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1:45) My Yearly Review Process
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5:13) Personal Recap
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6:01) Visited 10 countries on 3 continents
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9:50) Slept in 21 different apartments/hotels/houses across the world
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12:35) Learned to DJ in Amsterdam
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15:03) Hit a record net worth, record income, and record spending
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24:15) Passed the first full year mark without my dad
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29:09) Experienced the most mental & emotional stress I ever have in a year (and expanded capacity as a result)
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37:58) Celebrated my first 1-year anniversary
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43:15) Learned to box with immersive 1:1 training
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45:13) Provided significant support for my mom, my sister, and my girlfriend
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51:08) Struggled to make consistent health & fitness gains during the year
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55:30) Business Recap
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56:42) Grew our top line by roughly 40%
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1:03:15) Grew the team from 13 to 28 members
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1:09:50) Wrote the least “new” content I have in my 4 years of writing
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1:15:36) Learned to operate and grow with paid ads
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1:23:08) Relaunched Ship 30 as an async digital product
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1:27:52) Launched an overhauled version of our PGA curriculum
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1:29:58) Added a new 1:1 CSM division with 6 new CSMs
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1:32:51) Added 4 new closers to expand the sales team
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1:37:42) Launched our best digital product yet for Black Friday
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1:39:19) Hit $1m in a month for the first time ever
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1:44:49) Lessons & Realizations
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1:45:48) #1 The most expensive tax is not from the government, it’s an unmade decision.
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1:50:27) #2 There is no right path, just bags of benefits and bags of problems. The only wrong choice is making no choice.
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1:53:42) #3 Satisfaction = reality - expectations
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1:59:37) #4 The most empowering belief you can have is viewing every problem in your life as a personal skill issue.
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2:03:55) #5 If you want to change a habit, chunk up a level and treat the cause of the habit, not the symptom.
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2:07:56) #6 The more you look for confirming evidence, the more you will find it (good or bad).
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2:10:28) #7 Your relationship, your business, and your health are mere reflections of your internal state.
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2:14:08) #8 The main problem keeping you from ascending to the next level (in any domain) will be present no matter the vehicle.
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2:18:21) #9 Generalities create anxiety, specifics create direction.
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2:22:27) #10 Life is about learning the same lessons multiple times, just at different levels of significance.
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2:28:25) Goals for 2025
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2:29:07) #1 Build daily ~30-minute meditation habit
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2:29:51) #2 Build daily schedule with no work meetings until 1 PM to allow for a morning of mobility, meditation, writing, and my daily workout
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2:30:49) #3 Lean down to 190 lbs (from 210) while maintaining strength levels
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2:31:31) #4 Improve RHR to below 50 BPM
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2:32:00) #5 Heal nagging knee injury to allow for pain-free lower body exercise
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2:32:46) #6 Build business to consistent $1m/month at 50%+ operating margins
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2:33:46) #7 Learn Spanish at conversational level to allow me to fully communicate in any South American city
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2:34:28) #8 Publish 12 YouTube/newsletter/podcast episodes breaking down my key personal frameworks for iteration in all areas of life
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2:35:24) #9 Publish my first live DJ set on YouTube
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2:35:50) #10 Reduce my average monthly spending by 25% to reign in subtle lifestyle inflation
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2:36:43) #11 Establish weekly CBT routine with a trained therapist
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2:37:28) #12 Purchase my first apartment in a major city to begin building a home base
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2:39:42) Closing Thoughts
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