Performance Intelligence Bite Size: Your 2026 Word of the Year Starts Here | Kamal Sarma
Dec 14, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Kamal Sarma, an advocate and leader in suicide prevention, shares his unique approach to choosing a Word of the Year for personal alignment. He emphasizes the importance of creating space and finding stillness to enhance clarity. Kamal also reflects on the emotional toll of his work in gender-based violence, revealing how his previous word helped him cope. With recommendations on practices like nature walks, he offers insights for anyone looking to guide their year with intention.
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Create Space To Find Your Word
- Create space and stillness to discover what you want to experience next year.
- After intense exercise or tiring endurance efforts, ask yourself: what do I want to experience more of?
Prioritize Experience Over Achievement
- The focus should be on experiences, not achievements, when selecting a guiding word.
- This shifts attention from goals to the quality of lived moments across the year.
100k Walk Revealed Authenticity
- Kamal describes a 100k walk that strips away cognitive masks and surfaces authenticity.
- Around 90km he says you let go of pretence and have a real conversation with yourself.
