EVER WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE BUT FEEL OVERWHELMED?
Instead of repeating past behavior, make your goal a reality by doing Just 1 Thing™!
As part of the KKR Experience “New Year Reset” Month, we are launching a global initiative to help you incorporate a single new healthy habit of your choice. Just 1 Thing™ is designed to help you make one small habit change in support of your well-being during the month of January, hopefully lasting far beyond. Whatever you’d like to achieve, small changes are within your control, and can amount to significantly enhanced well-being over the long-term.
Pick any habit you’d like to cultivate:
- Master a push-up
- Remove one sugary, caffeinated or alcoholic beverage from your daily consumption
- Spend 5 minutes a day meditating or journaling
- Go to bed 30 minutes earlier each night
- Invest energy and time being kind and thoughtful with someone important in your life
- Begin contributing/increase your election percentage to a 401(k)/personal savings vehicle
This three-week program is simple:
WEEK 1
Commit to changing Just 1 Thing™ and identify the actions you’ll take to set yourself up for success.
WEEK 2
Be accountable by tracking progress and your follow through.
WEEK 3
If you’ve made a commitment and been accountable, you’ll reap a reward – in the form of reimbursement (please see below) for an expense directly related to your “1 Thing."
Reimbursement Guidelines
KKR will provide reimbursement* for one activity related to your Just 1 Thing commitment up to $100 USD (or FX equivalent). Employees whose Just 1 Thing commitments do not incur a specific cost (drinking less coffee, spending incremental time with family, doing a daily stretch; etc.) will receive $50 to donate to a charity of their choice . *May be taxable in certain locations.
COMMITMENT TYPE |
ActIVITY Examples |
FITNESS |
1:1 with a new trainer, new fitness class, download an app, purchase a book or piece of equipment (sneakers and attire are not eligible for reimbursement), commit to a daily stretch or attend a course
(Important Note: Any fitness expenses should be associated with trying a new vs. existing fitness activity/service and should be treated separately from any fitness reimbursement benefit request.) |
MENTAL WELL-BEING |
1:1 with an expert, meditation class, meditate on your own, earlier bed time, app, book, or course
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NUTRITION |
1:1 with a Registered Dietician/nutritionist, reduce soda/caffeine/alcohol intake, start eating more of a specific whole food, app, book, or course
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FINANCIAL |
1:1 with a financial advisor, app, book, or course
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RELATIONSHIP |
1:1 with a relationship counselor, commit to device-free time with family, engage in a family cultural or learning activity (i.e., a cooking/hobby-related class or going to a museum)
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Directions to submit for reimbursement will be sent to those actively participating in Weeks 1 and 2.
Only one activity related to your expressed goal in Week 1 is eligible.
Only one activity related to your expressed goal in Week 1 is eligible.
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Too often, we convince ourselves that massive success requires massive action. Whether it is losing weight, building a business, writing a book, winning a championship, or achieving any other goal, we put pressure on ourselves to make some earth-shattering improvement that everyone will talk about. Meanwhile, improving by 1 percent isn’t particularly notable—sometimes it isn’t even noticeable—but it can be far more meaningful, especially in the long run...if you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done… What starts as a small win accumulates into much more.
– James Clear, author of Atomic Habits and founder of the Habits Academy
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HAVE A STORY TO SHARE?
Help inspire your colleagues – email Christopher.Kim@kkr.com with a few sentences about how you’ve implemented small changes that have made a big difference in achieving your goals, and you may appear in a future KKR Central post or Friday Five.