In this episode of the Vernon Richards show, the hosts discuss their goals for the new year, reflecting on the past year and sharing strategies for achieving personal and professional aspirations. They emphasize the importance of journaling, creating structured routines, and building accountability through community support. The conversation also touches on the significance of intentional content consumption and the benefits of sharing progress publicly. Overall, the episode serves as a motivational guide for listeners looking to set and achieve their own goals in 2025.
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00:00 - Intro: New Year, New Goals
01:09 - Welcome
01:33 - Today's theme: Achieving our goals
03:29 - How are we approaching goal setting and achieving goals?
05:35 - Vernon describes the Yearly Review process he used
07:52 - Journalling as a means to remember what happened throughout the year
09:33 - Where else would journalling be useful?
11:20 - Rich talks about notebooks and how he uses writing to achieve his goals and remember his wins
12:58 - Rich's goals for 2025
15:30 - Timeblocking FTW!
16:39 - Starting small
18:23 - Vernon's goals for 2025
19:26 - Richard's reading goals and his library
24:15 - How to stay accountable: Building in public & Accountability buddies
31:34 - How to stay accountable: Bullet journal
34:21 - Vern shares the concept of "Look at me" vs "Look at this" content
39:10 - Rich realises why he hasn't done as much signal boosting as he used to
41:25 - How to stay accountable: Managing dopamine
44:55 - Managing focus by removing distraction
47:49 - Intention and finding a balance between resting vs procrastination and striving vs obsession
54:10 - How to stack the odds of success i