Solo Episode: Setting Intentions for the New Year to Drive Personal Growth with Kara

Kara sits down and spills the details about her reflections from 2023 and her process for intention setting for 2024.  She shares the exact intentions she's bringing into the new year and the importance of going through this process. 

Steal My Intentions
1 -  Shed the outdated personality traits
2 - Use my Voice
3 - Trust Myself
4 - Live Limitlessly
5 - Prioritize my Comfort
6 - Manifest
7 - Say No
8 - Stay Delusional
9 - Begin Before I'm Ready
10 - Love and Appreciate Myself

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:42 Setting Intentions for Personal Growth
• 2:40 The Importance of Reflection and Intention Setting
• 4:32 A Deep Dive into Personal Reflections
• 7:04 Kara's 10 Intentions for 2024
• 25:30 Tips for Effective Reflection and Intention Setting
• 27:35 Closing Thoughts and Reflections

Transcript

00:00:00.550 [Music]
00:00:17.480 welcome to the gateless podcast this is
00:00:20.320 a solo episode today and since I'm solo
00:00:24.640 I will reintroduce myself I'm Kara I am
00:00:28.160 a co-host of the gateless podcast and I
00:00:32.640 have built my career the last decade in
00:00:35.879 Tech sales in hypergrowth startups and
00:00:39.960 I've done everything from being the
00:00:41.960 first sales rep at a small startup to
00:00:46.320 scaling in sales leadership past 200 300
00:00:50.879 million companies that are growing
00:00:53.239 rapidly so I've been in corporate my
00:00:56.160 whole career I started at a job that
00:00:59.480 sucked my soul out and left very quickly
00:01:01.719 and then pivoted to the startup world
00:01:04.239 that has been a lot more fulfilling to
00:01:05.720 me through this journey I learned a lot
00:01:07.880 about myself and the biggest thing is
00:01:10.759 that I really have gotten where I am
00:01:13.759 today by by way of other women helping
00:01:17.280 me and on opening doors for me and
00:01:20.240 unlocking secrets and hacks that you
00:01:22.880 just aren't going to be told typically
00:01:25.360 and so the purpose of the gateless
00:01:27.759 podcast is to open the gates and open
00:01:30.600 the doors to conversations and topics
00:01:32.920 that really move the needle for people
00:01:34.640 in professional growth personal growth
00:01:36.600 entrepreneurial growth and so today's
00:01:39.439 episode is a solo and you know I've been
00:01:42.720 reflecting a lot at the end of the year
00:01:45.680 and starting to set my intentions for
00:01:48.200 next year for anybody that's also
00:01:50.479 reflecting on
00:01:52.280 2023 and if you're interested in setting
00:01:54.960 intentions for the new year this episode
00:01:56.960 is for you I'm going to share my 10
00:01:59.520 intentions itions and the tips that I
00:02:05.079 took myself to to start setting my own
00:02:08.080 intentions for
00:02:09.399 2024 I actually created a workbook too
00:02:12.959 so that you can steal my process steal
00:02:15.120 my intentions if you want and this
00:02:17.360 workbook will really help you get clear
00:02:19.800 on how to do a structured reflection
00:02:22.480 process and then also take that
00:02:24.319 reflection and turn it into intentions
00:02:26.400 and goals for for 2024 so to get the
00:02:29.200 workbook go to the Instagram page
00:02:32.160 gateless pod in the story highlights
00:02:35.720 you'll see a place to request access to
00:02:39.120 the workbook okay so let's before we get
00:02:41.959 into me telling you about my intentions
00:02:44.720 let's talk about the importance of
00:02:46.480 intention setting and reflecting so the
00:02:50.000 importance of reflecting is really
00:02:52.360 acknowledging and appreciating
00:02:54.360 self-growth and achievements across the
00:02:57.480 year learning from your challenge es and
00:03:01.519 enhancing your self-awareness like
00:03:04.040 identifying the limiting beliefs that
00:03:05.560 you had last year that held you back so
00:03:07.920 I think it's a fundamental process to go
00:03:09.680 through first in doing your Reflections
00:03:11.480 before you start intention setting so
00:03:13.599 you can take what you learned the
00:03:15.480 experiences that you went through what
00:03:16.920 what well what what did what did not go
00:03:18.879 well where you felt most authentically
00:03:21.000 yourself where you didn't feel like
00:03:22.680 yourself and then take that as the
00:03:24.959 foundation to setting your intentions
00:03:27.680 the importance of intention setting I
00:03:29.799 mean there's so many but it creates
00:03:31.720 focus and direction for your year which
00:03:34.439 you can break down into daily practice
00:03:36.760 it's like your North Star in your
00:03:38.200 Guiding Light for the year that you can
00:03:40.319 break down into tiny digestible actions
00:03:44.239 that you can do and form habits around
00:03:46.439 every single day
00:03:49.480 creating intentions with a purpose is so
00:03:53.000 important so when you reflect first your
00:03:56.480 intentions become anchored and oriented
00:03:59.879 around the goals that you have for
00:04:01.120 yourself based on what you noticed in
00:04:03.840 your previous year and then the final
00:04:06.040 thing in the importance of intention
00:04:08.159 setting is around personal growth it is
00:04:10.920 so attractive when somebody is focused
00:04:14.640 on personal growth you attract
00:04:17.079 like-minded people and it's inspiring
00:04:22.000 engaging and attractive to be around
00:04:24.040 people that are also focused on
00:04:25.880 bettering themselves and personal growth
00:04:28.080 and it setting intentions as a place to
00:04:30.240 start putting that energy out into the
00:04:31.800 world I'll share a bit about my
00:04:33.080 reflection process from last year this
00:04:35.840 past year brought a lot of successes a
00:04:39.160 lot of brought a lot of happy moments a
00:04:41.039 lot of first it also brought some tough
00:04:43.639 experiences for me a lot of which I
00:04:45.880 didn't really realize were so tough as I
00:04:47.800 was going through them but in my
00:04:49.199 reflection I realized that they they
00:04:51.120 were pretty tough moments it was my
00:04:53.240 first full year of motherhood and that
00:04:57.039 presented some challenges even in my
00:04:59.120 marriage and navigating our partnership
00:05:01.440 and how to balance the obligations we
00:05:04.039 have to our son and our family and also
00:05:06.919 the obligations we have to our big jobs
00:05:09.600 and figuring out how to operate from the
00:05:12.479 same value system on how to use our time
00:05:15.360 was friction full and it was tough and I
00:05:18.560 didn't realize how tough and painful or
00:05:20.400 why it was tough and painful at the time
00:05:22.319 but that was a big one for me there was
00:05:24.400 some interesting Evolutions in
00:05:26.520 friendships that I have and reached a
00:05:30.039 point of burnout that I never thought
00:05:31.720 that I would reach I left a job I
00:05:34.600 started a new job I started a podcast
00:05:38.360 and really and most importantly I felt
00:05:40.960 like towards the end of this year I
00:05:44.080 started to feel and act like the most
00:05:47.639 authentic version of myself that I
00:05:50.080 probably ever have before and reflecting
00:05:54.360 back part of the Year felt like it was
00:05:56.479 just happening to me I was just reacting
00:05:58.960 I didn't have a lot of control and
00:06:00.600 intentionality in what I was doing I was
00:06:02.800 just reacting and trying to keep up with
00:06:05.199 everything all of the things and I hate
00:06:08.440 that feeling and so that is why
00:06:11.240 intention setting for me into 2024 is so
00:06:15.440 so important so that I can not not take
00:06:19.440 control because that's that's a fallacy
00:06:21.960 I could never take control but I can at
00:06:24.680 least have purpose and intentionality in
00:06:28.240 the way that I'm living my life and
00:06:29.880 that's the reason that setting
00:06:31.800 intentions are so important at this time
00:06:34.000 of the year to kick off your new year in
00:06:36.599 a clear and focused
00:06:38.240 way so this is the era of being me
00:06:42.000 letting myself really shine and become
00:06:43.919 everything that I'm supposed to be and
00:06:45.680 I'm going to clearly Define all of those
00:06:47.800 things in the intentions so again I
00:06:50.440 created a workbook to help you reflect
00:06:53.599 and set your own intentions to get it go
00:06:55.639 to gateless pod on Instagram and find in
00:06:58.960 the story highlight the place to request
00:07:01.000 access to it and we'll send it to
00:07:03.560 you number one intention for 2024
00:07:07.520 shedding the outdated personality traits
00:07:10.759 this is about recognizing and letting go
00:07:13.639 of those traits that no longer represent
00:07:15.560 who you are today this type of growth
00:07:17.919 means evolving past our former selves or
00:07:22.680 personal evolution in general
00:07:25.840 when how you portray yourself to others
00:07:29.639 actually how you feel inside you'll have
00:07:32.199 improved relationships improved
00:07:34.759 self-confidence improved mental and
00:07:37.120 emotional health overall the goal is
00:07:40.599 alignment and Harmony between your
00:07:42.400 thoughts your beliefs and your actions
00:07:45.000 and those things are not static so your
00:07:47.240 personality and who you are shouldn't be
00:07:49.159 static either they change and evolve as
00:07:51.800 should
00:07:52.800 you for me I'm moving past and shedding
00:07:58.000 the trait of being a people pleaser I
00:08:00.759 don't want to be a people pleaser
00:08:02.639 anymore I've I've outgrown that and it
00:08:05.080 no longer fits who I am I don't want to
00:08:07.400 be somebody with walls up out of
00:08:10.720 protection that is hard to get to know
00:08:13.039 hard to get close to hard to give and
00:08:16.240 receive love and it doesn't feel like me
00:08:18.960 anymore it's not me anymore I I don't
00:08:21.319 want to be self-sufficient at all costs
00:08:23.440 anymore I'm okay with needing help and
00:08:26.639 needing support and there's no badge of
00:08:30.639 honor for doing everything myself and so
00:08:33.799 I'm shedding that that's not me and it
00:08:36.120 doesn't feel like me it hasn't for a
00:08:38.399 while number two is use my
00:08:42.559 voice we've been taught especially as
00:08:45.480 women to be easy be nice be the nice
00:08:49.040 girl and in a lot of cases that really
00:08:51.760 has a negative impact on how we use our
00:08:54.880 voices and using your voice is a form of
00:08:58.440 showing self-respect and authenticity to
00:09:01.880 yourself it's a form of boundary setting
00:09:04.760 and helps build your self-confidence too
00:09:08.200 I don't mean using your voice in a
00:09:09.760 hurtful or malicious way I mean using
00:09:12.600 your voice in a real kind way to make
00:09:15.320 your points known and be okay with
00:09:18.040 people hearing what you think and
00:09:19.839 knowing what you stand for it's it's an
00:09:23.160 amazing thing to get comfortable doing
00:09:25.800 and it's a beautiful form of self Lov
00:09:28.880 and self-respect to use your
00:09:32.079 voice I realized that I wasn't speaking
00:09:36.120 up in certain situations and it was
00:09:39.640 leaving me
00:09:40.920 feeling resentful of myself and not
00:09:43.800 proud of myself and the the thought of
00:09:47.560 like how soul sucking is it when you are
00:09:51.480 thinking something and you don't say it
00:09:53.240 out loud and you find out after the fact
00:09:56.240 that you were right and you could have
00:09:57.399 made a difference and if you had SP
00:09:59.120 spoken up you could have changed the
00:10:00.839 outcome or the trajectory or the impact
00:10:02.760 that it had on somebody else and using
00:10:06.079 your voice other people do plenty of
00:10:08.160 other people use their voice and and I
00:10:11.120 deserve to use my voice too so I'm
00:10:13.760 bringing that into
00:10:15.720 2024 number three trust
00:10:19.000 myself trusting yourself is really about
00:10:23.600 relying and believing in your own
00:10:26.560 judgment your own critical thinking your
00:10:28.440 own instinct
00:10:29.760 even when they go against the grain I've
00:10:32.399 talked a few times about gut feelings
00:10:34.839 vers critical thinking and it's really
00:10:37.399 both at play trusting yourself is
00:10:39.040 trusting both of those things someone
00:10:41.200 who knows themsel and trusts themsel is
00:10:43.760 a decisive person that is very
00:10:46.279 attractive energy to be
00:10:48.600 around learning to trust yourself and
00:10:51.360 your instincts is so critical and it's
00:10:54.200 something that I'm bringing into the new
00:10:55.639 year because I haven't shown myself that
00:10:58.560 in a consistent way in the past so in
00:11:01.519 2024 I'm going to trust myself more than
00:11:04.320 I trust anyone else trusting my gut
00:11:07.240 trusting my critical thinking trusting
00:11:09.040 my intelligence not letting other
00:11:10.720 people's opinions Cloud how I feel
00:11:14.240 because only I'm the one I'm the only
00:11:16.639 one that knows what's best for me and
00:11:19.320 what's right for me and I'm going to
00:11:20.920 give myself that Grace and appreciation
00:11:24.880 that you know I know myself I trust
00:11:27.399 myself and I'm going to be Ive in
00:11:29.440 knowing what is what is right for me and
00:11:31.320 I'm not going to question it and I'm not
00:11:32.440 going to let other people's opinions and
00:11:34.360 words Cloud that for
00:11:36.959 myself number four is be Limitless this
00:11:41.240 is about not being confined to a single
00:11:43.680 Identity or being put in a box Breaking
00:11:47.320 Free from limitations is about not
00:11:50.680 allowing yourself to be confined to a
00:11:53.120 single Identity or role imposed by
00:11:56.079 others somebody else typically when you
00:11:58.200 feel like you're being being put in a
00:11:59.639 box it's because others want to know
00:12:01.519 what to expect from you and that's out
00:12:03.320 of their own Comfort if you're being
00:12:05.360 made to feel like you can't be this
00:12:07.240 because you're this that's not because
00:12:10.320 of you that's because of somebody else
00:12:12.040 you can't be a thriving corporate girl
00:12:14.399 and also be an entrepreneur and a mom
00:12:17.240 that's an
00:12:18.079 example it's probably because somebody
00:12:20.360 else has limiting beliefs or has fear of
00:12:23.440 the unknown or they're seeking control
00:12:25.959 and you're throwing them off in my
00:12:28.160 opinion being
00:12:29.920 multifaceted is amazing and intriguing I
00:12:33.199 am I am so attracted to people who have
00:12:36.320 a multi-dimensional personality they've
00:12:38.480 got a lot going on they're not so easy
00:12:41.000 to figure out you know somebody that is
00:12:45.160 amazing at public speaking but is so
00:12:47.399 introverted and whatever it is like just
00:12:50.720 multifaceted is an amazing thing and
00:12:53.800 believing that you can live a life
00:12:55.600 limitlessly and not be confined to one
00:12:58.000 single identity
00:12:59.399 is an amazing unlock for allowing
00:13:01.880 yourself to be everything that you
00:13:03.079 should become an example for me is I'm
00:13:05.800 not just a successful sales person sales
00:13:10.000 leader I am a mom I am a wife I am a
00:13:13.320 friend I am a daughter I am a sibling
00:13:15.079 I'm an athlete I'm a deep thinker and
00:13:17.680 now I'm a podcaster I'm really into
00:13:20.240 cosmic energy and astrology I am so
00:13:23.160 interested in health and wellness and
00:13:26.440 Longevity and biohacking I love doing
00:13:30.160 deep research on things and reading a
00:13:32.120 ton and educating myself I'm so deeply
00:13:34.519 committed to self-growth and
00:13:36.240 self-discovery I have a huge passion for
00:13:38.360 elevating women I can be all of those
00:13:40.440 things I don't have to be any single one
00:13:42.600 or two of them and I'm a lot more
00:13:45.199 introverted than a lot of people realize
00:13:46.839 I need a ton of alone time to recharge
00:13:49.600 and embracing that as well as the fact
00:13:52.240 that I have this career in sales where I
00:13:53.680 have to talk to people all day is okay
00:13:55.800 I'm bringing that energy into 2024 I'm
00:13:57.759 living limitlessly and I'm not going to
00:13:59.360 be confined to a single identity I'm
00:14:02.680 nurturing all of those aspects of me
00:14:04.519 this
00:14:05.880 year number
00:14:08.360 five prioritize my comfort what I mean
00:14:12.759 by this is making sure your own comfort
00:14:15.800 in a situation is valued just as much as
00:14:18.120 the next person for example if you don't
00:14:20.759 agree with something that was said or it
00:14:23.639 was inappropriate or sketchy and you
00:14:25.720 brush it off and laugh or you just stay
00:14:29.000 silent as to not make that other person
00:14:31.680 uncomfortable instead of saying what you
00:14:34.240 really want to say which is oh wow I
00:14:37.279 actually don't agree with that help me
00:14:39.560 understand your perspective I think
00:14:40.800 we're really far apart in how we think
00:14:42.399 about this or oh wow that's probably
00:14:45.399 pretty hurtful to some people have you
00:14:47.399 thought about how that makes them
00:14:49.639 feel by holding silence really what
00:14:52.800 you're doing is reinforcing negative
00:14:54.440 behavior which is a missed opportunity
00:14:56.399 for the other person to grow and it's
00:14:58.880 really continuing to make yourself
00:15:00.360 uncomfortable not to mention those are
00:15:03.079 probably pretty unfulfilling
00:15:04.600 relationships you have with people where
00:15:06.160 you feel like you're constantly doing
00:15:07.519 this you're making yourself feel
00:15:09.079 uncomfortable as to not make them feel
00:15:10.880 uncomfortable so this is not the vibe
00:15:14.800 for 2024 this really actually happened
00:15:17.360 to me a lot when I became a mom people
00:15:19.759 were very quick to tell me what was
00:15:21.800 going to happen how I was going to feel
00:15:24.160 what my child was going to do what my
00:15:26.160 relationship with my husband was going
00:15:27.560 to look like how it was going to
00:15:28.720 involved and a lot of those things
00:15:30.519 didn't actually pan out that way they
00:15:32.440 didn't feel authentic to me and instead
00:15:34.839 of saying hey you know I appreciate the
00:15:38.279 advice or I appreciate that but that's
00:15:40.360 not the experience that I'm having right
00:15:41.880 now I really want to hold space for
00:15:43.240 myself to have my own experience and I
00:15:45.800 want this to involve evolve and unfold
00:15:47.839 for myself um without without like
00:15:50.639 having some expectation of how it's
00:15:52.040 going to become thank you though I
00:15:53.480 didn't say it because I didn't want to
00:15:54.680 make anybody feel uncomfortable these
00:15:56.000 are all well-intended people in my life
00:15:58.199 but I didn't say it because I didn't
00:15:59.519 want to make them uncomfortable and it
00:16:00.759 didn't feel good after the fact and I
00:16:02.000 just like I had to be silent I'm not
00:16:03.880 doing that anymore number six
00:16:08.759 manifesting my desires and my
00:16:11.480 reality so
00:16:14.079 manifestation is about attracting what
00:16:16.440 you focus on what you think about what
00:16:19.319 you say all of it manifesting is a
00:16:21.720 practice of focusing on what you want to
00:16:24.079 bring into your life whether it's
00:16:26.040 specific goals desires intentions the
00:16:28.959 law of attraction is real and it works
00:16:32.920 and what you put out into the universe
00:16:36.279 is what you attract and it's what
00:16:38.920 becomes your reality and whether you
00:16:41.680 believe you will succeed or you believe
00:16:44.279 you will fail you're right either one
00:16:47.319 you believe you're right and that's why
00:16:49.600 it is so important to stay focused on
00:16:53.440 the energy intention words that you
00:16:56.519 speak that you write and make sure that
00:16:58.519 that they are aligned with the reality
00:17:02.079 that you desire manifesting in the law
00:17:04.240 of attraction is real it's important and
00:17:08.079 I think everybody should should think
00:17:10.559 like this and start incorporating it
00:17:11.959 into their
00:17:12.919 intentions I use a mantra whenever I
00:17:16.799 have to go somewhere to park I say
00:17:19.039 parking spots are in abundance parking
00:17:20.520 spots are in abundance parking spots are
00:17:22.079 in abundance and it works I I am never
00:17:24.760 the person that can't find parking and I
00:17:27.520 give my husband bunch of grief about
00:17:29.160 this because he's the person that before
00:17:30.960 we even leave the house if we're going
00:17:32.559 somewhere crowded he's like oh my gosh
00:17:34.039 we're never going to find parking why
00:17:35.200 are we even going and I'm like you know
00:17:37.320 what you are right if you talk like that
00:17:39.320 you are absolutely right we're not going
00:17:40.360 to find parking so either start saying
00:17:42.880 the Mantra of parking spots are in
00:17:44.600 abundance or stay home because I believe
00:17:48.280 that we're going to manifest those
00:17:49.480 parking spots and that's a silly example
00:17:51.120 but it is a real example and it's about
00:17:53.240 the energy that you put into the
00:17:54.360 universe is the energy that you're going
00:17:55.640 to get
00:17:57.400 back number seven say no a lot more than
00:18:01.880 I say yes when I think about the amount
00:18:05.240 of time I have and the way I value my
00:18:06.880 time this becomes very important
00:18:09.799 so back to the thought of living life
00:18:13.600 intentionally and not just letting it
00:18:15.520 happen to you being able to make space
00:18:17.840 for the things you actually want to do
00:18:19.600 is a critical first step in that and to
00:18:21.280 do so you have to say no and you got to
00:18:24.480 start there you got to start saying no
00:18:26.120 more you can only be present and engaged
00:18:29.520 in the things that matter most if you
00:18:31.480 make room for those yeses and there's
00:18:33.480 not a lot of room for yeses for the
00:18:35.200 things that you want to do if you're
00:18:36.799 saying yes to everything if everything
00:18:39.520 is important then nothing is important
00:18:41.799 so saying yes should be reserved for the
00:18:44.640 opportunities and commitments that align
00:18:47.080 with your goals if it isn't a true
00:18:49.360 obligation I don't really want to do it
00:18:51.640 for me in my happiness and it isn't
00:18:54.200 helping me achieve my
00:18:56.760 goals it's going to be know for me dog I
00:19:00.120 want to draw harder lines and save space
00:19:04.000 for the things I actually want to do
00:19:05.440 truly saying no in 2024 is my vibe I am
00:19:09.520 all about valuing my time not saying yes
00:19:12.120 to everything at my own expense and
00:19:14.520 cherishing the moments and being present
00:19:16.360 in the things that I can say yes
00:19:19.000 to number eight stay
00:19:23.240 delusional and a lot of people have said
00:19:25.280 this if you're ain't delusional you
00:19:27.440 ain't living so I'm I'm saying it again
00:19:29.840 I love it I live my life by it and I
00:19:33.120 think I lost it a little bit last year I
00:19:34.880 got a little too practical for my own
00:19:38.200 good and I want to get back to that
00:19:39.840 delusional way of living embracing
00:19:41.960 delusion in a positive way really just
00:19:44.400 means allowing yourself to dream big and
00:19:47.559 Chase seemingly impossible
00:19:50.559 goals in order to chase those seemingly
00:19:53.320 impossible goals sometimes you have to
00:19:55.400 not overthink it if you knew all the
00:19:57.679 reasons that that you would fail and you
00:19:59.679 knew the odds of succeeding you probably
00:20:02.360 wouldn't do it so stay delusional dream
00:20:05.640 big and keep chasing them every single
00:20:08.200 day there's an example even with this
00:20:11.720 podcast I used a connection that I have
00:20:15.799 to get in touch with a guest a really
00:20:18.120 really well-known guest that I wanted to
00:20:19.919 have on this podcast in
00:20:21.799 2024 and I thought it was I was like oh
00:20:24.080 I'm being so creative I bet a lot of
00:20:26.559 people haven't tapped this angle I'm
00:20:28.600 going to use my network and go through a
00:20:30.720 first-degree connection to get to that
00:20:32.080 second degree connection and I did it it
00:20:35.520 worked we've got the guest set up and
00:20:38.840 locked for next year and it wasn't until
00:20:41.600 like last week actually I was having a
00:20:43.159 conversation with this person that I
00:20:44.320 asked to introduce me and they were like
00:20:46.200 yeah I don't really do that a ton of
00:20:48.039 people ask me but I really don't do that
00:20:50.280 I just made an exception in this
00:20:51.600 instance because I really care about
00:20:52.760 what you guys are doing and if I would
00:20:54.679 have known that tons of people ask for
00:20:57.679 an INT
00:20:58.880 through this person I probably wouldn't
00:21:00.240 have done it cuz I would have felt
00:21:01.120 awkward and I would have felt like I was
00:21:03.520 just another one trying to get there and
00:21:07.159 I'm so glad I didn't know I'm so glad I
00:21:08.520 was delusional in that because I would
00:21:09.840 not have shot my shot another way that
00:21:12.919 we do this is shoot your shot Friday
00:21:16.720 like stay delusional send the email that
00:21:18.760 feels like it'll never get responded to
00:21:21.320 because hey it might probably it will
00:21:24.039 actually because you're putting that
00:21:25.200 positive energy into the universe and
00:21:27.039 you're manifesting the outcome you want
00:21:28.559 through delusion I'm just kidding but
00:21:30.520 you get what I mean like this is so this
00:21:32.240 is so important and I think sometimes we
00:21:34.600 overthink we get too rational we get too
00:21:36.559 practical and there is a time and a
00:21:38.600 place for all of that I am all of those
00:21:40.640 things but when it comes to your goals
00:21:43.200 and allowing yourself to dream really
00:21:45.159 big a little bit of delusion is healthy
00:21:48.600 number nine
00:21:50.760 is just start don't wait to be ready
00:21:54.000 just
00:21:54.960 start so who has MA as
00:21:59.200 procrastination in the form of
00:22:01.720 researching or preparing and all it does
00:22:05.240 is Just Cause in action I definitely
00:22:08.360 have and I feel the need most times to
00:22:12.640 be very very prepared before I do
00:22:14.559 anything I have historically looked at
00:22:16.559 that as like a badge of honor if I'm
00:22:18.960 prepared I will get the outcome if you
00:22:21.240 fail to prepare you prepare to fail that
00:22:23.720 kind of vibe was ingrained in my brain
00:22:26.240 and it's caused some analysis paralysis
00:22:28.919 before and you know when you when you
00:22:34.159 just begin something you evolve through
00:22:37.320 action as opposed to hoping to evolve
00:22:41.080 through inaction which is really what
00:22:43.200 we're doing when we sit around and
00:22:44.840 research and prepare and do all the
00:22:46.840 things we think we need to do before we
00:22:48.360 actually start something and it's just
00:22:50.320 not the vibe for 2024 begin before you
00:22:53.039 feel like you're ready because you'll
00:22:54.600 evolve at a much faster rate than if you
00:22:58.000 keep waiting and waiting and waiting to
00:22:59.520 do something until you feel totally
00:23:00.960 ready you're never going to feel totally
00:23:02.520 ready I started posting on Tik Tok in
00:23:05.600 the last couple of weeks because I knew
00:23:08.400 I was bad at it I knew I was going to
00:23:09.960 pay the suck tax and I didn't care I
00:23:12.320 could start I found myself reading how
00:23:15.320 to understand the Tik Tok algorithms how
00:23:17.799 to go viral on Tik Tok how to format a
00:23:19.799 successful Tik Tok video I was reading
00:23:21.640 all the stuff and by the way they all
00:23:23.320 say different and so instead of sitting
00:23:26.480 around anding to read and research I
00:23:29.559 just started to go for it Haley gave me
00:23:31.720 some feedback and told me I could do do
00:23:33.760 things differently which I really
00:23:34.960 appreciate I just went for it and that's
00:23:38.120 what you got to do so again shoot your
00:23:41.200 shop Fridays just you don't have to be
00:23:44.360 prepared the email doesn't have to be
00:23:45.799 perfect just do it just send it just
00:23:48.440 start you will get better slowly you
00:23:50.360 will evolve faster than if you wait to
00:23:52.640 be
00:23:53.720 ready and the
00:23:56.320 final intention for 2024 is love and
00:24:01.760 appreciate
00:24:03.480 myself this is not a revolutionary
00:24:05.679 concept but self-love is the foundation
00:24:09.440 of personal growth it's really hard to
00:24:12.159 accomplish growth in yourself growth in
00:24:14.720 your relationships friendships family
00:24:17.600 when you aren't showing yourself love
00:24:19.360 and you aren't appreciating yourself
00:24:21.880 this year I learned to appreciate myself
00:24:25.720 more than I ever have before the things
00:24:28.559 that I used to try to hide or I was
00:24:31.760 embarrassed to show I've really started
00:24:34.799 to appreciate and I barely scratch the
00:24:36.640 surface of what I could do that's why
00:24:38.000 it's an intention for me for 2024 but
00:24:40.919 appreciating my Curious nature my
00:24:43.200 achievements my journey and all of its
00:24:45.960 nuances and uniqueness is helping me be
00:24:49.960 better for those around me and I could
00:24:53.080 do a lot more one of the ways that I
00:24:55.360 show myself love is through setting
00:24:57.840 boundaries speaking up doing all the
00:25:01.200 things that I just listed one through
00:25:02.720 nine in my intentions if I follow
00:25:05.159 through on those things that's a form of
00:25:07.559 loving myself and appreciating myself
00:25:09.919 and I think it's going to help me
00:25:11.919 nurture the relationships I have and
00:25:13.919 they'll flourish because of it the
00:25:15.559 relationships I have with everyone else
00:25:17.200 but most importantly the relationship
00:25:18.679 that I have with
00:25:21.159 myself there you have it 1 through 10 my
00:25:24.559 intentions for 2024 if you're going to
00:25:27.559 get started in your reflection process
00:25:30.120 here are three tips that you can start
00:25:32.480 today and also go to gateless pod on
00:25:36.640 Instagram find in the story highlights
00:25:40.200 the workbook the intention intention
00:25:42.360 setting workbook and request access and
00:25:45.000 that's what you can do from here to get
00:25:47.159 started on your Reflections and your
00:25:48.640 intentions but three tips you can do
00:25:50.880 today reflect before setting your
00:25:53.159 intentions you can start reflecting just
00:25:55.919 by listening to this podcast going on a
00:25:58.559 walk journaling a little bit reflect on
00:26:00.640 your year I went back to starting in
00:26:03.399 January in my calendar of last year and
00:26:05.640 I looked at every month and reminded
00:26:08.240 myself of everything that happened what
00:26:09.640 went well what didn't go well how did I
00:26:11.440 feel during that time wrote it all down
00:26:14.640 that was my reflection process tip
00:26:17.120 number two be specific in your
00:26:19.480 intentions if you make really vague
00:26:22.000 intentions like be happy or be positive
00:26:26.200 you're going to have vague results you
00:26:27.720 got to get specific in the intention
00:26:29.399 setting process and this will be easier
00:26:31.240 if you reflect first because you'll
00:26:32.840 start to understand themes in how you
00:26:35.360 feel in that exercise of going month
00:26:38.159 over month tip number
00:26:40.640 three align your intentions with your
00:26:43.799 goals and your values your intention
00:26:46.399 should be anchored in the person you
00:26:49.159 want to become the things you want to
00:26:51.279 achieve your intentions are tools to
00:26:53.880 help you achieve those things there are
00:26:55.840 tools to help you become that person so
00:26:58.240 think about setting your intentions that
00:27:02.080 way to summarize I gave you my one
00:27:05.679 through 10 steal them if they're helpful
00:27:07.480 to you the ask here is just start
00:27:10.480 reflecting and setting your own
00:27:11.520 intentions for next year because it's
00:27:13.000 going to help you live a much more
00:27:15.320 focused calm intentional life in 2024
00:27:19.919 you will be aligned with your authentic
00:27:22.159 self you'll be aligned with your goals
00:27:24.559 and I think at the end of the year if
00:27:26.159 you do this practice at the end of next
00:27:28.000 year if you do this practice you're
00:27:29.159 going to look back and be amazed at
00:27:31.000 everything that you accomplished and the
00:27:32.360 personal growth that you
00:27:35.000 realized if you enjoyed this episode we
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00:27:49.080 your life that you think could benefit
00:27:50.960 from Reflections and intentions going
00:27:53.799 into the new year go to Instagram on the
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00:27:58.279 to get access to the intention setting
00:28:00.640 workbook for
00:28:01.960 2024 thank you so much for tuning in I
00:28:05.279 hope this episode was valuable to you
00:28:07.880 and we'll talk
00:28:10.040 [Music]
00:28:26.240 soon