“The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his boss.” – Diane Ravitch, Professor, Columbia Univ. Teachers College

My Goals and plans for this year are going to be a little different. Instead of focusing on little “how’s”, and little to-do list style items, I want to focus on bigger “Why’s”. Why am I doing what I’m doing? If I can answer this question I believe the “how’s” will come by themselves. And, to keep things really simple, and focused, I want to concentrate on one, big, “why” question.

So here it is, the big “why” goal of the year:

Ask myself a dozen times a day (roughly once every waking hour) “Is what I’m doing right now helping, encouraging, building up, or prolonging at least one of 3 things: 1) Silvia/Family 2) Friends/People 3) Business/Work?

That’s it, nothing more, nothing less. I want to keep it simple, and something I can constantly think about and work towards. This way I’m really working on a habit, and a change of mind instead of a task or to-do list style item. My hope is that if I can steadily answer this question, “yes”, I will be accomplishing all the little goals and to-do list style that come up.

So there it is, my one big goal/plan/habit-change for 2009. What are your goals and plans for 2009?