Business Planning - Is it necessary?

So you are comingto the end of the year, and in my case was one of my bests.  Do you sit back and relax for the holidays or concentrate on where you want your business to be for 2010?  In my case the answer is resoundly -Business plan for 2010.  Why you ask?  Well, how do you know where to go if you haven't looked at a map, and if you have been there before do you want it to be the same route?  The question to ask yourself is 'Do I want to do better this year than last year?' and if so 'What has to change in order to make that happen?'  One of my favorite quotes is by Albert Einstein and says 'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"  What will you do different this year?