Setting Goals for 2009: Oh, the Places You'll Go!

One of my favorite books of all time is Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss, and it always comes to mind when I start my goal-setting process for the coming year. I thought I'd share my process with you, so take a break from your holiday preparations, step away from your end-of-the-year work wrap-up, grab a piece of paper and sharpen your pencil...it's time to move mountains!

Step 1: Reflection

On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems whatever they are.

It's hard to figure out where you want to go until you've acknowledged where you’re been. So the first step in my process is thinking about the past year, looking at the goals I set last year and making a list of all that I accomplished. Here are some questions to get you started...

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