Every January starts the same way.
Big goals. High hopes. And a familiar sense of pressure.
But not this January. In this solo episode of In Confidence, Lisa Sun shares a practical planning strategy designed to help you step out of resolution pressure and into clarity. Drawing on 11 years advising Fortune 500 CEOs and more than a decade building Gravitas through growth, setbacks, and reinvention, she adapts how companies plan their one year and three to five year strategies and applies it to your life. You will learn how to:

Identify what is worth building on and what needs to change before you set new goals
Stress test your 2026 plans against your time, energy, and real constraints, so they work in practice, not just on paper
Eliminate goals that cancel each other out and prioritize the ones that compound
Decide what deserves your attention this year and what can wait, without constant overwhelm
Create a plan you can adapt over time instead of abandoning at the first setback

This episode includes a downloadable workbook so you can plan alongside the conversation and create a strategy that feels realistic, focused, and sustainable. If you are ready to stop repeating the same January cycle and start building real momentum, it is time to plan your life like a CEO. Download our PDF at GravitasNewYork.com

00:00 Intro

02:44 Step 1 - Your Personal Diagnostic

13:38 Step 2 - Brainstorm Your Goals

21:15 Step 3 - Sort Your Goals

25:25 Step 4 - Backward Plan

29:01 Step 5 - Calendar It Out

36:11 Outro

37:10 Disclaimer

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Episode 53: Plan Your Life Like a CEO