Sam and Shaan's New Year's Resolutions
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan discuss their differing approaches to New Year's resolutions, with Sam sharing his structured goal-setting framework and Shaan explaining his life dashboard reflection system. They evaluate their current successes and failures across health, wealth, and personal relationships while emphasizing the importance of tracking what matters most.
Episode Description
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Key Takeaways
Organize goals into distinct categories such as Body, Money, Mind, Adventure, and Random to maintain a holistic view of personal growth.
Implement a Life Dashboard to score key life areas from one to five, helping to visually identify where effort is lacking and where balance needs to be restored.
Treat inspiration as a perishable resource; rather than waiting for a specific date like New Year's Day, start pursuing goals as soon as the motivation strikes.