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End the Year Strong (And Set Yourself Up for Success in 2025)

Nov 18, 2024

Marissa and Ken share powerful strategies to finish the year strong and set yourself up for success in 2025. They emphasize the importance of narrowing your focus to a single impactful goal with a domino effect. Reflection through the KISS method allows you to recalibrate and prioritize what truly matters. Connecting with loved ones is crucial for rejuvenation during the holiday chaos. Finally, they inspire listeners to dream big for the upcoming year and create actionable plans that align with personal values.

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Quick takeaways

Focusing on a single impactful goal can alleviate year-end overwhelm and set a positive trajectory for success in 2025.

Conducting an after-action review using the KISS method fosters clarity on effective actions needed to finish the year strong.

Deep dives

Define Your One Thing

Focusing on one primary goal is essential as the year winds down. With limited time left in the year and the added busyness of the holiday season, honing in on a single impactful objective can alleviate feelings of overwhelm. This approach encourages individuals to identify a goal that, if accomplished, will set a positive trajectory for the upcoming year. By concentrating energy on one significant area, whether it be a personal habit or a financial target, one can achieve substantial progress and sustainable momentum moving forward.

Intro

2min

Setting Strategic Year-End Goals

6min

Reflect and Recalibrate for Year-End Success

2min

Simplifying Goals with the Full Focus Wellness Planner

3min

Nurturing Connections Amidst Holiday Chaos

7min

Dreaming Big for 2025

6min

In this episode, Marissa and Ken discuss four powerful actions to help you finish the year strong and set the stage for a successful 2025. They’ll help you narrow your focus, turn experience into a plan, power the energy you need—and use it all to start dreaming big for 2025.

Key Takeaways

Define Your One Thing: Simplify by focusing on one impactful goal for the rest of the year. Choose a goal with a "domino effect" that will positively influence other areas in 2025.
Stop and Recalibrate: Conduct an After Action Review with the KISS method (Keep, Improve, Start, Stop) to reflect on the past few months and prioritize what matters most.
Protect Time to Connect: Connect with the people who matter most to you and with yourself to give you the energy you need to finish well this year.
Start Dreaming for Next Year: Open your mind to possibilities in 2025. Suspend limiting beliefs and allow yourself to think big. Listen to learn the question that unlocks possibility.

Resources

Your Best Year Ever Live!

Watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/mRQbAktDVWo

This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound