How you can make 2026 the most successful year of your life

2025-12-15 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:06 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Goals, purpose and life design · mode: List of tips or lessons

Ali's three steps for a successful 2026: define what success means by imagining looking back from December 2026 and naming two to four themes, set 90-day quarterly quests instead of annual goals, and remember that the journey is the destination.

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00:00:00 — Three steps to make 2026 successful

• ★★★ Ali's first step for a successful 2026 is to define what success means to you: imagine looking back on your year in December 2026 and name the two to four major themes, which give a North Star for what to do in 2026. — 00:00:00
• ★★ Ali advises setting quarterly quests every 90 days instead of annual goals: you forget a goal for the whole year within a couple of weeks, but a 90-day goal you are more likely to remember, ideally by looking at it every day, and to stick to. — 00:00:29
• ★★ Ali's third step is to remember that the journey is the destination: enjoy the process of achieving goals, because at the end of life, and even soon after achieving a goal, you stop caring about it; what mattered was the fun and the friends along the way. — 00:00:29 · journey before destination

Threads in this video

• refine · How should you review your year and plan the next? — Ali's first step for a successful 2026 is to define what success means to you: imagine looking back on your year in December 2026 and name the two to four major themes, which give a North Star for what to do in 2026. (00:00:00)
• refine · Should you set goals, and how? — Ali advises setting quarterly quests every 90 days instead of annual goals: you forget a goal for the whole year within a couple of weeks, but a 90-day goal you are more likely to remember, ideally by looking at it every day, and to stick to. (00:00:29)

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journey before destination · quarterly quest

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