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3.5min Read For the last couple years I have thrown out New Years resolutions and done what I’m about to tell you instead. I’ll be honest, I’m a little bit behind completing it this year, so this email will act as accountability for me to actually get it done. It will ALSO give you the opportunity to work on one yourself and start 2026 better and with more clarity than you’ve EVER started a year. The format of this was pieced together from a handful of key contributors. James Clear, Matt Ragland and Jesse Itzler to name a few. As I read through the writings and watched the videos from each of these incredible entrepreneurs, I found little nuggets that resonated and combined those to be what I have here. THE BREAKDOWN— 1 - CLEAN OUT. Start with THE DEEP CLEAN
Set yourself up with a new starting point. Over the years we gather things. These things take up room in our house and our heads. I’m not a minimalist movement guy, but if you have unnecessary junk, clean it out. Now is the time. Once a year. No big deal. 2- IMPACT MESSAGES. Everyone that you can think of that’s made a positive impact in your life this last year, send them a message and let them know. 3 - TAKING INVENTORY. I call this the WRAP. This one is from Matt Ragland. The goal here more than anything is to both review the previous year as well as look forward to the next year for what you want to achieve. Without a plan, we plan to fail, as they say. Plans also allow you to break from the routine. PLAN in the adventure. This will create newness and excitement. As Stephen Covey says, “Wars are won in the generals tent”. And the foundation from every good operational plan is an understanding of your previous plan, or lack there of. This is what we call TAKING INVENTORY. Before you design your year, take inventory on the previous year. The WRAP is broken down to these 4 sections listed below. [Wins] [Results] [Alignment] [Pivot] Ok now this is where the rubber meets the road... PERSONAL LANDMARKS & NEEDLE MOVERS — Your personal landmarks are broken down into Take these and write down up to 5 things that you want to hit for each category. Your NEEDLE MOVERS: Pick ONE big thing from that list that will be your defining year accomplishment. That’s your "Misogi". Your 6 mini adventures are about you getting out and doing something different, fun, unique to your year. Throw some of your landmarks in the mix with places you go or things you do. Your winning habit each quarter is something that you might be weak in and want to improve. Stay on it. LAST, the raging fire starts with a spark, your daily vitamins. These are the needle movers on the BASELINE level that make EVERYTHING else go. Pick however many as you want and check them off each and everyday. That’s the run through, but now let’s cover it one more time in reverse so you can see how it stacks. These lead to success in your quarterly habits, mini adventures and MISOGI. As you get to the end of each year, close out the year with summarizing what you’ve done in your WRAP, cleaning out your junk and writing your impact messages. Then get after it again. PERSONAL LANDMARKS: HEALTH NEEDLE MOVERS 💎MISOGI I know— that was a lot. It’s way easier to NOT do it. Or to just write a normal new years resolution like you always do. And that’s totally ok if you like normal results. If you who I think you are and you are sick and tired of the same freaking results and you are fired up to do something better and different this year, try this. That was a ton! I’m hoping all of you read 'til the end of this, but I know most won’t. That’s ok, life is busy. I get it. But if you did, thank you. Email me back saying that you did and I’ll respond back to YOU. No bites for today because that as already a lot to digest. But also important. Have a wonderful Sunday and let me know if you need any help putting together this epic end of the year game plan. Until next time... Stay in the fight, My best tweet this week:
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