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4 Big Steps for Setting 2025 Goals (E14)
New year, new us? Nah. We’re about practical goals that help us take the things we’ve worked hard on to the next level. On today’s episode, we break down the 4-step process we use each year to set goals we can’t wait to achieve. We start by sharing our theme for the year, and then we break it down from setting a focus to identifying milestones. Hint: It might be the start of Mitzi’s running era and Mike is taking a page from Bruno Mars’ book.
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- Mitzi Payne @mmmitzi
- Mike Payne @mmmiiike
Timestamps:
- 00:15 – How we approach setting goals and themes for 2025 as business and life partners.
- 02:50 – Mike’s theme for the year.
- 05:40 – Mitzi’s theme for the year.
- 08:00 – After we’ve set our focus, how do we make this practical?
- 12:00 – Why we missed goals in previous years.
- 16:00 – Goals for 2025: sleep hygiene, writing, reading, and more.
- 21:00 – Identifying milestones to hit our goals.
- 29:10 – The last step: Talking about it (with the right people).
Show notes:
1. The SCAN 👀 CLUB 2024 Trend Report: https://scanclub.substack.com/p/what-digital-audiences-want-in-2024
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2020-2025. Gotta get used to that. I'm ready, I'm used to it.
Speaker 2:You're used to it already. I saw 2024 and I'm like whoa, Whoa Last year. Nice Welcome to Big Things. I'm Mitzi. This is Mike.
Speaker 1:And this is our show where we talk about the big things we're watching in marketing, social media, pop culture and sports. We'll also talk through the signals that we're seeing that could inform the future of digital marketing.
Speaker 2:We're not doing any of that today. Today we're going to be taking a break from some of the signals and we're going to talk about goals and setting goals for the new year and what our goals are and I'm sure you've seen lots like. As business partners and married couple, We've been doing and setting goals for ourselves and our business for a long time. So we're going to walk you through kind of the approach that we take when it comes to setting goals.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and this isn't like new year, new me kind of vibes. This is like as practical as possible, hoping that even the way that we think about this can be actionable and helpful for you, as you're watching this and just getting started in the year and we like to start with a word for the year.
Speaker 2:Yeah, which I think for some people that might be kind of like wooey like a word. What's your word of the year? Why do you say that?
Speaker 1:Well, I was one of those people who thought it was like kind of wooey, like a word.
Speaker 2:What's your word of the year? Why do you say that? Well, I was one of those people who thought it was like kind of wooey, like it's. It felt like hard to pick a word that embodies all of the year and the seasons that you go through, but I think you actually inspired me to do it. So for me it's more of like what's my focus this year? Like I I'm someone who's like such an achiever and I I love new year, setting new intentions, I love setting goals. I do a vision board every year or the last two years I have Um so, but my brain is just like so scattered, there's so much I want to do, and like you can do a lot in a year, but you also it's like not that long. So I think setting a goal or focus or like an intention for the year through a word has been really helpful for me nice, so it doesn't feel too wooey anymore no, but for some sometimes it sounds like it.
Speaker 1:I think it completely depends on the word, like some words are just have that kind of um motif but I feel like, if you make it something practical and actionable, then it, like you said, it can be really helpful. It can kind of like tie all of your different goals and initiatives and priorities together.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it helps you focus. So yeah, so we're for the goals and how we approach goals. We kind of start big like what's our big, kind of like theme for the year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, theme is a good way to put it. Yeah yeah, I've heard people talk about themes and I feel like the word I picked for this year isn't necessarily as broad as a theme, but I kind of want to go more in that direction in future years. Like, who do I want to be this year?
Speaker 2:Right yeah. So why don't you tell us your theme or word of the year?
Speaker 1:Yeah, so why don't you tell us your theme or word of the year? Yeah, it actually like came to me kind of impromptu on our last full team meeting of the year, um, before the holidays, but, um, I decided to that my word for this year would be finesse. And when I think about the word finesse, um, I think I actually think it's very practical and I think it's actually more simple than it sounds. I think finesse can sometimes sound like you're becoming like the best at something, but I think it's actually just more like dialing in and being very detailed and intentional. And one word that I came across as like an adjective for finesse was artful, and I feel like that. I love that, like I want to be artful in the way that I approach the year and really it is as we get into like what our actual goals are and the things, the habits and rituals that we're trying to implement it is.
Speaker 1:They're all very basic for me, they're all very foundational things and I'm trying to come back to that. But I think I can still do those types of simple things with finesse.
Speaker 2:How would you do those simple things in an artful way?
Speaker 1:With intentionality and creativity Cool. I think those both kind of that's what artful means to me. It's not just like if you're working out, for example. It's not just like dragging yourself out of bed and just like forcing yourself to do it to check the box. It's like how do I think about exercise and when I do it and how I do it in a way that actually fits who I am and fits my life and the time and resources that I have available right now, and how can I be the most resourceful with that?
Speaker 2:Cool, I like it. Yeah, when you posted your Instagram story of like your word of the year, I think I was like we were in bed and I read it immediately after I posted it, I was like this is weird and I was like, please explain all these synonyms for finesse. What do you mean by that? But I like it. I think finesse makes sense. Yeah, because you have the basics down.
Speaker 1:And I think it's important to note that, because I had a few responses to when I posted that on social and some people were like I don't think I can get there this year. I just am trying to like do enough. You know, as I thought about it more, I want to make it clear that finesse at least to me doesn't mean perfection, right. It just means like intention and consistency, and making those adjustments to improve.
Speaker 2:Finesse also sounds like a Bruno Mars song.
Speaker 1:It should be.
Speaker 2:It does.
Speaker 1:I feel like you should have. Yeah, maybe he has one. Maybe that's my song of the year. I can see him singing it finesse. I could listen to Bruno Mars all year.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's a good guy yeah.
Speaker 1:What's your word?
Speaker 2:Okay well, my word is so boring compared to your word, but it's the only word that kind of like captures the theme. So a lot of the things I want to work on this year are more so like my habits and routines and like last year was a big year of starting things. We started this podcast. I started posting on YouTube, my personal channel. I also started another podcast called Easy Reads. So my focus for this year is really working the muscle of all these things and being consistent with everything.
Speaker 2:So I want to like it feels like I'm training, like kind of when I think about training and that's my word for the year is training. I think about training. You're kind of like putting in reps and you're like every week and every day putting working on something to achieve a bigger goal and you have to like train to get to like the big milestone. We don't know what that big milestone is, but it feels like we're building and training to be better. And every week and every chance I get to like film something or work on something, I want to think about it in a way that, like every time I do it I get a little bit better. So it's like all about 1% better every day rather than like completely starting over doing something new. So I don't want to start anything new this year. I just want to keep like going and being consistent with the things that I've started last year Nice.
Speaker 1:So my word is training, yeah, and not training in the in the sense of like learning something. But training in the sense of like preparing yourself.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So I don't know if it's a perfect word for me, but it's the only one that I could think of. I think it's a great word.
Speaker 1:I think there's going to be a group of people listening or watching to this that love that word and want that for themselves too. Maybe, or maybe some people that are like shooting a little too high or too far or too broad and actually just need to do the training.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's my thing. I always feel like I go too big and I'm not sustainable in it. I don't need to start anything new and go crazy. I just want to like be consistent and be getting better with the things that I've already started, including this podcast, so hopefully you see the fruit of that by the end of next year. I have all year.
Speaker 1:I know this is episode 14. This is going to 2025 is going to be the first year that we put out an episode every week.
Speaker 2:Yeah, hopefully let's get it so yeah year that we put out an episode every week, yeah, hopefully let's get it, so yeah. So we've kind of like set our bigger, like focus for the year. And then I think when you and I sat down and talked about our goals, we immediately go to our routines and our habits because how do we make this practical?
Speaker 2:Exactly so, knowing like where we want to go and who we want to be in the theme for a year. Now we kind of think about like, hey, what needs to change in your day to day life to get closer to embodying that word or theme and what are the daily routines that you need to incorporate into your schedule? The other thing that I think for us that comes up a lot is when we think about our goals. It's easy for us to think about what we didn't do well last year, and that usually comes down to habits and routines. So I think this part was really easy for us. We're like we already know what we want to do and we just need to like work it into our calendars. Yeah, a hundred percent.
Speaker 2:Um, okay. So for me, some of those things where, like, I really want to fit in, working out consistently I think I finally found like a workout that I really like to do. So it's just about like engineering my calendar to make that fit for myself. And then also knowing that I want to be consistent and like show up well, for the other things I started, like this podcast and my other podcasts and YouTube, where am I going to do all those things? So you and I sat down and kind of like reorchestrated our calendar to make sure that those things fit. Unfortunately, it means that I have to be a morning person, which I've been deferring for a long time, but I think I need to be waking up earlier than I am.
Speaker 1:So yeah and I think neither of us have have naturally been morning people, but what we've been learning over the last couple of years, as we start to like scratch the surface of becoming morning people, is that being a morning person is really as simple as having a great, um like nighttime routine.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:And discipline.
Speaker 2:And discipline. Oh, that's the hardest part.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I think we've set it up so like on paper. It works like on paper. If I can follow the calendar I put together, I should be laughing by the end of the year. So, now it's like we have like the plan, we just have to like we'll do it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think that's the moral of the story. For me this year as well.
Speaker 1:I feel like the last couple years have been good years but, when I look at the goals I had in mind or the ways that I wanted to grow or the things I wanted to accomplish, I would say that in the last couple years I I haven't they haven't come to fruition the way that I wanted them to.
Speaker 1:So I don't have regrets and I think I'm really happy with a lot of the things I experienced and learned in those couple of years. But when I ask myself, why didn't those years come to the fruition of what I, what I anticipated or what I hoped for, it really is as simple as that. It's as simple as did I stick to the plan and I didn't in a lot of ways, whether that's like spending more than I make or, um, not getting up as early as I wanted, which means I didn't have as much time as I hoped for to exercise, or not going into bed when I should have, so that I start the day tired and then I don't have the energy or the presence to be able to be who I want to be on a day-to-day basis, whether it's at work or for my family. So I think the reality is that we're all good at making a good plan.
Speaker 1:The question is are we all disciplined and committed enough to execute the plan?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I want to be that.
Speaker 2:I know.
Speaker 1:I told you. I think there's a point last year where I told you I felt frustrated because I felt like I had lacked discipline for a long time and I think, if I think back to it, I feel like I truly haven't been up to my standard of discipline since like pre 2020.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and that's getting. It's like your standard of discipline, because you are a high achiever, like you do a lot, like you've run a business, you've achieved a lot with that, like there's a lot that you do. But I think the key thing is, like there's areas of your life that you haven't been as disciplined in, for lots of different reasons. Like our life is busy, it's demanding, so it's not all like because you lack discipline. But I think if you added that, like if you finesse that knob a little bit and add that, then you'll be achieving all the areas and you wouldn't be lacking or feel like you're not living up to the standard that you have for yourself yeah, I appreciate that and I agree, but I would, I think, as I've been chewing on this, I think one thing I'm realizing is that capacity and consistency are not created equal.
Speaker 1:And I think we can celebrate capacity the capacity to be able to do hard things or to accomplish a lot, or even to just like fit a lot into our schedule but without consistency on the things that matter most, capacity will usually end up capacity on its own. We'll usually end up with us falling short of what we want. So I think if I was, if I was to shift my priorities this year, it'd be okay. Yes, I know that I have high capacity, and so do you, but what matters more to me this year is consistency and the things that I've decided are important, and that's that's where I think my frustration around discipline comes in is I haven't stuck to my, what I committed to myself, um, over the last couple of years. So that's where my head's at.
Speaker 2:I love that.
Speaker 1:I'm excited about that. That's not like a woe is me mentality. That's like I know why I didn't get where I wanted to go in the last couple of years, even though Cool Great Did. You already say what your things are, your habits and routines.
Speaker 2:Oh, no, I guess I didn't. So, um, yeah, I set up a new schedule that allows me to fit in what I really want to do, which is working out and planning content and reading. So I really need to read every day, I think so. Last year I fell short on my reading goal, which was really hard for me to come to terms with, but like I still read more than I did the year before, so that's good.
Speaker 2:I think this year I've kind of shifted how I'm looking at my like reading goal. Instead of like assigning this number that I have to get to, my goal is to just enjoy reading every day. So read every day. If I'm reading every day and just like doing that instead of scrolling on my phone at night, then I should have no problem. I should feel like really happy and content with what I've read, no matter how many books it is. You know, and I feel like when you set a reading goal, you have this like pressure to like read books and achieve the books. But I have enough of that pressure in my life, like I don't need that to be part of my hobby. Enough of that pressure in my life, like I don't need that to be part of my hobby. So, anyways, I'm going to just like make it my. Instead of having a reading goal that I need to achieve, it's just a habit goal read every day, um, and then work out every week and film and edit every week.
Speaker 1:So I've engineered the calendar so it should work on paper, but we'll see. Nice Stick to the plan. Yeah, I mean, a big focus for me this year is honestly sleep, and that's not just like the amount of time that I'm sleeping, but how I prepare for sleep and how I like come back out of sleep. You know, it's like actually I feel like I've just kind of rolled my eyes over the last couple years around, like all this talk around having a night routine or a sleep routine or like winding down or things like that. But as I get older, I'm just like realizing, even just as I try one thing or another, that it makes a difference. Things like magnesium or reading, like you said, said like I've started to really love reading before bed. This last year was kind of the first year that I returned to reading.
Speaker 2:You read so much over the break too. It's crazy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's just like every book I read I feel like I'm just gaining momentum in reading and more enjoyment of it. And it's not really like a lot of nonfiction or like self-improvement stuff. It's a lot of just like epic fantasy and like sci-fi, mystical tales.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like kind of nerdy, but you know, it just is like been so good for me, not only just to separate my brain from the things I'm thinking about all day, but to help me relax, but also I think it's been great for my creativity and even my vocabulary and things like that. I feel like I've caught myself using different words at times Like finesse.
Speaker 2:No, I don't know.
Speaker 1:I can't really think of an example, but I just think there's so many like fringe benefits to reading that I'm just starting to scratch the surface of and discover, and it's just really nice.
Speaker 2:I love that.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You seem more chill.
Speaker 1:Nice, which is needed. I feel like sometimes I can be high strung.
Speaker 2:Yeah, maybe this is the secret to managing your stress.
Speaker 1:And good sleep too. So back to that point, one of the things that was on my wishlist for Christmas was a sleep mask and I got one and it's a great sleep mask, but it also has this like kind of like eye massage thing built into it so you can wear it just as a simple sleep mask and it's still comfortable and like blackout. But they encourage you to spend like five to ten minutes as you're shutting off the lights and going to bed to just have the massage setting on and there's different massage settings and it just relaxes the tension in there and that's been great for me too. I just feel like I sleep a little deeper and get there a little faster. Um, but yeah, I'm. I'm just looking for different things to layer into how I transition towards sleep so that when I wake up in the morning and early, when I want to like ideally like five or five, 30 in the morning, then I feel great, love it, it's not sluggish.
Speaker 2:It's fun to hear you like get into bed and you hear the you can hear it, I can hear it, and then I can hear you sleeping.
Speaker 1:Which vibration is louder?
Speaker 2:I'm going to try mouth tape this year for my sleep. I started it, I did it once and I did feel like I was going to die.
Speaker 1:You didn't. No, I did.
Speaker 2:I felt like I couldn't breathe, even though I can clearly breathe through my nose. But when you're sleeping you kind of forget, like something's on your mouth Anyways, and you get more air faster when you breathe through your mouth.
Speaker 1:So if you're used to breathing through your mouth, like I am, then it's a little weird at first. I did it for a bit and I want to get back into it, but it took me probably three or four nights to be able to get through a whole night with the tape on, because I would just there would be moments where I'd fall asleep with it, but then I'd wake up like kind of startled or like felt like something was wrong because my mouth was stuck shut, yeah, and I'd just rip it off and the first time I did it, my mouth was like a little open, like in the tape, so I just had to close it up like you gotta cinch it up tighter.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's funny but I'm scared too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm just just low key mouth breathing just through the side of your mouth. That's funny, um. The other thing I want to do is a little bit more writing this year, um, not like journaling so much as writing down my thoughts and point of view and things that whether it's things that I'm already thinking about, like things that I'm passing on to the team at work or talking about with our clients, or problem solving or things like that Um, and then sharing it, whether that's on like LinkedIn or or Twitter, places like that Um, and my goal for that isn't just to like center myself or to like get exposure. I think I want to do that for our company, but I also have been feeling the itch to um create some opportunities for mentorship, um, so I think if I can share more of what I, what my experience and expertise is, then maybe some of those opportunities will find themselves towards me to like be able to help younger people that are getting into the industry, or things like that.
Speaker 2:I love it. I'm so excited about that.
Speaker 1:And then, same as you, I want to exercise at least three times a week. Um, I think we've talked about this before on the podcast, but we've both kind of struggled to find our sweet spot again post having kids. Just cause it's a little bit sporadic when they wake up or how long they sleep and when they're awake they need, they want all our attention and it's hard to have an uninterrupted time. And we also, I think, both kind of understand that when one of us is gone there's more for the other person to juggle with kids and work and the house and everything like that. So it's not as simple as just deciding to go to the gym. Um, we know that someone else is like covering for us for that time and taking on more so that we can have that space.
Speaker 1:So that's not to say that's not worth it, but it really forces us to work together and to buy each other that time. So, yeah, I'm hoping that that this is our year for that.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm, nice, those are great. So the next kind of like layer to all of this is identifying milestones. So when we think about goals, oftentimes people kind of think about this first. They're like what's the big thing I want to do? I want to travel, I want to run, I want to, you know, do all these big achievements. And I think when you start that way, I feel like you set yourself up for failure because you don't consider, like how you need to build a sustainable habit and routine to get to those milestones. Those milestones aren't bad, but I feel like at least when I've set those milestones, it's like leads to disappointment because it's not like you can just like turn those things on overnight. So for us, or for myself, it's fun still to have those big milestones because it gives you something to be excited about. So and ideally they connect back to some of like the routines, the theme of the year, those kinds of things that you've already set.
Speaker 2:So for me, one of my big milestones for the year and I'm scared to even say this out loud because it means I have to do it I want to run a half marathon. So I ran one a few years ago and it was before I had kids and it was so fun. I really love running. But I was running in Vancouver, where the weather is a lot better, and I was running usually like with friends. So this will be a big test for me because I and I want to make, I want to see if I can do it Like, I want to prove to myself that my body can still run after having two kids and going through all that stuff. So I do want to do it, do it, but I am scared.
Speaker 1:You can do it for sure. Your body is stronger than ever. You having two kids is like such a crazy thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, anyway. So that's like a big milestone for myself, and it also connects to like some of the rituals and habits that I want to set for this year, which is like working out more consistently, and that includes running, like I really do love running as a workout, so hopefully I can do that. We also have some like savings goals and some goals for the company too, and like more milestone things that we're excited about, and if we like achieve those things, it would be really great.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, I love it. Yeah, I'm thinking about similar things. I think we kind of allude to what our milestones will be with the habits and routines, rituals that we talked about. Um, and I really resonated with what you said about the reading and like having a goal. But it's not really about the goal, for with reading it's more about the habit, and I totally agree. Even as I was setting a goal this year, I kind of hummed and hawed over how many books it should be and just didn't really feel like there was a perfect answer. So I set the goal at 18 for the year, because I read 12 this past year, which was one a month, and that was really achievable. So I think 18 is kind of a good next step, but I'd love to read more than that and I think I probably will, if I keep a consistent habit.
Speaker 1:Um, I want to do 150 days or more with some form of exercise.
Speaker 2:Like straight.
Speaker 1:No 150 out of the year. Cool, I want to exercise. Um, I want to have one good family vacation. And you mentioned some arcade growth goals. I think the achievable goal for us this year is 25% growth Um, but the bigger, more important goal that we haven't been able to hit yet is 20% profit Um. Anyone that works in the agency space knows that this stuff fluctuates so much and it's really um like overhead heavy to to do to deliver the service that we, that agencies, deliver um. But we're taking the steps and trying new things and um adjusting our process to hopefully be able to finally yeah, and adjusting our pricing, which I'm excited about yeah, it's both process and pricing for sure, but we're actually working with the consultant this year to help us with some of that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2:So it's like the first year we've taken like a lot of steps to get there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so I feel good about it Taking the bull by the horns.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So those are like really exciting milestones for us. And when you set those like, you put those on the horizon with the like routines and habits and the theme, then it like kind of makes it all feel achievable.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think you were you were talking about that, how it actually makes it achievable and feel exciting to work towards.
Speaker 1:But I also wanted to add I think it's really important, um and you're really good at this but not just feeling excited about working towards them, but then actually like celebrating when you achieve them.
Speaker 1:Um, I did therapy for a little bit just to keep growing and finding my blind spots, and one of the key takeaways I got from that was that I don't mark the moment enough, I don't celebrate the things that we do accomplish, and so they had encouraged me to do a better job of that, especially knowing that that's something that you care about a lot. So I want to encourage anyone who's listening or watching, like as you start, to set these goals for the year, make them achievable and and make them find a way to make the process enjoyable. But then, once you get there, once you hit even whether it's a small or a large milestone, make sure you take a minute to actually recognize it and tell someone about it or share a moment with someone to celebrate it, and that way it's kind of seared in your memory and you you're not just derailed by the, the ones that you miss or the things that go wrong. For sure, um, because you're giving just as much real estate or attention to the things that go right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I completely agree with that. So one thing I did last year is I did like this kind of goal setting process and then I also did a vision board. But then I also kept which I looked at like all year it was like my background on my phone but I also kept a log of the things that I did achieve and did do. There's some things I didn't like that's just part of life but there's things I did and I like looked at that before doing the next or setting our goals for this year. So it's so important to like remember those, mark those, celebrate them, treat yourself, because this life can feel hard and feel heavy, and so celebrating the wins is super important.
Speaker 2:I, before I move on to the next one, I do want to say that setting milestones is really exciting and attractive and I see lots of people talking about the big things they're going to do this year.
Speaker 2:But I'm so glad that in this process, setting a theme or a word for the year has really helped give me focus to what those big milestones are, has really helped give me focus to what those big milestones are Like, knowing that my word is like training and being consistent and being a bit more disciplined with the things I started.
Speaker 2:It helps set some natural boundaries to the big milestones that don't make sense for me in this year, like you know, big travel plans Like yes, of course I'd love to travel, but does that make sense for the goals that I have for me this year? It might not. You know, we will do a family vacation, which I'm really excited about, but we're not going to be like spending a month in Europe this year, you know, because I am really committed to the things I started last year, because I have some big goals with those things that I want to achieve for 2026. So it's kind of like thinking like a bit more broadly than just like what's fun and sexy and attractive to do this year attractive to do this year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think, even when we think about a family vacation, it's less of like a matter of like experiencing luxury, and it's more about still memories, yeah, but also wellness, like making sure that or recognizing that, to be high capacity and and achieve the output that we want, we also need to take breaks and give ourselves what we need.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and that's just the season we're in. Like you might be listening and be completely different season and go off, do it Like you might not have kids that leave you so tired at the end of the day that you have no energy to do anything else. So like, go and do all this stuff and travel and all that good stuff, but for us in our season of life right now, it just doesn't make sense. Back to the basics, back stuff. But for us in our season of life right now, it just doesn't make sense. Back to the basics, back to the basics.
Speaker 1:Okay, the last step in this entire process is what we just said in our notes. Talk about it. Yeah, because talk about it makes it real.
Speaker 2:Yes, saying it out loud makes it real. It like holds you even just accountable to yourself. So for us, in this season of life that we're in, and because we're partners, like we need each other. Like you were kind of saying earlier, we need each other to achieve anything. Sometimes that's like so annoying. We can't just like set a goal for ourselves. Like I can't just be like, oh, I'm going to work out three times a week because, like I need you to help me be able to do that. You need to cover for me at home so that I can go to the gym and vice versa.
Speaker 2:So, whoever your person is, or a person is, I encourage you to talk to them about what you're trying to do this year, because it helps keep you accountable, but it also helps get you like some support and encouragement. I also think that it's really, if you're considering career goals and you work at a company or something, it would be really cool for you to even talk to your boss about that. Like, who do you need in your life to help get you closer to achieving these goals? You should talk to that person about it, you know, if it's like hey, like I want to be at this stage in my career by end of the year. Here's what I think I need to do to make that happen, but I need your support to also like help me make that happen too. So, like talking about it is just such an important part of setting goals, especially if you've like done the work of making a plan and a routine to like get you to that. I think it'd be really great.
Speaker 1:And it likely isn't one person that you talk to about all your goals. It's probably more like goal specific. So even to your point of if you have some career goals, bringing your boss into that conversation and also like just getting alignment with them on how you get there. But if it's fitness, it could be one of your friends or a coach or a trainer. Personal goals could very well be a partner or spouse or a roommate or your dad or your mom, whatever it might be.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, I think there could be lots of stakeholders in the various goals and things that you're trying to execute on for the year, and things that you're trying to execute on for the year and you don't want you're not talking to them to burden them with it, but just to give them access and help them keep, maintain accountability with you, but also to unlock certain things that maybe you're not, might not be able to unlock yourself. For sure I think if that person cares about you, they're going to want to be part of that.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. I did a vision board night with some friends and we're all on our computers like doing a vision boards, like talking about stuff. It was like really fun and then at the end we like presented our vision boards and it was so vulnerable but really cool too to see like oh, this friend of mine, who is a good friend of mine, that I talk to all the time I had no idea that she's trying to start a new business, you know, and like it wasn't until like she was like kind of confronted with her vision board and wanted to share it with us and it it was really cool because we could like encourage her in that. But yeah, I just feel like maybe the dreaming part is such a cool part of life. I'm someone who has big dreams and I love hearing other people's big dreams and I'm sure be sure that with someone who really cares about you, they would love to support you in that. So I think it's really important to talk to someone about it.
Speaker 1:For sure. One thing, one caveat I will add, is that I would encourage people, if they're talking to others about their goals, to just be cognizant of how they feel when they talk to people about them, because I'm not a scientist, but I've heard people say that when you tell someone about something that you're going to do or that you want to do, there's some sort of I don't know if it's an endorphin release or some other chemical, but some sort of release that makes you almost feel psychologically like that you've actually accomplished that thing, and I'm guilty of that.
Speaker 1:I am too I love the feeling, the adrenaline rush of telling people what I'm going to do this year, but that can end up feeling like enough, like we actually still have to stick to the plan and do the work Right. So talk to people so that they can hold you accountable and help you get there, but don't leave it at that. Make sure that you're actually executing on the plan, for sure.
Speaker 2:Well, that's it. Those are the four big things and steps that we go through to set some goals for the year.
Speaker 1:Simple Hope it was helpful.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Felt like a good session to me.
Speaker 2:I think so too. I'm excited. I'm excited for this year. I'm always like that person who's excited for the new year Fresh start, New. Always like that person who's excited for the new year fresh start, new school year, like all of that gets me so jazzed up. Yeah, it's going to be a good year 2025.
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Speaker 2:Yeah, stay tuned. We have a report trend report coming out very soon, so stay tuned to for that episode. It's going to be really good.
Speaker 1:It is going to be really good.
Speaker 2:Okay, first gong of the year, make it good, stunning.
Speaker 1:It wasn't my best gongification.
Speaker 2:It's okay Good to have the gong back.
Speaker 1:Out of practice Been a couple weeks. It's all good.