Some ideas for the 360 Day

Feeling inspired? Then take the first step...

• Make a new connection. Send an email or pick up the phone to someone you met recently and have been meaning to follow up with. Or use a social networking site to connect to someone you don't know, from an unfamiliar field.

• Walk for 30 minutes from your front door. Take note of your surroundings as you walk. Is there anything you noticed or came across that you haven't seen before?

• Ask 3 people who live outside your area what their impressions are of it. You may wish to find out: whether they consider it an asset to the country? whether they would live there? what they like/dislike?

• Go to a meeting or an event that you, and others who know you, would consider it unlikely for you to attend. How did it feel? What did you notice about the meeting? What did you notice about yourself?

• Meet someone who is actively campaigning or fighting for a change in your business or community. Find out how it feels to be in their role. Do they ever take risks? What keeps them going when they hit obstacles? What are their limits?

• Take yourself out for a cup of coffee/tea, sit for five minutes and reflect on your personal brand. How do you define yourself? What are the values, traits , positioning, and personality that set you apart? Write down how you would define your brand. How would you sell it to others?