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Annual Review and Your Goals for the Year

January 1, 2018

Hi! Just check­ing in to see how you are doing with your Annu­al Review and Mas­ter Plan for 2018.

Have you draft­ed your Mas­ter Plan – includ­ing your 2017 Annu­al Review and Plan for the Quarter?

Have you shared it with your team, fam­i­ly or friends?

It’s real­ly impor­tant to take the time, to think about what you want to achieve in all areas of your life — Work, Self and Life – not just goals for the year, but for the rest of your well-lived life. And then to make sure the peo­ple you work with, and care about are on board

Here’s a link to the Decem­ber blog about that – and let me know if you need any help.

Here’s to a tru­ly sane and sat­is­fy­ing 2018!

Kevin

Your Mas­ter Plan

The tool that I want you to spend time on is My Mas­ter Plan which is bro­ken down into three sim­ple parts:

  • Page 1 – The Annu­al Review: Ques­tions to help you reflect on 2017: What was great, and what might make the next year better?
  • Page 2 – The Mas­ter Plan: What the ulti­mate goal is for your life­time? What would make things twice as good in three years, and what you want to achieve the com­ing year? The key is that this is done for the three key areas – Work, Self, Life. In fact, (once the ini­tial mad­ness set­tles down), the hol­i­days are great time to do this exer­cise with your spouse fam­i­ly or friends – to work on your envi­sioned future togeth­er. Each of you can talk about what your Self’ columns look like, so that you can sup­port one another.
  • Page 3 — The Plan for the Quar­ter: Start­ing with the amount of your pas­sion ratio for each area, (how much ener­gy you want to allo­cate for each area), and the #1 project or goal you want to achieve.

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About Kevin Lawrence
Kevin Lawrence has spent three decades helping companies scale from tens of millions to hundreds of millions in revenue. He works side-by-side with CEOs and leadership teams across North America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Europe, bringing real-world insights from hands-on experience. Kevin is the author of Your Oxygen Mask First, a book of 17 habits to help high-performing leaders grow sustainably while protecting their mental health and resilience. He also contributed to Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0). Based in Vancouver, he leads Lawrence & Co, a boutique firm of growth advisors.