Somehow, in the midst of so much chaos and grief and anger, we are expected to continue working. So for a few moments, we’re going to shift our attention away from the news and look at the year ahead.
What do you want to accomplish this year?
What have you mastered in 2020 that you want to keep doing? What stressed you out and needs to go? What elements of your organization’s culture are helping — and which ones really aren’t? If you had unlimited resources, what would you do?
Make time to ask these questions.
Get your head out of the day-to-day for a few hours and cast a vision. Think strategically. Dream.
Too often, we jump right to the next hot item on our to-do list without ever pausing to consider what we actually want or need to be doing. And here’s the truth: If we don’t make time to set our priorities, someone else will.
So steer your own ship this year. Sure, the plans will get changed (or even upended entirely…hello, 2020) — but at least you’ll have a vision and a starting point. And that is a very good way to start the year.
