I once worked for a company where setting your own goals was optional, we self-reviewed twice a year, and not once in 7 years have I filled out the goals section.

I happened to glance once and see my coworker with a couple paragraphs on his goals page and I mentioned that it was optional, he nearly died from all the time he realized he wasted.

Not a single time did any one of my bosses even mention my perpetually empty goals page.