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.Links to stuff we mentioned during the pod:05:35 - The Yearly Review by Dickie Bush & Nicolas ColeThis is an updated version of the one Vernon discussed in the episode. Win!07:52 - Some helpful journalling prompts from Dickie08:18 - The workshop Vernon mentioned is called The Productivity Spark 2025It was a free to attend online workshop BUT... It looks like the link is down 😞. Vernon suspects the free workshop will be run quarterly, so keep your eyes and ears open for the next one. In the meantime, here are some other helpful resources from Ali.Ali's websiteAli's free stuffAli's bookAli's YouTube channelAli's Productivity course/community09:49 - The CountrPT app by Ash Coleman Hynie12:08 - Ilari Henrik AegerterIlari's LinkedIn17:03 - Elizabeth ZagrobaSign-up for the FroGS peer conference that Elizabeth organises (with help from her pals) because it's awesome!Elizabeth's blogElizabeth's LinkedIn26:00 - Ben KellyBen's LinkedIn28:48 - Toby SinclairToby's websiteToby's LinkedIn34:55 - Daniel PriestlyDaniel's YouTube35:14 - John CutlerJohn's SubstackJohn's LinkedIn36:30 - Martin HynieMartin's LinkedIn36:49 - Melissa EadenMel's SubstackMelissa's LinkedIn41:25 - The DOSE EffectThe bookA conversation on the topic between Ali Abdaal & TJ Power the book's author58:05 - Some references for the internal board of directors and invisible council concept from Perplexity01:00:46 - The System Seeing Challenge by Ruth MalanRuth's websiteThe guide book for A Month of System Seeing00:00 - Intro: New Year, New Goals01:09 - Welcome01:33 - Today's theme: Achieving our goals03:29 - How are we approaching goal setting and achieving goals?05:35 - Vernon describes the Yearly Review process he used07:52 - Journalling as a means to remember what happened throughout the year09:33 - Where else would journalling be useful?11:20 - Rich talks about notebooks and how he uses writing to achieve his goals and remember his wins12:58 - Rich's goals for 202515:30 - Timeblocking FTW!16:39 - Starting small18:23 - Vernon's goals for 202519:26 - Richard's reading goals and his library24:15 - How to stay accountable: Building in public & Accountability buddies31:34 - How to stay accountable: Bullet journal34:21 - Vern shares the concept of "Look at me" vs "Look at this" content39:10 - Rich realises why he hasn't done as much signal boosting as he used to41:25 - How to stay accountable: Managing dopamine44:55 - Managing focus by removing distraction47:49 - Intention and finding a balance between resting vs procrastination and striving vs obsession54:10 - How to stack the odds of success i

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