Niko LaamanenFounder, Publisher at Konsensus Network

Exciting Insights for 2025 Embrace Change with Purpose

5 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube segment, Speaker A prompts Speaker B for a closing reflection on the upcoming year 2025, asking whether it will be exciting or challenging. Speaker B responds by sharing a personal motivation for writing, using an analogy that compares different companion animals—cats that are aloof and require feeding, and small dogs that demand attention and playfulness—to illustrate why they write: to engage purposefully and stay active, rather than being passive. The exchange is light‑hearted, with a playful interjection about a cat entering the room, underscoring the informal, conversational tone of the video.

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Have you got any parting thoughts for, you know, we're in a new year now, it's 2025. Is this an exciting year, a challenging year? What sort of leaving thoughts do you want to depart us with?
Yeah, I think it also gets into a little bit why I got into writing, which is, you know, there's a couple different types of animals that we keep as companions. Some of them are kind of like cats. They mostly ignore you and they want you to feed them. Some of them are like small dogs where they want attention and they jump around a lot.
Are you saying this because you heard my cat come in a minute ago?
Oh, no, no, no. But—
He actually did come and say hello.
And then you have working animals like a German Shepherd. If you don't put it to work, will get depressed. And I'm like that where, you know, you need to stick the weighted vest on me and take me for a walk or things are going to go poorly.