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We're going to help you launch your year right, have a great start to your year, begin the right way.

That's what this one's all about.

I have a few things to share with you that hopefully can help you set up that this year can be an improvement over last year or prior years.

We're going to talk about how to begin your year right.

That's what we're going to talk about, how to begin your year right. And so I have three points for you, the way I always do.

And first, I'm going to talk about what holds us back. Why is it when we begin, we often begin wrong

because there are things that hold us back. The second thing I'm going to challenge you on today is I'm going to prove to you that you're not a quitter.

And you can sit there and nod, but in the back of your mind, your unconscious mind,

many of you have come to believe things about yourself.

And I'm going to prove to you today categorically how you're not a quitter

and then contrast the difference between quitting and stopping.

And then lastly, we're going to talk

about a little technique called habit stacking. So let's focus on what we can do. So what holds us

back? Okay, how many of you have ever had a New Year's resolution or set a goal or have

repeatedly set a goal and have repeatedly come up short. I have. How about you?

Here's the first thing, the lack of a plan. Here's the next thing, actual inconsistency itself.

And then lastly, bad habits. We have some bad habits. And so let's talk about the lack of a plan. Okay. Zig Zigler,

you say failing to plan is planning to fail, right? People come to me at our events and they want

a business plan. I tell them all the time. It's a lot simpler. You know, you can go through five

years of business school at some very expensive college and they'll introduce you to all aspects

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