2009 ToDo:

What's a New Year without resolutions?  I admit, I used to dismiss the very notion of a resolution.  After all, why should you only commit once a year?  But the reality is we need to take inventory of our priorities periodically, and January 1st is convenient.

The 2009 rendition (for public consumption, anyway):

Read More Fiction:  Non-fiction makes you education.  But fiction makes you literate.  Weighty, topical books that pique my social conscious (the environment, justice, the economy) are important, but I need balance.  All suggestions welcome.

Mentor, mentor, mentor:  Increase time spent with my direct reports every week and discussing professional topics that go beyond execution.

Build my Cognos Vision:  2008 was about formulations of ideas.  2009 needs to build that into something demonstrable.

Focus Professional Blog:  2009 is the year of the Cognos-powered application.  Keep my blog focused.   

Diet:  Following the 5-meal principle, with at least 75g or protein every day.  Increased intake of vegetables and whole fruit, and eliminate processed foods except for weekly binges.

Be Religious About Heart-Rate Training 

2009 Races:  Stanford (improve 2008 time), UVAS (improve 2008 time), Alcatraz (TBD), Vineman 70.3 (under 5:25), Pacific Grove (under 2:30).

Here they are, documented for my own benefit.  Comments?  I'd love to hear them.