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# Your Year in Review

 Published by [Mike Desjardins](https://blog.virtusinc.com/virtus-inc-leadership-journal/author/mike-desjardins) on Nov 25, 2010 11:29:49 PM

As we close in on the end of the year now is the time that I like to look back and take stock of the successes I’ve had over the past twelve months. I do this for two reasons:

1. to help me remember all the positives and truly appreciate where I’m at in my life today.
2. to help me think about what I want to do more of, less of, what’s just right, and what’s missing from my life.

I learned this approach about four years ago from one of my mentors, [Walt Sutton](http://tellthestory.com/). Walt suggested that I write out my top ten success from the previous year. When I started the list I assumed I’d have trouble finding ten, in fact I could think of a number of things that I wish I would have done differently. As it turns out, I finished writing my list when I hit #27!

**So before you begin [planning your goals](https://virtusinc.com/expertise/sessions/) for next year, what are your top ten accomplishments for this past year?**

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