In reviewing my goals for 2007, I've realized
that I have only met about 50% of them.
Looking at it by the numbers sounds
terrible! I don't like to do anything half
way. Back in school, 50% would have been an
"F", which I've never gotten before, and I
certainly don't deserve one now!
The fact is that I've had a terrific year!
I have wonderful new clients, work that is
totally satisfying, financial health and
stability, and a wonderful home and family
life.
I've realized that setting
goals--or the type of goals I've set in the
past-- isn't the best approach for planning
my future.
At the beginning of last year, one of the
goals that I wrote down was to work with
people who needed my programs the most. At
the time, I didn't know exactly what that
meant, other than I had a strong desire to
help and serve people through my programs.
I am very proud of the development
of the Speak
for Success Women's Leadership Institute,
which has involved
putting together a team of wonderful
instructors and partnering with several
non-profits to deliver the program to women
who have been victims of domestic violence.
In thinking about it now, I can't imagine a
group of people who need and could benefit
from Speak for Success training more than
these women!
What is interesting about the goal "to work
with people who needed my programs the most"
is that it wasn't continued
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