Debra Eckerling:instructions really, really easy. So in the wind factor,
Debra Eckerling:it's huge, because goals take a long time. But if you're
Debra Eckerling:counting your wins, either daily or weekly or monthly, then at
Debra Eckerling:the end of the year, you're like, Okay, these are my top 10
Debra Eckerling:things that I did. Great. It's all in service of that mission.
Debra Eckerling:You know, the motto? I mean, you're shining brightly, I mean,
Debra Eckerling:it's all over the place for you, right? So whatever it is that
Debra Eckerling:you're all about, use that as your your compass, and then find
Debra Eckerling:different ways to get that out into the world.
Howard Brown:I agree. But let's let's even break it down
Howard Brown:further. Okay, let's go. First step, what do they need to do?
Howard Brown:You know, just just to get started, because most of the
Howard Brown:time getting started is where it is like you with cooking,
Howard Brown:getting started. And then it started to the wheels are moving
Howard Brown:now on you. But so so what's the first step that someone should
Howard Brown:take? Well
Debra Eckerling:determine your mission. If you do if you do
Debra Eckerling:nothing else, but do everything else. But really, that is the
Debra Eckerling:key. Because again, to get what you want, you need to know what
Debra Eckerling:it is I know I repeat myself, but it's so important. But the
Debra Eckerling:first phase and determine your mission is visualisation. When
Debra Eckerling:you think about the life you want, what does that look like?
Debra Eckerling:Are you a best selling author? Are you speaking to millions of
Debra Eckerling:people on the TED stage or TEDx stage? Is your product in this
Debra Eckerling:big store? Are you listed in the 40s? The Forbes 50, under 50, or
Debra Eckerling:50, over 50? What is going to be that pinnacle for you? What are
Debra Eckerling:you working towards. And once you have it, maybe it's a well
Debra Eckerling:balanced life, it's you on vacation with your family,
Debra Eckerling:whatever it is that you want to create, either personally or
Debra Eckerling:professionally, think about it, and then create some sort of
Debra Eckerling:visual representation. So if the goal is to be a best selling
Debra Eckerling:author, you take a copy of The New York Times bestseller list,
Debra Eckerling:scratch out number one and put your name and your book title.
Debra Eckerling:I've got my version of that on my board next to me. If it's to
Debra Eckerling:be on one of those to hop lists in your field, get the current
Debra Eckerling:list and then put your picture in your bio over it and then
Debra Eckerling:print it out or put it as your screensaver, whatever it is that
Debra Eckerling:you want to create, create like something to keep your eye on
Debra Eckerling:the prize that you can look at that will keep you motivated and
Debra Eckerling:moving forward.
Howard Brown:I think it's really important. What do you
Howard Brown:think some of the reasons are that stop people from, you know,
Howard Brown:achieving their goals.
Debra Eckerling:No time, no energy, not gifting themselves,
Debra Eckerling:that and that's a big thing that people get. They go to school
Debra Eckerling:for one thing. They think this is what their life is going to
Debra Eckerling:be and then they're miserable. And they're like, Well, I put in
Debra Eckerling:all the time and energy, or they've been working at a
Debra Eckerling:company for years and years. And it's not what it once was. But
Debra Eckerling:they've done their time, then, you know, they're just like
Debra Eckerling:biding time. I'm not that and that's a big reason why I do
Debra Eckerling:what I do is I believe everybody deserves to feel happy, feel
Debra Eckerling:fulfilled in some, if not all of their life. So let's say you
Debra Eckerling:can't leave the job. What's something you can do on the
Debra Eckerling:side? That's going to bring you joy? What's a good side hustle
Debra Eckerling:or passion project? Whether or not is even for money? Maybe you
Debra Eckerling:always wanted to write a book. But what is that one thing that
Debra Eckerling:you could dedicate a little bit of time each day or each week,
Debra Eckerling:to build to create something that's going to bring more joy
Debra Eckerling:and fulfilment into your Life.
Howard Brown:Yeah, I would say that also accountability, self
Howard Brown:accountability or team accountability. So when you go
Howard Brown:into a corporation, you know, you're talking to individual
Howard Brown:performers as well as they're part of teams. So I do think
Howard Brown:that there and I'd love your opinion on this individual goals
Howard Brown:versus the team goals. They can be overlapping, but they can
Howard Brown:also be different, correct. They
Debra Eckerling:can in one of my fit, and this is what I
Debra Eckerling:generally do for companies is I go, and I do my goal setting
Debra Eckerling:simplified workshop, for if it's a small company, the company, or
Debra Eckerling:if it's a team, if it's a larger company, the team, and we go
Debra Eckerling:through depth. And it's, we talk about the personal as well as
Debra Eckerling:the professional goals. In this was a big thing. During the
Debra Eckerling:pandemic, a lot of people learn new skills. So maybe their job
Debra Eckerling:is doing one thing, but they learned social media, and they
Debra Eckerling:really would be better served in the marketing department. But
Debra Eckerling:they're not going to the boss isn't going to know that because
Debra Eckerling:it's something that they're doing on the site. So by
Debra Eckerling:bringing people together in this workshop environment, it and
Debra Eckerling:I've done it with a boss, and also without the boss, and you
Debra Eckerling:know, really depends on the company culture. But what I'm
Debra Eckerling:doing is I'm asking the questions that people don't
Debra Eckerling:normally ask, you know, what, what is your goal, what is your
Debra Eckerling:mission in life, as it relates to work, but also as it relates
Debra Eckerling:to who you are, I mean, your goals may change, but who you
Debra Eckerling:aren't in your intention, that's not going to change, you know,
Debra Eckerling:shining brightly. In yours, you are a really good example. It
Debra Eckerling:can apply to anything and everything that you're doing.
Debra Eckerling:And that really is your motto, in so I said before, the first
Debra Eckerling:step is visualisation. And then you do the current bio future
Debra Eckerling:bio, mission and motto. So that's what makes up determining
Debra Eckerling:your mission. When you look at everything that you're doing
Debra Eckerling:through that lens, of your mission, and motto, it makes it
Debra Eckerling:really easy to stay on track. So if we're doing this workshop, or
Debra Eckerling:when we're doing this workshop, saying, Okay, what is your goal
Debra Eckerling:in the company, maybe somebody wants management opportunities,
Debra Eckerling:but was never seen as a leader before, it's an opportunity for
Debra Eckerling:people to get in touch with who they are, what their best skills
Debra Eckerling:are, and how they can benefit the company, but also benefit
Debra Eckerling:themselves for a richer, more fulfilled life.
Howard Brown:Yeah, absolutely. And I actually think that, you
Howard Brown:know, because I'm tracking you that you going in and talking to
Howard Brown:corporations at the annual review process, because you're
Howard Brown:really taking stock of what you've accomplished and what
Howard Brown:you're going to accomplish moving forward. I think that's a
Howard Brown:really cool timing that you they bring you in before the review
Howard Brown:process. I think that's the timing of that is stunning,
Howard Brown:because it's really that. And again, we take stock of
Howard Brown:ourselves, but year end and into the New Years, when everyone's
Howard Brown:trying to take stock, right? Everything can be fresh.
Howard Brown:Hopefully you have a you know, a nice vision board for what's
Howard Brown:going on there. And so what how are people going to set
Howard Brown:themselves up for success? We're living in a really complex
Howard Brown:world, there's lots of politics and and wars and some a lot of
Howard Brown:negativity going on. AI has changed a lot. I mean, it's,
Howard Brown:it's, it's screen time is up. But I will tell you, coming out
Howard Brown:of the pandemic, most people were lonely and depressed. And
Howard Brown:so what, how are we going to set people up for success moving
Howard Brown:forward?
Debra Eckerling:Okay, well, the first thing I want anybody who
Debra Eckerling:is listening or watching to do is to go into your calendar and
Debra Eckerling:set an appointment for yourself, it can be a half an hour can be
Debra Eckerling:an hour, the rule is you can move the appointment, but you
Debra Eckerling:can't delete it. So look at some time in the coming week. And I
Debra Eckerling:want to do what what you and I discussed before, start by
Debra Eckerling:writing out 10 wins from this year. And then decide what 10
Debra Eckerling:wins you want to be touting at the end of 2024. I like to start
Debra Eckerling:the new year in depth December, because it's and you can start
Debra Eckerling:it's great. You got like this overlap month where you can
Debra Eckerling:celebrate the end of December, the wins for the year but you're
Debra Eckerling:also get a running start into the new year. And think about
Debra Eckerling:what do you want to be saying about yourself this time next
Debra Eckerling:year? What things do you need to put in place? And if you don't
Debra Eckerling:know your mission, you don't know your motto. Give yourself
Debra Eckerling:the time to figure out what's going to drive you to where you
Debra Eckerling:want to go and let's say If you don't love your job, you don't
Debra Eckerling:know if changing your job as an option. But think about maybe
Debra Eckerling:there are other opportunities at the company where your skills
Debra Eckerling:can be better utilised, or what kind of side hustle, can you
Debra Eckerling:start, whether it's for profit or not, it's going to bring you
Debra Eckerling:joy. But really, like I said, gift yourself this half hour
Debra Eckerling:this hour, where you're going to take stock of your wins and plan
Debra Eckerling:a wins for the next year. That is the first step.
Howard Brown:I love it. So self appointment 10 wins and where
Howard Brown:you're going to be next year, easy, you should be able to do
Howard Brown:that. And it is Deb December, and now we know what it means.
Howard Brown:Any last, you know, favourite goal setting tunes or tips and
Howard Brown:maybe another one you want to share? Well,
Debra Eckerling:the other it's just like you set that
Debra Eckerling:appointment for you know, taking stock of where you are now and
Debra Eckerling:where you want to go. Give yourself an ongoing appointment,
Debra Eckerling:whether it's once a week or twice a week. And let that be
Debra Eckerling:your time. Your goal time, where maybe it's um, you want I always
Debra Eckerling:have a tonne of examples. And now I'm like, they're all in my
Debra Eckerling:head at once. Let's say you want to live a healthier lifestyle.
Debra Eckerling:One of those appointments, you're going to brainstorm out,
Debra Eckerling:okay, what are all the different things that you need to do? I
Debra Eckerling:need to exercise more, I need to cook more, eat out less plan my
Debra Eckerling:meals, plan my exercise, find an exercise I enjoy. You make that
Debra Eckerling:big list, and then you schedule the time in your calendar to do
Debra Eckerling:the things on that list. Yeah,
Howard Brown:I think so I would say add maybe a accountability
Howard Brown:buddy, that walking buddy, that workout buddy. Sometimes when
Howard Brown:you you can't let that other person down, you got to show up.
Howard Brown:So I think that's important if someone else potentially can go
Howard Brown:with you as well. So I think that's amazing. All right. So
Howard Brown:this is the part of the show that my favourite part is that
Howard Brown:we're gonna shine brightly on you. So the sun is shining on
Howard Brown:you in LA, and you're gonna tell us the best ways to get in touch
Howard Brown:with you. You've got lots of goodies. But what do you want to
Howard Brown:share with us today? And then just take us to some inspiration
Howard Brown:and then kick the show back to me to close out.
Debra Eckerling:Okay, well, I first of all, thank you so much
Debra Eckerling:this then a lot of fun time goes so quickly when we're hanging
Debra Eckerling:out. It doesn't it does, I would say I am at the dev method
Debra Eckerling:everywhere on social media, you can find you can learn more
Debra Eckerling:about me at the debt method.com. And you can email me info at
Debra Eckerling:that method.com If you're on LinkedIn, and if you're not,
Debra Eckerling:that should be another goal. Please find me connect with me
Debra Eckerling:and say that this is where we met. And if you want to be part
Debra Eckerling:of I've got two communities on Facebook, I've got right on
Debra Eckerling:online, which is for goal setting productivity and
Debra Eckerling:community. So it's facebook.com/group/write on
Debra Eckerling:online, or, and or if you're a foodie like me, please join at
Debra Eckerling:his buds with Deb on Facebook. So facebook.com/group/his
Debra Eckerling:friends with Deb, and you can subscribe to both the Dev Show
Debra Eckerling:and he spots, WhatsApp wherever you get your podcasts.
Howard Brown:Yeah, I'll include them all in the notes and on the
Howard Brown:social media links in the comments and all that as well.
Howard Brown:So bring us some inspiration.
Debra Eckerling:i It's the new year, this is exciting, you get
Debra Eckerling:this clean slate. So I would say when you give yourself the time
Debra Eckerling:and energy first to figure out you know what you want, and make
Debra Eckerling:a plan to get it, you have all the power in the world to turn
Debra Eckerling:that life you want into reality. So schedule the time. Don't Oh,
Debra Eckerling:very important. When you make these appointments with
Debra Eckerling:yourself, you need to treat them as if they're an appointment
Debra Eckerling:with anybody else. You know, when you value, the time you
Debra Eckerling:spend on you, you do the work, you will get to where you want
Debra Eckerling:to go. So go for it. Because we know you can do it.
Howard Brown:I love it. I just companies individuals join the
Howard Brown:networks, contact Deb by her book. Really, it's you made it
Howard Brown:simple and digestible and to move forward. So goal settings a
Howard Brown:big deal for everyone, as far as individually and part of team.
Howard Brown:So what a great show. So thank you again for being here. So I'm
Howard Brown:Howard Brown. This is theSshining Brightly Podcast
Howard Brown:Show. And we bring you real important stuff that you can
Howard Brown:actually take action on and shine your own light. And it's
Howard Brown:important so you can reach me at shining brightly.com You can
Howard Brown:look all about what I do on the podcast as well as my speaking
Howard Brown:and the book and my advocacy work. And just if we all just
Howard Brown:shine brightly, a little bit more for ourselves, for each
Howard Brown:other and for others and for our neighbours in our communities,
Howard Brown:the world will become a better place. So thanks again. Deb
Howard Brown:loved having you It's always great to see you thank you