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Reflect with me on everything I learned and experienced in 2024 in this comprehensive yearly review. From visiting 10 countries across three continents and learning to DJ in Amsterdam to hitting personal and financial milestones, this video recaps it all. I'll walk you through my personal and business highlights, the lessons I’ve learned, and my biggest takeaways to inspire your own growth in the year ahead. With timestamps provided, you can jump straight to the sections that interest you most. Let’s dive into a year of challenges, wins, and the insights that made this quite the year.
(1:45) My Yearly Review Process
(5:13) Personal Recap
(6:01) Visited 10 countries on 3 continents
(9:50) Slept in 21 different apartments/hotels/houses across the world
(12:35) Learned to DJ in Amsterdam
(15:03) Hit a record net worth, record income, and record spending
(24:15) Passed the first full year mark without my dad
(29:09) Experienced the most mental & emotional stress I ever have in a year (and expanded capacity as a result)
(37:58) Celebrated my first 1-year anniversary
(43:15) Learned to box with immersive 1:1 training
(45:13) Provided significant support for my mom, my sister, and my girlfriend
(51:08) Struggled to make consistent health & fitness gains during the year
(55:30) Business Recap
(56:42) Grew our top line by roughly 40%
(1:03:15) Grew the team from 13 to 28 members
(1:09:50) Wrote the least “new” content I have in my 4 years of writing
(1:15:36) Learned to operate and grow with paid ads
(1:23:08) Relaunched Ship 30 as an async digital product
(1:27:52) Launched an overhauled version of our PGA curriculum
(1:29:58) Added a new 1:1 CSM division with 6 new CSMs
(1:32:51) Added 4 new closers to expand the sales team
(1:37:42) Launched our best digital product yet for Black Friday
(1:39:19) Hit $1m in a month for the first time ever
(1:44:49) Lessons & Realizations
(1:45:48) #1 The most expensive tax is not from the government, it’s an unmade decision.
(1:50:27) #2 There is no right path, just bags of benefits and bags of problems. The only wrong choice is making no choice.
(1:53:42) #3 Satisfaction = reality - expectations
(1:59:37) #4 The most empowering belief you can have is viewing every problem in your life as a personal skill issue.
(2:03:55) #5 If you want to change a habit, chunk up a level and treat the cause of the habit, not the symptom.
(2:07:56) #6 The more you look for confirming evidence, the more you will find it (good or bad).
(2:10:28) #7 Your relationship, your business, and your health are mere reflections of your internal state.
(2:14:08) #8 The main problem keeping you from ascending to the next level (in any domain) will be present no matter the vehicle.
(2:18:21) #9 Generalities create anxiety, specifics create direction.
(2:22:27) #10 Life is about learning the same lessons multiple times, just at different levels of significance.
(2:28:25) Goals for 2025
(2:29:07) #1 Build daily ~30-minute meditation habit
(2:29:51) #2 Build daily schedule with no work meetings until 1 PM to allow for a morning of mobility, meditation, writing, and my daily workout
(2:30:49) #3 Lean down to 190 lbs (from 210) while maintaining strength levels
(2:31:31) #4 Improve RHR to below 50 BPM
(2:32:00) #5 Heal nagging knee injury to allow for pain-free lower body exercise
(2:32:46) #6 Build business to consistent $1m/month at 50%+ operating margins
(2:33:46) #7 Learn Spanish at conversational level to allow me to fully communicate in any South American city
(2:34:28) #8 Publish 12 YouTube/newsletter/podcast episodes breaking down my key personal frameworks for iteration in all areas of life
(2:35:24) #9 Publish my first live DJ set on YouTube
(2:35:50) #10 Reduce my average monthly spending by 25% to reign in subtle lifestyle inflation
(2:36:43) #11 Establish weekly CBT routine with a trained therapist
(2:37:28) #12 Purchase my first apartment in a major city to begin building a home base
(2:39:42) Closing Thoughts
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