Write things down. Write out your plans and activities, your dreams and desires. Write your goals.
When you do this put the full date on the page. Years from now you’ll be amazed at what you wrote.
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Category: Observe
Put Your Feet Up
It’s the first Sunday of the new year. Take a break and enjoy the moment. The fun and frantic of Christmas and New Year are now over. You can relax and enjoy the calm now that you’ve made it through.
It’s a great day to catch your breath and reflect before you launch into an exciting and fast paced new year on Monday. You’ll need all your energy to keep up with this exciting new year and be able to squeeze the juice from this amazing opportunity we all have before us.
Put your feet up. Relax. Enjoy. Recalibrate. Re-energise. And prepare your mind for the success of 2026!
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Day One
How did it go? Did you stick to your plan? Waver at all? Did you stay resolute? Did you shift 1% to the better?
Keep making daily progress. In 30 days you’ll be proud of what you’ve achieved and you’ll be unrecognisable.
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Powerful Stories
You can really get immersed in a powerful story. The characters, location, themes, struggles and victories intertwine to make it a high impact experience.
We’re watching the Star Wars movies again at our house. Hard to believe these were made 20 and nearly 50 years ago. And they seem to stand the test of time. The story and the lessons these movies convey are so powerful. They are classic concepts that are at the heart of humanity and how things work in our universe.
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Time Flies
Have you ever noticed how fast time flies? You go out with a friend for an hour at lunch, which seems like a decent amount of time, and walk away thinking it was barely enough to scratch the surface.
I can meet a good friend for four hours and walk away thinking of all the things I forgot to ask and wanted to know. It’s crazy.
It’s a good idea to make a list of all the topics and questions you want to cover beforehand so you’re at least prepared.
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What Were You Aiming At?
Did you hit it? Or did you miss? If you can’t tell, it is probably because you didn’t clearly define the target you really wanted. And you may have been vague on what you really needed to do.
‘Grow the business’, is too vague. You would need to say that you would grow it from £800,000 turnover to £2.1 million turnover between January 1st 2026 and December 31st 2026. In addition, you want profit to grow from £80,000 to £250,000 in the same time period.
Profit margin is growing at a faster pace than turnover as we get more sales while being more efficient.
Get clearer about what and when you are aiming for.
The clearer the target ????, the greater the likelihood is that you’ll hit it where you want.
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The Road Ahead
Keep an eye on the road ahead. If you look away too long, you could find yourself off the road and in a difficult predicament.
It may be more interesting to watch the trees go by and see the animals and birds. However, sometimes not paying attention can be a life or death outcome.
Stay alert.
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You Can’t Stop The Story
You hear a few details about a scenario. Maybe you hear it on the radio, see them in the paper or watch a segment on tv. Maybe it’s something you heard in a friend group or from your family.
Then, you fill in the blanks. Then, quickly, you make a judgement. And then you’ve closed that open loop. You have decided the answers to all those uncertain questions in your mind. Job done. Your brain can relax and work on other things.
It is so easy. Many people do this every day. When they hear about a friend in trouble, career changes, health, relationships, finances, companies struggling, or even death, they fill in all the blanks with various ideas from their mind.
Think about this today and how many times you fill in the blanks on any situation.
Then remember that most people are doing the same thing with you. And as you know, once their internal gavel falls, there is little chance of any reversal, even with ample evidence, because you can’t stop the story.
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Times Up!
Deadlines are wonderful things. They help to ensure something gets done. However, often we fool ourselves into thinking we have time before we really need to start, or it will be fine, or even the deadline is not a hard deadline.
Try that thinking with life and death.
Should you really leave it all to the last minute? If not, then you better treat everything else the same way. Don’t put it off. Don’t wait for disaster to be right around the corner.
Attack every minor item on your to do list with gusto and get it done now! Otherwise delegate or delete it.
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10 Years
What seems impossible in one year could be totally possible in 10 years. Being at the top of your sport, industry, or craft in just one year is highly unlikely. However, if you put 10 grinding and effective years of work in, to training and honing your skills, you certainly could be at the top.
You can build a billion dollar business in 10 years. Go from being 10 years old and dreaming of playing in the NHL, NBA, MLB, or Premier League and in 10 years, at the age of 20, be playing for your favourite team! The Beatles were only together for 10 years and look how well they did!
What if you dedicated the next 10 years to personal growth, systems and structures? What could you accomplish, achieve, create?
10 years…. You could achieve anything.
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