1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Yesterday we talked about how to nail an upcoming annual 4 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: performance review. Today's tip is more forward looking. You can 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: plan a great year by writing next year's performance review. 6 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: Now here's how this works. If your organization has an 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: annual performance review process, at some point in the next 8 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 1: few weeks, you'll sit down with your manager and figure 9 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: out the past year's successes and opportunities for growth or 10 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: whatever euphemism your organization uses. This serves its purpose but 11 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: has its limitations. Yesterday we talked about recency bias. Whatever 12 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: happens in October tends to matter more than what happens 13 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: in February. This is a great opportunity if you handle 14 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: October right. So that's what we focused on. Though it's 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: kind of unfortunate if your big wins happened early, but 16 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: most fundamentally, the past is done, gone over. If you 17 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: had some major disaster in July, the time to deal 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: with it and learn from it was in July, not 19 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: in November or December many months later. Likewise, if you 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: had some major success in May, that's the point to 21 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: analyze what worked, so you can benefit from that knowledge immediately. 22 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: We can't change the past once it's over. The future, however, 23 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: is not so constrained. It is wide open. By figuring 24 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: out what you'd like to say at next year's performance review, 25 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: you can shape the next year to increase the chances 26 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: of these victories coming to be. So today, try this exercise. 27 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: Pretend it is December. If you work for an organization 28 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: and you'd like to continue working there, you could pretend 29 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: you're sitting down with your manager. But you could also 30 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: just decide that your long term career is solely in 31 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: your purview. You're going to give yourself this performance review. 32 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: So it is December, and in this future vision, you 33 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: are beaming. It has been an amazing year for you professionally. 34 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: You are popping the champagne corks and celebrating. If this 35 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: were to be the case, what three to five things 36 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: would you have done to make the year so amazing. 37 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: Think about what these three to five things might be 38 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: and write them down. Now it can really be whatever 39 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: you want. Maybe this is the year you score that promotion, 40 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: or finally hire an assistant who makes your life easier 41 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: Maybe this is the year you bring in a fantastic 42 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: client or launch that networking event you keep talking about. 43 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: Maybe you got accepted into a graduate program, or you 44 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: wrote a draft to vote book. You gave a well 45 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: received talk at your company's annual retreat. Feel free to 46 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: be specific, and also feel free to think big, because 47 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: the truth is, you don't have to show this to 48 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: anyone now. I'd encourage you to share any big dreams 49 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: you have with people who might help make them happen. 50 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: But whether you share or not, if you know what 51 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: you'd like to do by December, this can start shaping 52 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: your schedule over the next year. You can put this 53 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: list somewhere you will see every day, so it can 54 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: start informing your schedule choices. If you know you'd like 55 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: to give a talk at the annual retreat, you can 56 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: prioritize looking over the last few year's topics and meeting 57 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: with the organizers. If you'd like to bring in a 58 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: new client, you can prioritize going to events where you 59 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: might meet such people, or renewing connections with old colleagues 60 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: or friends who have taken jobs at organizations that might 61 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: work with you. Now. Of course, in life, we need 62 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: to be open to possibility too. We can't plan everything. 63 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: If I were to have written my twenty nineteen performance 64 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: review at this point last year, in early October, I 65 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: would have had no idea that I would launch a 66 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: podcast called Before Breakfast in March. I would have had 67 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: no clue that by the end of the year many 68 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: millions of people would have downloaded the show. I am 69 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: thrilled with this development, and it certainly listed as a 70 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen highlight, but I wouldn't have anticipated it until 71 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: I looked into some late brainstorming sessions with the right people. However, 72 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: I did know that I wanted to do certain other things. 73 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 1: I wanted to launch my time management fable, Juliette's School 74 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: of Possibilities, and I wanted to come up with a 75 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: new book topic. And so I've made time for those 76 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: things while leaving space for whatever other wonderful opportunities might 77 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: come up. These things are not either or so right 78 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: next year's performance review. Now, as we know from Stephen 79 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: Covey's book The Seven Habits of Highly effect to People, 80 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: successful sorts tend to put first things first. A big 81 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: part of putting first things first is knowing what those 82 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: first things are writing next year's performance review. Now helps 83 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: you identify those priorities so you can make them a 84 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: part of your life. In the meantime, This is Laura. 85 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 86 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you. 87 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: You can send me your tips, your questions, or anything else. 88 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at 89 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast pod that's B the number four, then Breakfast 90 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: p o D. You can also shoot me an email 91 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: at Before Breakfast podcast at iHeart media dot com. That 92 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,119 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast is spelled out with all the letters. Thanks 93 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: so much, I look forward to staying in touch. 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