If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. It's just that simple. Every November, Nicole and I

disappear for one day and we plan out the next 12 months of our lives. We're talking business,

health, travel, personal ambitions, everything in between. Anything we want to get done next year

gets discussed and decided and planned out in this day.

This is sort of our secret meeting and how we stay in control instead of letting your calendar

control you. Listen, if you don't have your year planned out, you're just letting the whims of

everybody else plan your year. Whatever asks, whatever

demands other people have of you, that's what you're going to do instead of what you actually

plan to do. Today, I'm going to walk you through exactly how we plan our year, the exact

questions we ask ourselves, the structure, how we design 2026, so it's a win before it even starts.

Welcome back to the $100 MBA show. I'm your host, Omar Zen Home, where I deliver practical

business lessons three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

to help you start, grow, and scale your business.

If this show has helped in any way, it would be amazing if you could drop us a quick review

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and more importantly, more entrepreneurs will be able to discover our podcast so you can help

someone else start their journey. Thanks so much. I want to start by sharing with you our five-step

framework that we use every single year when we do this strategic planning day. It's simple,

it's powerful, and it works every single year we do this. So let me share with you step one.

Get off the grid. Get away from where you normally work, whether it's home or the office.

You want to get away from the noise, the emails, the things that you are normally attached to and what you consider

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