I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions. But the end of the year is a good moment to step back.

Review what went well. Be honest about what didn’t.

That gives you a real foundation for setting your goals and direction for the year ahead.

Success isn’t about hitting 100% of your goals. If you do, your goals were too conservative.

I usually hit ~60%. Another ~20% I get closer, directionally. And ~20% I miss completely.

Some goals are too ambitious. Others lose priority as reality unfolds.

This yearly reflection matters because it does two things:

1. It pulls you out of day-to-day execution and forces you to think about what actually excites you and what you want long term. Most people never do this.

2. It makes you intentional and deliberate. A GPS is useless if you don’t know the destination. Intentional people simply outperform drifting ones.

So here’s to setting big goals, failing publicly and privately, adjusting, and ending the year materially closer to your goals than where you started.

Onward into 2026.