Do you plan your path based on where you’re going in the future, or where you came from in the past? As a lifelong planner, I obsess over the future. But looking back — really looking — often reveals patterns, strengths, and missed signals that reshape how you plan what comes next.

Where have you been in your business? What worked that you abandoned? What worked for a season and then stopped? What were you doing when the business felt most alive? Those answers hold clues about where to go next. Sometimes the path forward runs directly through where you’ve already been.