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Setting Career Goals

Reflecting

- [ ] It’s important to reflect on the past year, it’s the end of the year, holidays are upon us.

- [ ] When I think back to the past year, I had a lot of successes and learning opportunities (not failures).

- [ ] For example, I should be podcasting more.

- [ ] I feel like I can do something great with this podcast, so carving out more time to dedicate to all of you will be a priority.

- [ ] Decompress, enjoy your family and your faith. Keep your life in your mind, reflect and plan

- [ ] Don’t party hard at company holiday events, use it as a time to network.

- [ ] Get to know people who can help move things in your career or are keys to your success.

- [ ] What were the things that made you stand out in the past year? How can you repeat successes? And avoid mistakes.

- [ ] I always tell my teams that not everything needs to be a touchdown, marginal gains add up. Get that first down!

- [ ] Think about the positive things that happened, enjoy those moments.

Planning the new year

- [ ] When the new year hits, what are you going to change?

- [ ] How will you make steps towards your career goals?

- [ ] How do you reset relationships or projects that went awry.

- [ ] Everyone has new years resolutions for losing weight or some other personal goal. Why not set some plans for your career for the next year?

- [ ] Don’t make them huge, think about what are the important key/critical items that you can actually accomplish within the year.

- [ ] Figure out the steps to make that happen

The importance of setting goals

- [ ] Without goals you won’t have a way to measure your career

- [ ] Goals keep you accountable to yourself, this avoids stagnation and disappointment

- [ ] Don’t keep all of your eggs in the basket you’re in, you’re valuable. Find somewhere that values you

- [ ] When I was working my way up in my career, I set goals for certain titles/levels to obtain by a certain age. I worked towards those goals.

- [ ] Goal setting doesn’t have to be a super detailed plan that if steps go wrong, it becomes cumbersome or discouraging and you give up.

- [ ] Think big picture, always. The details are important, but only so that the larger picture is accomplished.

- [ ] You should find meaning in your path through life and your career.

- [ ] You aren’t just building something at work, you’re building your character.

- [ ] And that is more important because strong character builds more success. It becomes a flywheel effect.

- [ ] There is no single moment that defines you, it’s a series of good (and sometimes bad) decisions. You’re building momentum.

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