#684: The Questions That Will Shape Your Next Year
The Confidence Podcast: Mindset Coaching and Tips to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs, Self-Doubt, Perfectionism, Overthinking, Impostor Syndrome and Insecurity
Trish Blackwell | Life Coach, Confidence Coach, Mindset Coach
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🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Most people don't need better goals — they need better questions.
The way you think, decide, and follow through in the next year will be shaped by the questions you ask yourself consistently. In this episode, I walk you through the exact journal prompts I use to design a year with clarity, confidence, and momentum.
You'll learn how to:
• ask questions that create awareness instead of pressure
• spot patterns that quietly sabotage follow-through
• clarify the identity you're building next year
• replace unhelpful inner narratives with empowering ones
• use simple journal prompts to guide better daily decisions
This isn't about setting perfect goals or forcing motivation. It's about asking the kinds of questions that orient your mind, strengthen self-trust, and help you follow through — even when things feel messy or uncertain.
If you're ready to stop drifting into the new year and start designing it with intention, this episode will give you the questions that make the difference.
"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself."
— Tony Robbins
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
— Albert Einstein
"If you want better answers, ask better questions."
— John Maxwell
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, most people don't need better goals. They need better questions. Better questions lead to bigger |
| 0:07.4 | follow-through. They don't fail. We don't fail on New Year's resolutions because we don't care |
| 0:13.3 | about them, because we're not motivated. We don't lack motivation. We lack follow-through. And we drift because we aren't asking ourselves the right |
| 0:24.1 | questions, the right reflective questions about what do we really want and why. What are we willing |
| 0:29.9 | to sacrifice and pivot and what do we really need to change? And also, how can we look at every step of the path of our goal ahead of us and say what's working, what's not, what am I doing well, what could I do better, and what will I do differently tomorrow? |
| 0:48.9 | It's your success this year won't be determined by how hard you try. This is good news. You don't have to |
| 0:56.3 | keep whitenecling it hoping that you're disciplined enough. It's going to be determined by the |
| 1:01.6 | questions you return to over and over again. And in this episode, I'm giving the exact |
| 1:07.6 | journal questions that I use to design my year with intention, confidence, |
| 1:12.9 | and follow through. |
| 1:14.1 | These are not questions to overwhelm you. |
| 1:16.0 | These are questions to orient you. |
| 1:18.3 | And I want you to save this episode. |
| 1:19.7 | We're going to have all the questions in the show notes. |
| 1:21.8 | You're going to want to get a journal and go deep. |
| 1:24.9 | But this is where success in the year ahead starts. You're listening to the |
| 1:29.9 | Confidence Podcast, your go-to space for high-performance coaching designed for ambitious high |
| 1:35.8 | achievers who want more out of life. You deserve confidence that rises to meet your dreams. |
| 1:42.4 | This is the podcast that will help you activate it fully. |
| 1:45.8 | I'm your host, Trish Blackwell. Let's dive in. Hey, guys, welcome to the Confidence Podcast. |
| 1:51.5 | I'm your host and your coach, Trish Blackwell, and you're listening to episode 680 for the |
| 1:58.5 | questions that will shape your next year. At the time of the recording. We're a few |
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