Happy Holidays!

Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s been quite a year. Thanks much for being a loyal reader.

I find that this week, along with the week when someone takes a vacation, are the most thoughtful, reflective times when it comes to making career decisions. Many people kick back and think, “What do I want to do when I grow up?” even if you’d think they were “grown up” by now.

It’s a weighty question, especially if you mean it. But it’s meaningless — and eventually frustrating — if you don’t do anything about it.

So your career move this week? After you drop from the shopping, the food fest, and the football follies, take a few minutes and write down three goals for 2011. It could be as simple as making improvements where you are, or as extreme as making an entire career change. Whether one end or the other, or somewhere in the middle, you’ve taken the first step to getting it done. An excellent career move for a Happy Holiday.