So you set your big goal at step one. I'm in step two is you want to break down the goal

into the component parts that's going to help you get to achieve that big goal. Today I'm joined by

Brad Stolberg. Brad is a sustainable excellence expert. He's a human performance coach,

and he's also a best-selling author.

Step three is you largely forget about the big goal because it can be overwhelming. It can

force you to rush and get impatient and then fall off a cliff. And you focus on those small

steps, those component parts, the things that you can do day in and day out, the little victories.

And then the final step is when you catch yourself,

stressing about the time horizon or thinking about the peak that's still thousands of feet away,

metaphorically, you come back to those small steps in the moment. All right, Brad, so it's the new

year. Everybody out there has pondered their goals and their dreams. They've put

pen to paper. I think the best way to launch into the discussion that I want to have would be for you

to share some of your best advice on how to set everyone up for sustained success in 2026. I think the biggest trap that people tend to fall into with any fresh start, but perhaps

particularly at the beginning of a new year, is you've got all this motivation right off

the bat and you set this big, audacious goal.

And the idea of the goal is great.

It's really fluid in your head.

You've got a plan for how it's going to work.

But then that plan meets reality and life gets in the way and there are hiccups or maybe

you realize that you overshot the target a little bit.

And there's this all or nothing mentality where if you're not firing on all cylinders all

the time, then it's like to hell with it.

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