2015 Goals - Successes and Failures

This is one of the steps in my annual reflection process. What did I acheieve that I set out to do in early 2015 and what did I not? You will see successes littered amongst failures. This is to illustrate a simple principle - You will have to fail over and over again in order to succeed.

It is not the man who fails to success, but the man who fails to fail that determines whether or not success will be reached...

Personal

• Backpack at
  • Mt Rainier - Fail
  • Glacier National Park - Fail
  • Redwoods - Fail
  • Central Oregon - Much Success - I backpacked all over Central Oregon
• Ski at
  • Mt Hood - Success 
  • Mt Adams - Fail
• Coffee With New and Old Friends - Success
• Read 1 New Book Per Month and add to the Book’s Page on Website - Fail, I did read a lot more than ever.
• Grow a Vegetable Garden - I tried, but failed.
• Volunteer With a Local Central Oregon Non Profit - Success - I helped sponsor a G500 Family and deliver them XMAS... :)
• Run / Hike Around Mt Hood in 1 Day - Fail, but I did do this last year and hiked around the Three Sisters and ran around Mt St. Helens this year instead... So did I really fail???
• Help 100,000 People - I have no idea how to measure this... 2,900 unique people visited my personal website + 100's of thousands of people visited G5 websites = more than 100K, so I guess I succeeded...

G5

• Rewards and Recognition: Integrate values into current RR programs - Success, Lead the G5 to Thrive RR Committee
• Promote a culture of experimentation - Success - Ran many successful tests and tests that failed
• Operational efficiency improvements and measured for the SEO team - Success, Training Program is One Example
• Education: Google Analytics, CRO, Powersearch User and One Conference - Success
• Promotion that has a positive impact on G5 and my team - Success, Promoted to SEO Delivery Manager