It is time to review our work and set future goals. This year has been simply superb in terms of job. Understanding boss, encouraging peers, co-operative teams, recognition for hard-work, appreciative clients! Can’t ask for more.

When I sat along with my boss for review, his feedback was simple: ‘I’m satisfied’. He said:

• You take tough decisions
• You don’t fear talking to senior management and you add value to the system
• You’re no non-sense person. Your feedbacks are candid and honest. Also if someone needs to be fired, you don’t pass the decision to someone else. (In fact I am the only person to have fired in the department. No other manager wants to do it. I am not proud of it. But I am convinced that is part of the job)

Then I asked him the areas for improvement. His answer was immediate, but I cannot believe what he said. He hit it exactly.

• You want to do everything and don’t evaluate if you could do it.
• You don’t pause to ask for help. We all need help from time to time.

Those two are exactly to the point. Even in my personal life, I don’t stop to evaluate. I given in to family pressure or similar and then later regret doing whatever it is. Also I usually think it is a sign of weakness to ask for help. (Sometimes I did stretch my hands for help; but either I was humiliated or didn’t get help). Hopefully in the coming year I will be able to improve on these areas.

Talking about the responsibilities for next year, whatever we discussed is scary. He wants me to take much higher responsibility than what I’m handling. Let me see how it all goes.

Also there are going to be changes in the team. There is only one resource that I move along well. She will be leaving in the beginning of the year. She is highly dependable and fun to work with. I will definitely miss her. On the side note, that is life. If you would’ve read through my blog, you would know that I took so much effort to come out of my introvert nature to make friends. But as I keep making friends, they keep moving out. It hurts.

Personally I don’t have a good feeling about next year. Whenever I think about my life, my energy drains out. I hope it is not all bad but I have some good time to enjoy and remember fondly.