Have you set any goals for your career? Have you set any goals for this year?

If you haven’t, you are not alone. One reason I gave up my law practice was because I discovered my firm’s newly promoted partners had not created a plan or set any kind of goals. At their orientation in February 10 years ago, I asked:

How many of you have created a business plan with written goals for this year?

I waited for hands to go up. I asked again. No hands were raised. It was at that moment I decided to work with lawyers.