What if one word could transform your year? Unlock your potential in 2025 with the power of a single word! This week on the Performance Intelligence Podcast, Kamal Sarma, a monk turned venture capitalist and 20-year Word of the Year veteran, shares his profound experience with this transformative practice.

"One year my word was FUN and I actually got a Fun Coach who was my son at the time...he showed me that anything can be fun..." In this episode, Andrew and Kamal discuss:

2:45 Where the idea of a word for the year came from, the difference between a virtue and a value and Kamal’s backstory.

7:20 When Kamal started doing the word of the year, how Kamal researched his word for the year and how he gets into a state to choose his word.

12:20 Kamal’s word of the year for 2025, dealing with some of the heavy topics Kamal has involved himself in and using the word bliscipline in a previous year.

16:15 Finding your breakpoint when working too hard, finding the true meaning of the word "joy" and we get indoctrinated into seeing separateness.

21:20 Finding a theme song for each year, Andrew’s lawn mower story and the pendulum between focus and awareness.

26:05 Andrew’s 2 words of the year, the virtue Andrew wants to build in himself and giving your best to the people who will be at your funeral.

30:30 Andrew’s 3 key questions for pre-performance routines, how Kamal learned acceptance after his daughter passed away and society's obsession with distracting you.

35:20 How Kamal uses his word of the year as a mantra, the importance of finding a quote that encapsulates the word and how Kamal measures (or doesn’t) the success of the word of the year.

39:55 How Kamal found the meaning of the word “enough” one year, being grateful for everything he has, and having success on your own terms, not on others.

44:55 Kamal’s truthtellers and mentors that make up his personal board, using your word of the year as a mantra and Kamal’s advice on how to create your own word of the year.

53:00 Why having space is so important in creating a word, Kamal’s luggage and mindfulness story and why knowing and practicing something are two different things.

Listen to Kamal's previous episode here:https://shorturl.at/rQEMO
You can enter your word of the year here: https://www.rezilium.com/word-for-the-year
You can find Kamal at his website: https://www.rezilium.com/

                                      or Linkedin: https://rb.gy/qemwq

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