Inspiring Workplaces: Questions to Help You Recap and Celebrate the Year

Published: Wed, 12/18/24

Updated: Wed, 12/18/24

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#1,052 - Dec.18, 2024

Questions to Help You Celebrate the Year

As we complete another orbit around the sun, it's once again the ideal time to celebrate and review the year that was. Here's a quick and simple framework to use with your team or family.

Have everyone share:

1. Their top three successes/highlights/wins of the year.
2. The top three things for which they are most grateful.
3. The top three things they are looking forward to in 2025.

4. One funny thing that happened to them this year.

If you have time for the extended play version, then toss some of these questions into your review salad:

If you could summarize the year in just one word, what word would you use?
What's the biggest obstacle you overcame this year?
What is something you did that scared you at the time?
What are you most proud of from the last year?
What new skill did you learn?
What was one thing you learned about yourself this year?
Who made a positive difference in your life?
What surprised you the most this last year?
Who inspired you the most this past year?
What was your favorite book, movie, or TV show from the past year?

I wish you, your colleagues, and your families a safe, healthy, joyous, and humor-filled holiday season and nothing but the best of the best for 2025!

Mike's Fun at Work Tip

Today is, of course, Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day, so I believe you are legally required to answer the phone at least one time today with: "Your name the elf, what's your favorite color?"

(Fun fact: When my mom was still alive she would phone every year on Buddy the Elf Day to confirm whether or not I was answering my phone this way. I never once let her down.)

Quote of the Week

"December is the month of miracles, like getting through the month without gaining weight!" (Source unknown)

Funny Business

As seen on a city snowplow, perhaps the best name for a snowplow ever:

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