As we start another year back this week and my thoughts turn to our work again (after a great 10 days off thinking off anything but....!), I was very taken by a request from a friend who asked me for some feedback on him.

It was simple enough; he wanted to know what he was really good at, what I enjoyed most about his approach to life and a single word that summed him up.

I found it easy and a privilege to be asked; he said that the feedback was to help him reflect on what he should focus more on in 2010 and consider how he could be his best at work and at play.

If you have the inclination and opportunity to ask for some feedback from your friends and family, I would heartily recommend it; a simple SMS text message sufficed and made it easy to reply for the person giving feedback (as face-to-face is sometime more difficult).

All the best for 2010; I hope to speak and meet with some of you again this year.

John