3 Ideas for an Extraordinary 2020 (New Year Edition!)

Hey everybody, it's Brendan. And I hope you're having an awesome holiday season. Look, I know you're about to kick off the big new year 2020. I mean, how exciting is this to set New Year's resolutions, to think about what you really want, not just this next year, but this entire next decade of your life. I know it's incredibly exciting, but I also know some people get overwhelmed about just how to think about it. So here's three big ideas for you. Number one, as you go into setting your goals, please do a very, very simple thing. Raise your ambitions. A lot of people, when they look to the future, they really set goals that are confined by their current circumstances or their past stories or their difficulties. And even sometimes they set their goals based on just what their skill sets are now. But remember, as you're setting this next year goals, you have the ability to develop new skills, you have new opportunities, you have way more wisdom, way more ability now. So make sure you are setting like sort of like boundaryless goals. Not goals bounded by where you're at or where you've been, but rather what's important to you now. What are you excited about? Where do you want to go? What do you want to achieve? Give, serve? What do you want to adventure into the world? Where do you want to go? Like set things and goals and relationships and ideas for service that are unbounded by the past. I can't tell you how important that is. You know, this time of year everyone's like, oh, set some smart goals. You know, specific, measurable, realistic, you know, time bound. And I'm like, no, actually don't do that. Set like dumb goals. Set extraordinary goals. Set goals that seem so ridiculous and out of hand. I know they say, but more people achieve it if it's a super simple thing. No, what they're really achieving is a to do list, not a new lifestyle. They're knocking off things on a checklist, but they're not reimagining what their life could be in a decade from now. I want you to reimagine, then develop the skill sets that will help you get there. And that's my second big idea. As much as you raise your ambition and you have a clearer vision for what you want this next year. Also take the time to figure out what are the top five skills you're going to need to develop in this next year to be able to start moving yourself forward to that. So really break it down, break it down to like, what are the top five skills that you need to Develop whether it's in communication skills or. Or whether it's in marketing skills or whether it's in relationship skills or persuasion skills or negotiation skills or any other competency that you need to develop, make it a map for 2020, meaning really, like, block out that time to develop those skills. I think that's really important. That's number two. Number three, you know, as we go into 2020, I'm asking everybody to do a very simple thing, and that is to think of 2020, right, 2020 as a inspiration to double down on the good that you do in the world. Think about how you provide service to the world right now. You know, whether it's your customers or your clients or the way that you treat your family or your team or those that you serve with. What I'd love for you to do is go, how can you do it twice as good, right? If you're an entrepreneur, look through all your marketing and say, how can we get double good? How do we double the lifetime value? If you're somebody who is, you know, a caretaker at home, how do you say, how do I double the joy, the happiness and the blessings in this family? I think it's so important this time of year to allow service and the idea of doubling the good that you do in the world to drive you as much as those things that you want, you know, because a lot of people get confused this time of year. They're only thinking about things that they're going to achieve. But if you read my book, High Performance Habits, you learn the story of the woman who said that she realized that achievement wasn't her problem, alignment was. She was doing all that busy work, but it wasn't her life's work. She was very tasked. I mean, she had checklists on tech, checklists. She filled out her planners, she had the journal. She did all the things. But she wasn't serving at the capacity that she knew she could. She wasn't making the difference that she wanted it to. And listen, no matter what you achieve in this world, your ultimate question will be, do you sense that you mattered? That you made a difference, that you made a dent, that you did something good while you were here, not just achieved things. That's important, too, but I think it's really important to say, how can you double down on the good that you're doing in the world? So if you're an artist and you're just good at that, do more art. If you're somebody who's just awesome in your relationships, do more of that. Just identify what specifically could you really double down on this year? For me, I'm doing a whole lot more sort of vlog style videos for you all. I'm going to write two books this year. We're launching three new courses, probably four or five new challenges, a whole supplement line. More swag for you guys. I mean we're just doubling down on every way that we can inspire you or give you the tools, the strategies that you need to really reach high performance in your life. So I've been obsessing about that for this last probably two and a half weeks. Just how do I double down for you? And if you have any suggestions, please post them down below. I'm just so excited about this community this year because if you've ever needed to reach high performance, right, really dial in your ability to achieve long term success at the outset of a decade. This is the perfect time to be thinking about that. So if you need assistance in that, and you want to make this your year of mastery, make sure you click the link in this post down below. Because listen, we have a special going on where I'll coach you every single month to achieve the most extraordinary 2020 imaginable. But I'll also give you access to an entire library of personal development and professional development courses that will you become more persuasive, more influential, that will help you build more confidence. It will help really reignite your life in every single area you could possibly think about. From wellness strategies to achievement strategies to project management to productivity skills. All of that is available. Just click the link in this post. And last, I'd love to say just something simple to you. What a blessing it is to be alive. You know, as you go into a new decade, think about the power of that. But just have some reverence for this time of year. You know, you get a fresh start. And the fact that you have this breath, this moment, this ability to start anew, to think about what you want, think about how you want to serve, that's such a, such a true blessing. And I always say, you know, a lot of people say they're grateful, but you know how grateful shows up, Grateful shows up in your time management. Like how are you really spending your days? I think that's what reverence for life really is. It's like, how are you spending your days, your hours, your time? And so maybe think about this last idea. What if you really got discipline the first 90 days of this year? I mean really discipline. What if every night you went to bed you laid your head on the pillow and you thought, wow, I really showed up today. I really served today. I really brought great energy into the world. I really made my difference today. I stayed focused because I think if you win the first 90 days of the year, you'll win the rest of the year. You'll build that competency, you'll build that rhythm. And so take that idea to heart here. That your reverence, if you really have gratitude for life, it's going to show up in how you show up each day. So might as well make this first 90 days, 90 days of gratitude and discipline. And I think that will really serve you going into 2020. I'm sending love to you and your family and everybody who you serve with in this world. I thank you for your gift of being in this community to us. And let me end with just a, a personal message. I'm deeply grateful for you for being in this community. You know, we call this community the hpx, the High Forms experience. And I hope that you feel a different experience when you're consuming our content or you're reading our books or you're just part of my tribe. I really appreciate you and I want to wish you and your family and your loved ones and your teams an extraordinary and happy new year.