I was reminded of this idea of small goals to reach a larger goal after reading a piece by simplemom (courtesy of my good friend Stephanie, at sparble) on the Japanese concept of kaizen, or (kai) “change” (zen) “good” as in … improvement.

We’ve all heard the saying, “If you aim at nothing,  you’ll hit it every time.”

So it only makes sense that reflecting on process and planning out those incremental, continuous steps is fundamental to our success – be it of the kaizen/CIP variety or otherwise.

I’m still pondering what my goals will actually be, but I have a few ideas in mind and part of *my* plan for 2009 will include time along the way to reflect on those incremental steps, revise if need be, and keep moving forward.