Your Career Year End Planning For 2015

Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers Your Career: Year End Planning for 2015 This week I received an email from one of the lawyers I am coaching. His email and my reply are below. I wanted to follow up on our coaching session a week ago and  get your thoughts on year end planning.   Specifically, when you would do your year end planning, what areas would you focus on?   Thanks, and I look forward to receiving your thoughts. I replied: I do my year end planning between Thanksgiving and end of year. I especially like Thanksgiving weekend and the time between Christmas and New Years because I can relax and focus. (I could have added that I get bored watching football, do not want to shop on Black Friday, and after working out my mind is more creative.) Here is my focus: Why is that an important step?   Studies have shown that we are far more likely to do things we have committed to writing and when we set a date certain. What year end planning are you doing this long weekend? What is your home run for 2015? I practiced law for 37 years developing a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the US.