Become more useful than the person you were last year.

Useful is a plain word and a demanding standard, because it is measured by what you can actually do for people rather than by how you feel about your development. Skills, judgement, reliability. It also has the advantage of being visible from outside.

Ask what you can do for someone now that you could not manage a year ago. If nothing comes to mind, that is the year’s real report. Pick one capability and build it deliberately over the next twelve months.