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Review 2024 & Plan 2025

If you haven’t already, get a notebook or even a piece of paper and do this today. Take 20 minutes and list out highlights of 2024, including what inspired you, what you achieved and what you loved. Set a timer for 20 minutes and write as fast as you can. You can also include challenges you overcame. Keep each idea short like a bullet point.

Then set your timer for another 20 minutes and try to write out up to 50 things you want to do, have, or be in 2025 and 2030. Write fast using the list you just made as an inspiring guide. Also use your most exciting ideas and imagination.

With this list of 50 things, decide which you want to achieve in 2025 and which might take longer like 2026 or 2030. Put the year you want to achieve the goal next to the goal itself.

Then gather up all the 2025 goals and decide which 5 are most important to you. With these five, write some greater detail around what the goal will look like once it is achieved.

Also write a list of next steps you will need to take to get closer to that goal.

Now put two dates next to each step so you know when you have to start and complete that step.

Now go work your plan!

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Preparation Saves Money

Planning ahead by 6-12 months means you can get cheaper hotel rooms, flights and car rentals.

If you plan your finances in advance, you’ll save money on unnecessary loan interest, last minute charges and unhelpful fees.

Getting agreements in writing with full details and all questions answered gives you time to make better choices and not get stuck with an inferior product or service. The costs in both time and money can be substantial.

Take time to prepare properly and you’ll win more often. Surviving is ok but excelling is a lot more enjoyable.

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Prepare Better

It’s easier not to prepare. It’s even kind of fun to fly by the seat of your pants. But no serious person would let a ‘we’ll figure it out’-type mindset build a bridge or a skyscraper without written architectural drawings.

If your business, or your life, is as valuable, then you best get some grand ideas backed by precise construction plans so you can construct something equally stunning and memorable.

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Don’t Give Up!

Setbacks are a part of life. Don’t let them rule your life though. Find ways to still work toward your written goals.

It may be more effort, but don’t let it be your excuse. Don’t fail because life got a little tougher. Rise up and show the world your desire and capacity to win without excuses.

Get up. Go win. Make yourself proud.

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Be Precise

The more precise you are with words, timing and goals, the more likely you will get what you want.

When you are vague or generalise, you give up the precision and get what you get. People that can envision and clearly articulate a precise plan or concept, take control of the process and increase the likelihood of getting their desired outcome.

Do you order a drink (super vague), coffee (general), or a moca latte to go with 1 cube of sugar and a dash of whipped cream on top? If you wanted the latter but ordered the former and received a small mug of orangina with a cube of ice, would you be delighted? Probably not.

So start being more specific going forward from right now. Get very precise with your time, words, and goals and see how quickly your whole life starts to improve!

It takes some effort but it’s worth it.

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Streamline

Streamline your days as much as you can. Have a time to get up and one time to go to bed. It doesn’t have to be 365 days per year but 6 -7 days a week on average.

Get a routine for waking up too. Alarm rings, sit up with your feet on the floor. Go to the gym or go have a shower. Then dress, eat and get on with the day you had planned the night before.

The fewer decisions you have to make each day, the better. You’ll have more energy. You’ll feel like you are achieving things. It’s simple. Go do it.

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Remove And Limit

For the next 7 days, remove 5 things from your house each day. Find 5 things each day that do not bring you joy and get them out of the house. Take them to a charity shop, bin them or sell them online. Just get them out of the house in the next 7 days.

Be mindful that you don’t discard someone else’s favourite item. If it is not 100% yours, do ask the other person first to see if they are ok with letting it go.

Secondly, really limit what you bring in to the house. Leave it out front for recycling or in the trash bin if necessary. The less you bring into the house, the less you need to throw away later on.

If you do this every day for three months, you’ll have gotten rid of 450 items and your house will be nearly free of clutter and feel very cozy and calm.

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