Using an Annual Review to Power Your Way Into 2024
Dec 18, 2023
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Looking back is key for moving forward! Reflect on your past year with seven powerful questions that can illuminate personal growth. Discover productivity hacks inspired by famous figures, like Beethoven's coffee ritual and Benjamin Franklin's 'air bathing.' The hosts share quirky tips to balance idiosyncrasies with effectiveness, all while engaging in humorous discussions. Plus, learn how rituals can boost creativity and well-being as you prepare for your best year ever!
Conducting an annual review with targeted questions helps in understanding past achievements and lessons for effective future planning.
Utilizing tools like the Full Focus Wellness Planner encourages individuals to prioritize self-care and track wellness alongside goal-setting.
Deep dives
Introduction of the Full Focus Wellness Planner
The new Full Focus Wellness Planner is designed to enhance self-care and overall well-being, serving as a replacement for the traditional planner. Users are encouraged to track various aspects of their health, including sleep, hydration, nutrition, and self-care priorities, alongside familiar features like setting weekly and daily goals. Feedback from early users has been overwhelmingly positive, highlighting its effectiveness in organizing and prioritizing wellness. The planner also includes tools like a self-care planner and gratitude sections to support users in their journey toward better health.
Steps for Conducting an Annual Review
The process for an effective annual review includes three key steps, starting with completing the past. This phase involves reflecting on the previous year by answering seven targeted questions, such as identifying major accomplishments and understanding lessons learned. The second step is to anticipate the future by setting SMARTER goals, which are specific, measurable, actionable, risky, time-bound, exciting, and relevant. Finally, the third step is to review successes from the past year through methods like identifying wins and assessing daily rituals, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of personal growth.
Emphasizing Reflection for Growth
Taking time for reflection before moving into the new year is crucial for personal development and setting effective goals. The discussion highlights the importance of recognizing both achievements and shortcomings, which can help individuals glean valuable lessons for the future. This process not only prepares individuals for the coming year but also prevents the repetition of past mistakes by allowing them to distill insights from their experiences. Engaging in such reflective practices emphasizes the need for grace and acknowledges that growth often stems from lessons learned during times of challenge.
Shakespeare once said, "What's past is prologue." Basically, the past is just the beginning of what comes next. There is, perhaps, no other moment when that is more clear than at the end of the calendar year. While it is tempting to simply start making new goals for 2024, it's important to stop and make sense of what happened in 2023. That look back is how we learn and grow.
In this episode, Marissa and Ken talk you through completing an annual review to set yourself up your best year ever. Also, the crew debates the merits of the rituals of the rich and famous.
Don't forget that Marissa and Ken are your hosts for 'Your Best Year Ever Live'! Grab your free ticket by getting the Full Focus Goal Setting course. Check it out at www.fullfocus.co/goalsetting.