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Annual Review

16 essays

1. The Art of Radical Exclusion

   Here’s the idea: we make time for what’s important to us. If I fail to fulfill a commitment I’ve made in a timely manner, it’s because of a conscious choice

2. Creating a Legacy Project

   Originally posted on February 2, 2009 — [Note: This 3,000 word article is all about creating your own legacy project.

3. 2014 Annual Review: A Few (Embarrassingly Personal, Per Usual) Lessons Learned

   Hey everyone, the Annual Review is here! Note: This is a long post (2,500+ words) and also fairly personal. You have been warned. If you’re new here, be sure to also check out: 2014 Annual Review Proc

4. How to Plan an Annual Review (+ New Course from Michael Hyatt)

   Toward the end of next week I’ll head out to conduct my Annual Review, an extended exercise to reflect on the year that’s coming to an end and prepare for the next one. This has been quite the year wi

5. Lifestyle Design and Your Ideal World

   Warning: this will be a long post! There are no funny pictures of cats, comic strips, or post-election opinions in this one.

6. Breaking through the Fear of Failure

   Originally posted December 31, 2008 — In the Annual Review outline, I wrote about a couple of the objections I hear from people who don’t like goal-setting:

7. How to Write a Life List

   What if we could come to the end of our lives with true fulfillment, looking back on a rich history of experiences, relationships, and accomplishments?

8. Are Goals Necessary?

   I asked that question on our Facebook page recently, and got a lot of great responses.

9. Giving the “A” Grade for the Person You’ll Become

   I’m flying to Tokyo for the weekend, which I’d say is a long story but it’s actually a short one.

10. 2015 Annual Review: Lessons in Writing and Other Independent Work

    Originally published December 18, 2015 — I spend as much time as possible working on things I believe in.

11. 2009 Annual Review: Overview and Outline

    This is the first in a series of five articles about my Annual Review . Every year since 2005 I’ve set aside an entire week in December to look back on the previous year and set goals for the ne

12. Decide Now How You’ll Evaluate Yourself Next Year

    Originally posted December 4, 2016 — For the past 10 years, I’ve conducted an Annual Review each December to look back on the year and plan ahead for the

13. What is Your Personal Moonshot?

    A moonshot, according to the ubiquitous WikiPedia, is a “is an ambitious, exploratory and ground-breaking project undertaken without any expectation of

14. Return of the Annual Review! Let’s Do This! (I mean, if you want.)

    Over the past eight nine ten! years, nothing has helped me to accomplish big goals and stay on track more than a single exercise I complete each December:

15. The Importance of Having a Breakdown, AKA “What Happened to the Annual Review”

    What can I say about the Annual Review process that I’ve completed without fail for more than a decade? This year, I gave up on it and walked away.

16. How to Conduct Your Own Annual Review

    Every year since 2005, I’ve spent the better part of a week in late December planning my life for the next year.