Happy New Year, and welcome to the first issue of 1998. As you may know, we conducted an email campaign to find a better name for our weekly communique. Thank you to everyone who responded, and for some really excellent original suggestions, too. I guess we editors are just a little too eager with the constant improvement thing. Thanks for setting us straight.
Goals are dreams with a deadline.
While 'goal setting' is a very valuable and pertinent skill to revisit this time of year, it is just one part in the process of getting what you want. Good goal setting does not take place in a vacuum. In rare cases, we may be happy just wandering, living the gypsy life. But for most, that existence proves unsatisfactory. You don't necessarily need to know your final objective before you start to move, if you're prepared to spend the night by the side of the road.