Daryl Hunter – Hubby, Daddy, Mentor, Friend

Welcome back.  If you recall, this year (2010) I employed the @chrisbrogan "My Three Words" philosophy.  Well, I tried at least 🙂

In January, I posted that My Three Words for 2010 were Read, Play & Share.  You can read that post and get an idea of my goals and how I was going to get there.  I also value public accountability 🙂

Let's take some time to review…

Let's start with Read and see how my 2010 Reading List turned out

• The Servant by James Hunter
• Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
• First Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Tribes by Seth Godin
• Choosing to Cheat by Andy Stanley
• Confessions of a Pastor by Craig Groeschel
• Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley
• Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
• Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• The Big Moo – 33 authors, edited by Seth Godin
• The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel
• Switch by Chip & Dan Heath
• Basic Christianity by John Stott
• Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Bradberry & Greaves
• Fearless by Max Lucado (a quick re-read)
• The Me I want To Be by John Ortberg
• Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni
• Vital Friends by Tom Rath
• What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
• The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
• The Shark and the Goldfish by Jon Gordon
• The Go-Giver by Burg & Mann
• Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels
• Leading on Empty by Wayne Cordeiro
• Axiom by Bill Hybels
• The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel
• Plan B by Pete Wilson
• How Full Is Your Bucket by Tom Rath & Donald Clifton
• Habitudes #1 by Tim Elmore
• Habitudes #2 by Tim Elmore
• Habitudes #3 by Tim Elmore
• Habitudes #4 by Tim Elmore
• The Land Between by Jeff Manion
• Rework by Jason Fried & David Hansson
• Business / IT Fusion by Peter Hinssen
• Radical by David Platt (part of a LifeGroup study @springdalecc)
• Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (Zappos.com CEO)

My goal was to read 40 Inspirational / Leadership books this year and I reached my goal.  I'll tell you what, I love to read and I learnd a crap-ton this year.  I learned that reading 40 books in a year takes focus and determination and a itty-bit of insanity.  I don't think I can keep up with that pace!

Moving on to Share – I don't have much new to add to my 3rd Quarter checkup. This has been a neat year for me.  I've had the honor and opportunity to consult with some local organizations and also share a little bit about how I "do work" and "do life" with groups of IT Pros & Ministry people as well.  Each week I get together with both a local pastor, and another friend, and "sharpen iron" together.  With my new gig, our meeting schedules have changed (hello 7am!) but I'm valuing the time together for sure.  I'm actively thinking about how I want to blog something I learn, or something I see, or just when I want to encourage others to "think differently" about something.  I can say I'm focused well on "share" this year.

Finally, Let's Talk About Play – I think I ended the year about a B- here.  I've had a lot of fun with my boys, and really enjoyed doing the Lowes Build & Grow things. I hope to continue that (and be more diligent in taking time to schedule them) in 2011.  I'm finding regular "Dude Time" with both  of the older boys.  I've found that Jacob really enjoys movies, and I've taken him to the theatre twice so far.  For Christmas this year, Santa Mother-in-Law gave Jacob a neat movie gift with free passes and McD's giftcertificates so we can have dinner and a movie together. Nathan is becoming quite the bowler – we have gone 6-8 times so far.  It's one of his favorite things, so, I'm sure we'll continue that in 2011.  And, Andrew is getting older.  He's 19 months old now, so I'm sure Dude Time will start for him in 2011.  My stress level is still pretty high.  I only have a couple hours with the boys at night now – just like the majority of dad's in the world.  I get home from work, we eat, I try to play, and then it's time to get ready for bed.  As I said in my 3rd Quarter checkup, I can say we're doing more things together, but my goal for 2010 was to be more intentional with "playing" with my kids.  I'm not there yet.  I'm still somewhere north of tolerating, but yet somewhere south of "anticipating a great time together."  I hope to get there more in 2011.

So, there ya go – My 2010 Review in all of it's glory.

I'm currently working through my process to do a similar My Three Words post in 2011.

How was your 2010 & How do you measure that?