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Glossary
- financial freedom
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- adaptability
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- ascii
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- business process
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- character definition
- charismatic leadership
- codified knowledge
- cohesion
- commitment
- consensus
- context switching
- corrective action
- cost
- critical thinking
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- decision analysis
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- delegate
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- Glossary and Acronym List
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- principle
- prioritize
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- procedure
- process
- process model
- project
- quality
- resilience
- responsibility
- responsiveness
- risk
- risk and opportunity management
- risk-based thinking
- rule of law
- schedule
- scope
- self-discipline
- service level
- socialization
- sound
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- strategy
- systems thinking
- tacit knowledge
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- transactional leadership
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- weighting
- work around
- Real Estate
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- Genealogy Consulting
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Teaching Kids Leadership
- Problem Solving Checklist
- Adjusting Leader Style to Personality Types
- Plan Do Check Adjust (PDCA)
- So what can adults do to help kids learn leadership?
- A rose by any other name is still a rose
- Natural Consequences Versus Coaching and Correcting
- Help Kids Develop Improved People Skills
- Five Year Old Laments 'My sister is making me mad!'
- Socratic question-based discussions
- Have the child report on what they saw that day'
- Great question for the adults trying to teach kids
- Teach Kids How to Deal With Stress Well
- Teach Kids the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 Principle
- Maslov Pyramid Perspective on Kids
- Reading Partner Questions
- Watching Examples and Discussing with the Youth to Help Them Process What They Saw
- Trust is crucial to leadership
- Teenage Decision Making
- Character Development - What is character anyway so kids can develop it?
- Defining Leadership
- Blog Vocabulary Not at Child's Level
- Encouragement for the Single Parent
- Giving children opportunities to lead
- Habits of Mind from Project 2061
- Horizontal Leadership-There are more chances to practice this type for children
- How young is too young to start?
- Introduction for those new to leadership
- Producer or Consumer of Leadership?
- Scouts provides opportunities to practice leadership
- Set High Expectations
- So why should anyone take on the challenge of leadership?
- The Beginning of My Journey of Discovery
- The Paradox of Service to Others
- The Well Trained Mind
- Vertical Leadership is not where kids typically start out
- What about cultural differences?
- What can children pick up about leadership anyway?
- What is age-appropriate for teaching kids leadership?
- What is the Payoff for the Hard Work of Leadership?
- What lessons did I learn trying to develop leadership in my own children (so far)?
- Who cares about leadership?
- Character Development - How do we grow strong character and help children do the same?
- How do we measure our current character?
- Character Development - Fairness as a Character Trait
- Children Can Learn Leadership
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Blog
- Gallons of Ink
- Got Yubikey Setup
- Experimenting with Ink Containers for Travel
- Cigar Case Pen Protector
- More Ink Mixing for Refill Bottles
- MacOS Sandboxing can Impact Reuse
- Python Programming
- Primary
- How to Make Family History Website and Book with Same Data
- Further Adventures Making DIY Fountain Pen Ink
- Cursive Writing
- Have Pens. Now I Need Paper
- eBook Conversion
- My Copper Metal Pen Arrived
- Do It Yourself (DIY) Mixing Fountain Pen Inks
- Microlearning
- Emergency Preparedness with Mobile Devices
- The Nature of Lisp and Writing with Pollen
- Fountain Pens
- Learning Simulation
- I Wish Familysearch.org Exported Data
- Raising Chickens in Florida
- Climbing the Learning Curve
- Gardening
- Dont Give Up
- The One Thing
- Opportunity Management
- Quote About Questions
- Mindset - Be sure you encourage kids toward 'growth' not 'born talent' with its fixed limits
- Demonstrating Respect and Choice versus Force and Coercion
- Behavioral Styles
- Applying Precepts
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Family History
- Author's Contact Information
- Conventions Used
- Family History
- Family History Frontmatter
- Family History Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Note to Future Family History Maintainers
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Our Lanham Paternal Lineage
- Josias Lanham Family 1628 (Not our direct line)
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Curtis Harden Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Hiram D. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the John Lanham (1661) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Jonathon Lanham (1630) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the O.S. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Robert Lanham (1560) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Sylvester Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the T.B. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1701) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1757) Generation
- Our Lanham Line - The Paternal Lineage
- The Amanda Francis Lanham Family
- The Andrew Shepherd Family
- The Archibald Lanham Family 1751
- The Benjamin Garfield Lanham Family
- The Burress and Ida Roberts Family
- The Calvin Powell Dorsey Family
- The Charles Selby Family 1762
- The Clifford Wayne Lanham Family
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1813
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1875
- The David Lanham Family 1595
- The Edward James Holt Family
- The Edward Lanham Family 1685
- The Elmer Harn Family
- The Emmitt F. Welborn Family
- The Eugene WILLIAMS Family 1855
- The Frank Robinson Family
- The Gideon Wilburn Ashley Family
- The Hiram Demarcus Lanham Family 1845
- The Issac Elam Family 1803
- The Jacob Shepherd Family 1812
- The James Bedford Ray Family (Cliffie M. Lanham)
- The James Kennedy Family
- The Jasper Shipman Family
- The Jeremiah Lanham Family 1755
- The Jesse Elam Family 1782
- The Joe A. Madden Family
- The John Hendrickson Corely Family
- The John James Roberts Family
- The John Lanham Family 1661
- The John Lanham Family 1690
- The John Nicholas Jacks Family 1740
- The John T. Scott Family
- The Jonathan Hammer Cook Family
- The Jonathan Lanham Family 1630
- The Josias Lanham Family 1590
- The Oran Stroud Lanham Family 1916
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The Richard Lanham Family 1697
- The Robert Lanham Family 1584
- The Roger Lanham Family 1560
- The Stephen Lanham (1726) Family
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1760
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1784
- The Sylvester Lanham Family 1790
- The Thomas Benton Lanham Family
- The Thomas Berry (T. B.) Lanham Family 1882
- The Thomas Lanham (1757) Family
- The Thomas Lanham Family 1700 or 1701
- The Thomas Sisk Family 1858
- The W.T. Lanham Family 1850
- The Walter Lee Ray Family
- The William Curtis Lanham Family
- The William Lanham Family 1699
- The Willie Green Scott Family
- The Wortha Leon Lanham Family 1907
- Reference Materials
- Rockwall Cemetery Listing, Rockwall, Texas
- The 2006 Journey to Find Thomas Lanham's Grave Site
- The Lanham family of Wortham (Research Details)
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The Maternal Side of Our Family Lines
- The A. Sion Wheeles Family
- The Aaron Jones Family
- The Abednego Chandler Family 1752
- The Adrian Alford Colbath Family 1893
- The Alex L. Baker Family
- The Alford Nolen Jones Family
- The Andrew Jackson (Jack) Kitchens Family
- The Beall Family
- The Benjamin Colbath Family 1758
- The Chisel True Baker Family
- The Daniel Horne Blackmore Family
- The David Amick Family
- The George Henry Slattery Family
- The J. E. Sisk Family
- The James McHale Family
- The John C. Colbath Family 1820
- The John Chandler Family
- The John Jones Family
- The John Lacey Family (bef 1778)
- The John Patrick Carmody Family
- The John Sappington Family 1723
- The Larkin (Lark) Patrick Williams Family
- The Lazarus Rufus Jones Family
- The Leah Unknown Family
- The Luther Jason Head Family
- The Luther Troup Baker Family
- The Mason Jones Family
- The Michael Gonzales Family
- The Michael Yost Family
- The Patrick Joseph Merrick Family
- The Patrick Merrick Family 1883
- The Patrick Williams Family
- The Perry Rufus Jones Family
- The Peter Logan Yost Family
- The Quirke Family
- The Richard Head Family 1802
- The Richard Merrick Family
- The Robert Chandler Family 1687
- The Stephen Grey Family 1894
- The Thomas Edmonson Head Family
- The Thomas Lacey Family 1808
- The Thomas Winthrop Colbath Family 1851
- The William Estes Family 1785
- The William J. Roberts Family
- The William Milton Jacks Family
- The William Patrick Williams Family
- The Willis Ashley Family
- The Winthrop Colbath Family 1786
- The Time and the Places
- Mental Models
- Contact
- Frequently Asked Questions
Backwards Planning
Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Determine the desired ending point, aim, goal, intent, or objective. By When?
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Timing? When is it to be reached?
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Identify how you will know you reached it.
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What standards or criteria apply?
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What will the situation be like?
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Visualize it complete, achieved, as desired.
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Choose the action closest to the ending point. By when?
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What needs to be done?
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By when?
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Work backwards from that action and choose the second-to-last action.
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What alternatives are there?
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Which is best?
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Continue to work backwards from that action and choose the next action needed just before that.
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Mentally walk backwards from the ending point, putting time points at each important step.
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What needs to happen? By when?
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Who’s help is needed?
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What information, provisions or resources are needed?
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What assumptions are in play?
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What resources are available?
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What information will help achieve the ending point (fact or assumption)?
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Food and water
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Clothing
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Equipment, tools
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Specialty items
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Medical
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Repair parts
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Create ways to check your progress along the way.
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Identify the starting point and starting time.
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List people whose help is needed.
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If you believe in God, pray for specific help.
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Who has a stake in the outcome?
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Don’t spread yourself too thin, share the load.
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What is the current trust level with this person?
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What coordination is needed among these people?
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When do they need to start getting ready?
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Meeting locations and times?
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Are there so many that sub-leaders needed?
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Plan how people will communicate.
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If they need time to plan leave them enough time.
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What is the priority of effort?
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How will they report progress?
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Who will they report opportunities or obstacles they observe along the way?
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Everyone knows location of leader and key people?
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If presiding leader is unavailable, who’s next to decide things?
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Method of communication by priority (phone, radio, messenger)?
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Pre-arranged signals (near/far, daylight/night), code words?
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When to initiate necessary movement?
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Rehearsal needed?
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How will people be accountable for their part?
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What relationships need strengthening?
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Which people need developmental or stretch assignments?
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How and when to explain the plan to people involved?
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How will others know if the plan changes?
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List information and provisions needed.
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Think of "what if" opportunities that may arise and how to exploit them.
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Which potential opportunities are "good"--well aligned with the goal. Why?
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Which potential opportunities are "not-so-good"--poorly aligned with the goal. Why?
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What are the time windows for opportunities?
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Thinking about this during planning helps recognize and seize upon good unplanned opportunities after starting.
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Think of "what if" obstacles or risks that may have a big impact on reaching the ending point, and think of ways to mitigate them.
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Safety hazards and how to avoid them?
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Weather (temperature, wind)?
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Daylight? Nightime?
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Competitors?
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Constraints?
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Medical power of attorney?
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Adjust the plan to comply with any applicable principles, patterns, guidance, rules, policies, laws.
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What principles apply? How can you tailor the principle for specific conditions?
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What patterns apply?
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How ethical are the actions planned?
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Does this plan support a parent organization’s plan?
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Write down the goal and plan if it is a long way off.
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Flex, adapt, respond and adjust to the conditions on the way.
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The purpose of planning is not to reliably predict the future. It is to be prepared to adjust quickly.
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The planning process builds a mental model of all the variables which helps to decide all the adjustments that will be necessary. Planning adds insight and wisdom to decision making. The value is in the learning and discovery pro- cess.
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Planning improves making informed decisions.
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Planning expands thinking while following a plan limits thinking.
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Life rarely goes according to plan. Most plans are rendered out-of-date almost from the start. Life is complex.
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The planning process helps adjust quickly.
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Experiment to gain experience.
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Take in new information.
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Be aware of people around us.
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The expected resources are not available, now what?
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Pivot as needed.
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Prioritize.
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Work around obstacles.
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Be creative.
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The original "plan" is not the point, planning is the mental preparation to adjust quickly for success.
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Learn lessons to apply the next time a plan is needed. Continually get better.
Common Problems
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Forget to measure success along the way or at the end.
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Actions do not align with the goal.
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Sub-goals do not lead to the final goal.
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Actions are not purposeful.