Fall signals the start of winding down the year and the last chance to try to achieve what we set out to do.
For many organizations, it means starting to plan for next year. But, before you can think ahead, whether it’s for your work or personal life, it can be very helpful to reflect on the goals you set for yourself last year.
It sounds simple. But, because focusing on what’s new is so much more exciting, many of our organizational clients resist this important step. Also, looking at the past can mean admitting we didn’t fulfill our intentions.
Last month, the CuriosityBased team held our annual two-day planning retreat. Because we took the time to review our original goals for the current year, we were able to celebrate how many things we tried wholeheartedly, but decided to stop doing for one reason or another. We also realized that there were a few projects that we never got to.
When we work with our clients, we often document their sessions and are able to pull up their old records to remind them of the commitments they had forgotten after just six or twelve months.
For the rest of us, the personal, non-work version of this reflection might be reading your journals. If you have nothing written anywhere, try asking someone close to you, “Do you remember what I said was important to me last year?”
Let me know what you discover when you revisit the past.
Best,
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