Do you have a good sense on how your year is going to end? Typically, that’s the case and now it’s just a matter of finalizing what you have pending so it actually happens. You might say, I can’t think about anything else right now, I’ve got to stay focused. I get it but I challenge you to make a little bit of room to think about what you want next year to look like. Right now, because it’s still so fresh in your mind, you can pinpoint on specific things that you want to repeat or not repeat from this past year. That makes setting the vision for next year easier to accomplish.
Take a few pockets of time over the next couple weeks to jot down thoughts of what you worked, what didn’t, what you’d like to explore, what you want to stop doing, etc. Picture what the year will look like with all your notes in mind. Do you have anyone that supports you? Take that person or team off-site to share your vision and engage them in helping to create the strategy on how to execute it.