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December 13, 2004

TIP #15: Assess Your Progress

With a new year on the horizon, it's a good time to assess what you've accomplished in the past twelve months from a variety of vantage points: personal, professional, financial, and developmental.

I find it helpful to brainstorm what I've accomplished in the past twelve months so I can look at the list and view my progress. Things evolve slowly at times and unless I take time to see what's changed, I often miss the progress I've made.

Some questions to think about:
1. What am I doing today that I wasn't doing a year ago?
2. What more do I know? In what areas have I grown?
3. Where did I go outside my comfort zone?
4. What skills have I acquired this past year?
5. What do I feel good about?

Take a minute to pat yourself on the back. Then take a few more minutes to write specific goals for 2005.

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Posted by Nan Russell at December 13, 2004 02:11 PM