# PART 1 - Looking back on 2024 - Areas for IMPROVEMENT

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">(1) Where did you feel you could have extended yourself?  What held you back?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">(2) If you have identified shortcomings, how do you plan to address them?</p>

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: CISM | CRISC | CEH Cyber Security Professional
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;Lovely question!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) Despite it being a &quot;let&#39;s say challenging&quot; year, I am satisfied; some difficulties have helped me and continue to help in planning the objectives for (and not only this) the new year!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2) In relation to point 1, although not strictly related, my main goal is &quot;focus.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: CTO - Growth Marketer full stack #MarTech | ⚡️ SaaS Advisor 
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#### Reply 1

&lt;p&gt;@Bashir totally agree! It&#39;s a nice topic and there are many &quot;curious&quot; examples - for example - &quot;Mark Zuckerberg&#39;s gray t-shirts!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: CTO - Growth Marketer full stack #MarTech | ⚡️ SaaS Advisor 

#### Reply 2

&lt;p&gt;Hi Luca,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#39;m in agreement with you.  Focus, indeed &#39;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Deep Focus&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#39; is the key to getting our main goals completed and maximising possibilities.  If we can maintain concentration in these key periods, it can mean a great difference in the outcome of the results achieved,&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: CISM | CRISC | CEH Cyber Security Professional


### Comment 2

&lt;p&gt;I felt I could have extended myself more in planning ahead and setting clearer goals, especially during busy periods. I tend to focus on day-to-day tasks and sometimes struggle with balancing both.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To address this, I plan to allocate more time for strategic thinking and improve my ability to switch between task completion and long-term planning.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: Toronto-Based Sales Executive | B2B Growth &amp;amp; Market Expansion Expert | Passionate About Strategic Partnerships &amp;amp; Driving Results
- Net upvotes: 2

#### Reply 1

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17);&quot;&gt;Hi Sammy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17);&quot;&gt;Yes, I totally agree with the perennial conflict of balancing medium and long term goals with immediate concerns (business as usual, regular scheduled daily tasks and &#39;housekeeping&#39; duties).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17);&quot;&gt;Sometimes one feels like they are not getting anywhere, when they are &#39;bogged down&#39; with everyday issues that develop and become more complicated over time, while not being able to concentrate on strategic and tactical medium and long-term thinking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
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### Comment 3

&lt;p&gt;Hello all,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#39;ll just chime in with something simple, but yet pretty complicated - I see an area of improvement in how to leverage AI and what it offers within our organization and my personal/role workflows and tasks.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: Digital Marketing Developer
- Net upvotes: 1


### Comment 4

&lt;p&gt;Another great question, Bashir!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Interestingly, I felt that I overextended myself in 2024. While I was able to meet my goals, this created additional challenges.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;For 2025, my goal is to streamline and delegate more tasks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: Head of Onboarding at Preflect
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#### Reply 1

&lt;p&gt;Hi MaryAnn, speaking generally, &quot;delegating&quot; seems easy but is very difficult (if done performantly and not to &quot;shirk responsibilities&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a topic I have worked on a lot over the years! I&#39;m happy to delve into the discussion whenever you want.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
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#### Reply 2

&lt;p&gt;Hi Luca, I completely agree and would love some pointers. Maybe a good topic for a new discussion? :)&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: Head of Onboarding at Preflect

#### Reply 3

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);&quot;&gt;Hi Luca,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);&quot;&gt;I agree with MaryAnn - this would make a great discussion point.&amp;nbsp; I think you should start a discussion and I look forward to adding my perspective.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);&quot;&gt;Thanks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
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### Comment 5

&lt;p&gt;You brought the thought provoking questions this week!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(1) Where did you feel you could have extended yourself? What held you back?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   –I would say putting on my planning/forecasting hat a bit more than I&#39;ve been used to. I tend to be more comfortable in the day-to-day completion of tasks, but I could be better at oscillating between the two. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(2) If you have identified shortcomings, how do you plan to address them?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   –It really just comes down to prioritizing helping &lt;em&gt;future me&lt;/em&gt;, rather than getting too bogged down with things to help &lt;em&gt;today me&lt;/em&gt;. This is different for everyone, but because I am a huge fan of to-do lists (hence the tendency to focus on the day-to-day), I need to force myself to add planning time to my schedule. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazing questions, Bashir! I feel like I just looked deep into my soul to answer these :)&lt;/p&gt;

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