Tired of failing at your goals by February?

This finale of the Intentional Reset series reveals the "2-Minute Solution"—a tactical approach to building consistency by focusing on the 1% rule and the path of least resistance.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of the Process: Why we fail when we try to change everything at once and how to shift your focus from the "Massive Transformation" to the Daily Discipline.

• The 2-Minute Entry Point: A deep dive into how to "scale down" any goal until it takes less than 120 seconds to start. We discuss how to make consistency easier than quitting.

• The 1% Rule & "The Big Mo": How small, incremental improvements lead to disproportionate results over time. We explore John Maxwell’s principle of Momentum and how to keep it on your side.

• Overcoming the "All-or-Nothing" Mindset: Practical advice on how to handle "fail days" and why doing 2 minutes of a habit is always better than doing 0.

Resources Mentioned:

• Intentional Choice Guide: The foundational tool to ensure your 2-minute habits are actually aligned with your core values. [Download at nickmazy.com]

• Atomic Habits by James Clear: A key reference for the "2-Minute Rule" mechanics.

• John Maxwell’s The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Specifically referencing the Law of the Process and the Law of Consistency.

• Episode 66 (Backcasting): Referenced as the tool to help you find the "End Goal" you are scaling down.

Your Next Step

• The 2-Minute Shrink: Take one goal you’ve been struggling with (e.g., working out, journaling, reading) and shrink the "start" of it down to a 2-minute version. Commit to doing ONLY that 2-minute version for the next 7 days.

• Download the Free Guide: Get the Intentional Choice Guide to make sure your new habits are moving you toward your purpose: nickmaizy.com/your-intentional-choice-guide/

• Subscribe & Review: If this series helped you reset your year, please leave a review on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It helps other Intentional Professionals find the show. Thank you!

Struggling with the guilt of never being fully present at work or at home? This episode of Claim Your Day dives into how you can regain control of your life by decluttering your mental space and setting firm boundaries around the digital noise that steals your attention.

"You have to be willing to give up something in order to get something. If you want peace and presence, you have to give up the 'always-on' connectivity of your phone."

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of the Trade-Off: Why work-life balance guilt often stems from trying to be everywhere at once. We discuss John Maxwell’s principle of "giving up to grow up" and how the cost of a single notification can be up to 23 minutes of lost focus.

• Raising Necessity: How to apply Brendon Burchard’s habit of making your mental sharpness a "must-have" rather than a "nice-to-have." We explore how to stop feeling overwhelmed by making your presence at home as vital as your productivity at work.

• Reclaiming Your Focus: Practical strategies to manage a busy schedule by silencing digital noise. You’ll learn how to use location-based settings and "Do Not Disturb" features to create a "focus gate" that protects your time with your family and your most important work tasks.

• From Distracted to Present: Why being 100% present wherever your feet are is the ultimate cure for guilt. When you give your best to your work, you can go home with a clear conscience; when you give your best to your family, you can return to work energized.

Resources Mentioned:

• Intentional Choice Guide: A practical tool to help you define your top priorities so you know exactly what to focus on when you silence the noise. [Download here at nickmazy.com]

• John Maxwell: Reference to the Law of the Trade-Off.

• Brendon Burchard: Reference to the high-performance habit of Raising Necessity.

Your Next Step

• Commit to the "Do Not Disturb" Challenge: Set up your phone to automatically limit notifications based on your location (Office vs. Home) or specific times of day. Start protecting your focus today!

• The Bold Move: Ready for an intentional reset? Try a 24-hour "Digital Fast" this weekend—no phone, no email—and notice how your mental load lightens.

• Subscribe: Don't miss the finale of our Intentional Reset series! Subscribe to Claim Your Day.

Stop shooting yourself in the foot with year-long resolutions that lead to burnout. In this episode, we break down the effective prioritization techniques of a 90-day strategy to help you achieve purposeful progress and stay motivated all year long.

"Improving and living with discipline according to your values is hard work—let's make it as manageable as possible."

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The 12-Month Myth: A deep dive into why 12 months is actually too long for effective goal setting. We explore how long-term horizons lead to procrastination ("I have plenty of time") or early self-defeat when habits get tough in February.

• The Law of Design: How to apply John Maxwell’s principle to regain control of your life. We discuss how designing your life in 90-day blocks allows you to be nimble, make course corrections, and avoid the "failure" trap of rigid annual resolutions.

• The "One Big Win" Strategy: A practical look at Brendon Burchard’s habit of generating energy. You’ll learn how to identify the single most important "needle-mover" for your quarter and why keeping it visible on your bathroom mirror is a game-changer for mindful living.

• Stacking Success: How to use the "Big Mo" (momentum) to transition from one quarter to the next. By the time you reach the end of the year, you won't be scrambling; you'll be acing your goals because you built them brick by brick.

Resources Mentioned:

• Intentional Choice Guide: Use this tool to ensure your 90-day "Big Win" is actually aligned with your core values. [Download here at nickmazy.com]

• Episode 69: The foundation of this series, covering the Law of Reflection and the 3-3-3 Audit.

• The 12-Week Year: A book reference for those wanting to dive deeper into the science of shortened execution cycles.

• John Maxwell: Reference to the Law of Design regarding strategic growth.

• Brendon Burchard: Discussion on the high-performance habit of Generating Energy.

Your Next Step

• Set Your Big Win: Identify one major goal you want to accomplish by March 31st. Write it on a sticky note or use a dry-erase marker on your mirror to keep it front and center every morning.

• Download the Free Guide: Get the Intentional Choice Guide to help you define the values that should drive your 90-day sprint. nickmaizy.com

• Subscribe: Don't miss the rest of the Intentional Reset series! Subscribe to Claim Your Day on your favorite podcast platform.

Tired of the "New Year, New You" hype that never seems to stick? This episode of Claim Your Day provides a practical 15-minute habit to help you audit your past year, find clarity, and start living a purposeful life today.

"Experience isn't the best teacher—evaluated experience is."

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of Reflection: Why looking backward is the essential first step to moving forward. We discuss how to use John Maxwell’s principle of evaluation to ensure you aren't just getting older, but actually growing.

• The 3-3-3 Audit: A deep dive into a simple, 15-minute framework to help you regain control of your life. You’ll learn how to identify three things to keep, three things to kill, and three things to change to ensure 2026 isn't a repeat of last year's stress.

• From Drifting to Driving: Practical advice on how to stop being a victim of your schedule. We explore how to transition from feeling stuck in life to making conscious choices that allow you to be fully present for your family and your work.

Resources Mentioned:

• Intentional Choice Guide: A free resource designed to help you align your daily actions with your deepest values. [Download here at nickmazy.com]

• John Maxwell: Reference to the Law of Reflection from his leadership teachings.

• Brendon Burchard: Discussion of high-performance habits and the importance of seeking clarity.

Your Next Step

• Download the Free Guide: Get the Intentional Choice Guide to take your first step toward living with purpose and building consistent habits at: nickmaizy.com

• Subscribe: Never miss an episode of the Intentional Reset series! Subscribe to the Claim Your Day podcast.

Do you ever feel like you're scrambling to keep up, but all your hard work is disconnected from your big goals? It’s easy to get stuck in the flurry of emails and notifications, but true success comes from ensuring your daily agenda reflects your larger vision. In this series finale of From Stuck to Making Progress, we dive into the systems that move the needle.

Drawing on John Maxwell’s Law of the Big Picture, we explore how to stop letting your inbox dictate your life. You’ll learn three simple, repeatable systems—the Sunday Blueprint, the Golden Hour, and the Daily Check-in—that will help you close the gap between your strategy and your execution.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of the Big Picture: Why seeing the larger vision for your life is essential for directing your daily energy and focus.

• The Sunday Night Blueprint: A 15-minute weekly planning session to identify priorities before the chaos of Monday morning begins.

• The Golden Hour (Two-Hour Goal Block): The power of scheduling a focused time block for your #1 priority before the day’s distractions take over.

• The Daily Check-in: A simple end-of-day review to acknowledge wins, honor your effort, and adjust your plan for the following day.

• Closing the Gap: How to ensure your daily productivity is actually moving you toward your 90-day milestones and long-term purpose.

Key Takeaways & Principles

• Consistency Over Perfection: Don’t wait for the "perfect" plan to start. A simple plan executed consistently is better than a perfect plan that never leaves the page.

• Strategy vs. Execution: Your vision is your destination, but your daily habits are the vehicle. If the two aren't connected, you'll stay stuck.

• Honor the Effort: Success isn't just about the finished to-do list; it’s about acknowledging how you handled the day’s challenges and showing up for what matters.

Your Action Step: The Claim Your Day Action Challenge

1. The 15-Minute Blueprint: This Sunday night, set aside 15 minutes to look at the week ahead.

2. Identify Top 3 Priorities: Choose three key priorities for the week that are directly connected to your current 90-day goals.

3. Schedule the Action: Decide exactly when you will tackle these priorities during the week to ensure they don't get lost in the shuffle.

Resources Mentioned

• Intentional Choice Guide: Go to nickmazy.com to download the guide and start making choices that align with your true values.

• Previous Episodes: Make sure to listen to Episode 66 (Backcasting) and Episode 67 (The Law of Priorities) to fully round out your progress strategy.

• Next Series Teaser: Stay tuned for our upcoming episodes where we continue to explore how to live a life of intention and purpose!

Do you catch yourself saying "yes" to every good opportunity, only to realize later that you’ve run out of time for your biggest goals? Being busy is not the same as being productive. In this episode, we tackle ineffective prioritization and how to make the strategic shifts necessary to move from being "stuck in the good" to "progressing toward the great."

We dive into John Maxwell’s Law of Priorities, exploring the truth that activity is not necessarily accomplishment. You’ll learn how to use the "Opportunity Cost Test" and the 80/20 rule to filter every request through your current quarterly goals, ensuring your energy is spent where it matters most.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of Priorities: Why leaders understand that just because you're busy doesn't mean you're making progress.

• The Opportunity Cost Test: The reality that every "yes" you give to one thing is an automatic "no" to something else.

• The 80/20 Rule in Action: How 20% of your activities (like Nick’s dreaded burpees!) often lead to 80% of your results.

• The Quarterly Filter: How to be ruthless in evaluating opportunities based on your current 90-day objectives.

• Choosing Great Over Good: The mindset shift required to decline a positive opportunity to protect a transformative one.

Key Takeaways & Principles

• Everything Costs Something: Always ask, "What am I giving up by saying yes to this?" before committing your time or energy.

• Disproportionate Returns: Identify the few tasks that provide the greatest bang for your buck and prioritize them above all else.

• Strategic No’s: Saying "no" to a good organization or a lunch date isn't about being negative; it's about being intentional with your life's mission.

Your Action Step: The Claim Your Day Action Challenge

1. Calendar Audit: Review your calendar for the upcoming week and identify one recurring "good" activity that isn't contributing to your current 90-day goal.

2. The Cut: Be ruthless. Eliminate or pause that one activity to free up time, energy, and focus for your true priorities.

3. The Filter: Practice using your quarterly goals as a filter for any new requests that come your way this week.

Resources Mentioned

• Intentional Choice Guide: Head over to nickmazy.com to grab the guide that helps you define the values you need to protect.

• Book Recommendation: The 12-Week Year (Great for diving deeper into the 90-day segment strategy).

Previous Episode (66): If you haven't yet, listen to the previous episode on Backcasting to help set the 90-day goals you'll use as your filter!

Does your major, long-term goal feel miles away? When the finish line is distant, it's easy to lose momentum and suffer from a lack of purposeful progress. This episode provides the strategy to transform that distant vision into a series of actionable, achievable steps—starting today.

We're charting your course by breaking down your goals using the powerful 90-Day Segment framework. It's the "Goldilocks Zone" of goal-setting: close enough to demand action, but far enough to allow for significant gains.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Backcasting Method: How to start with your goal already achieved (in your mind's eye), look back, and identify the major required steps to get there.

• The Power of 90 Days: Why the 90-day (or 12-week) segment is the ideal timeframe for personal goal setting—it's short enough to create urgency but long enough to make real progress.

• Maintaining Momentum: Why mini-celebrations and built-in breaks are non-negotiable steps between 90-day segments to prevent burnout, recharge, and maintain motivation.

• From Vision to Daily Action: How connecting your daily actions to quarterly goals, and those quarterly goals to your ultimate vision, ensures every day you claim your day with purpose.

Key Takeaways & Principles

• Small Steps Win: Consistent small steps over time will take you farther than trying to rely on massive, sporadic leaps.

• Chart Your Course: Don't just steer aimlessly; use backcasting to clearly chart the course to your big goals using manageable steps.

• Acknowledge the Effort: Celebration and acknowledgment of small wins are critical fuel that boosts your motivation and sustains the fire of your long-term commitment.

Your Action Step: The Claim Your Day Action Challenge

1. Backcast: Take your largest, most important long-term goal and visualize achieving it. Then, write down the major milestones (required steps) that led you there.

2. 90-Day Target: Identify which of those required steps you will fully accomplish in the next 90 days.

3. Promise to Celebrate: Commit to building in mini-celebrations and a rest break at the end of that 90-day push to rejuvenate and prepare for the next quarter.

Resources Mentioned

• Previous Episode (65): If you missed it, go back and ensure your goals are anchored in your core values before breaking them down.

Next Episode Teaser: Subscribe! We will be diving into the crucial next step: translating those 90-day targets into weekly and daily agendas so you know exactly what to do today.

Do you ever feel a lack of purposeful progress, caught in the day-to-day grind with a disconnect from the life you ultimately want to live? This episode begins our new series, From Stuck to Making Progress, by focusing on a critical first step: Goal Mapping.

We dive into why vague goals fail and how the key to diligence and discipline lies in anchoring your intentions to your personal mission and values. As John Maxwell's Law of Navigation states: Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. This episode helps you chart your course with intentionality.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of Navigation: How leading your life (charting the course) requires intentionality, starting with a clear destination based on your values.

• The Values Check: A simple, essential first step to ensure your current goals are not influenced by external expectations but directly reflect your top personal values.

• Intentional Goal Setting: Why vague targets (like "be less stressed") must be replaced with specific, measurable actions (like "implement one stress-reducing habit daily").

• Tapping into Why Power: How connecting your specific goals to a "Big Why" (like being a better spouse or healthier parent) provides the unstoppable motivation needed for consistent small steps.

Key Takeaways & Principles

• Values are Stone, Goals are Fluid: Your core values should be fixed; your goals should adjust to honor them. Never compromise your values for a goal.

• The Daily Agenda: Your ultimate path and destination are determined by your daily agenda. Small, disciplined steps are more impactful than massive leaps.

• Motivation is Connection: Your motivation will always be bigger than the effort required for a small daily action if that action is deeply tied to your Big Why.

Your Action Step: The Claim Your Day Action Challenge

1. Review and Write: Review your biggest goal and write it out clearly (making it specific and measurable).

2. Anchor: Anchor this goal to one of your core values and your "Why Power" (the meaningful reason you want to achieve it).

3. Commit: Recognize that this powerful anchor will provide the motivation you need for the daily actions we will discuss in the next episode.

Resources Mentioned

• Intentional Choice Guide: Visit nickmazy.com to download this guide, which helps you get crystal clear on and prioritize your core values so you can make intentional, value-aligned choices.

• Next Episode Teaser: Subscribe so you don't miss the next episode, where we dive into translating these big, anchored goals into your daily habits and actions.

This episode wraps up our Work-Life Blend series by directly challenging the pressure of the endless ladder—the cycle of chasing one achievement only to immediately move on to the next, leaving you feeling guilty and unfulfilled. If you're constantly asking, "When is enough, enough?" this is for you.

We explore a profound shift in mindset, inspired by John Maxwell, that moves your focus from limits to potential. By redefining success and committing to lifelong growth, you can escape the cycle of burnout and align your progress with your deepest values and purpose.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Endless Ladder Trap: The danger of chasing back-to-back achievements without a clear, defined end point, leading to perpetual dissatisfaction.

• The Profound Mindset Shift: Stop asking, "How long will it take me to achieve X?" and start asking, "How far can I go?" (Focusing on fulfilling your full potential, not just hitting a milestone).

• Success as a Journey, Not a Destination: Why defining success by your habits, behaviors, and progress is more empowering than tying it to a single achievement (like a promotion or a net worth number).

• The Long-Term Commitment: How committing to be the best you can be in the areas that align with your core values provides lifelong motivation and greater impact.

Key Takeaways & Principles

• Alignment is Key: When your growth and achievements align with your core values and purpose, the drive to improve becomes lifelong and inspiring.

• Define Your Progress: Create goals and milestones that serve as directional guides, helping you objectively check if you are still moving toward your best life.

  
  

• Your Best Gets Better: The pursuit of your potential is a continuous process; by committing to being your best, your skills and impact will continue to develop.

Your Action Step: The Claim Your Day Challenge

1. Define Success: Take a few minutes this week to write down your definition of success. Do not tie it to a specific destination (e.g., getting a promotion).

2. Focus on Habits: Define success by what you are doing (e.g., "Success is consistently dedicating one hour daily to my health," or "Success is being present and engaged at every family dinner.").

3. Commit: Commit to fully pursuing this redefined, progress-based success, freeing you from the pressure of the endless ladder.

Next Series Preview

• Next Week: We kick off a brand new series focused on moving From Stuck to Making Progress, tackling alignment, goals, and the practical steps to live an intentional life. Subscribe so you don't miss it!

Do you struggle with being mentally present? Are you thinking about home when you're at work, and vice-versa? That scattered feeling leads to guilt and unproductivity in both areas. This episode provides the antidote: intentional presence.

We dive into how applying John Maxwell's Law of Focus—concentrating your abilities by concentrating your attention—can help you eliminate mental clutter, maximize your effectiveness, and feel great about leaving one role to step into the next. The key is simply being 100% where your feet are at.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The Law of Focus: Why concentrating your attention on the task or person in front of you is the key to effectiveness and stress reduction.

• The Multitasking Myth: How eliminating background activities is the first step to cutting mental clutter and increasing your productivity.

• The "One Thing" Framework: The commitment to dedicating 100% of your attention to the single most important task, person, or moment in front of you.

• The Guilt Test: A simple check-in question to ask yourself to ensure you aren't using a less essential task as a distraction to avoid what you should be doing.

Key Takeaways & Principles

• Presence is the Cure: Being 100% present where you are helps eliminate guilt because you know you made the most of that time, whether at work or with family.

• Permission to Focus: Give yourself permission to shut out distractions to complete your essential work, making your work time more valuable.

• The Power of Reset: Developing the skill to mentally get back on track immediately when distracted is more important than being perfect.

Your Action Step: The Claim Your Day Challenge

1. Set the Timer: Choose a task and set a short timer (e.g., 25 minutes) to commit to working on one thing with 100% focus.

2. The Reset Phrase: When your mind drifts during this focused time (or when you are talking to someone), use the simple phrase: "Be where my feet are at."

3. Practice: Use this reset phrase as often as needed to pull your attention back to the present moment, strengthening your focus muscle.

Resources Mentioned

• The Claim Your Day Podcast: Subscribe so you don't miss any of the upcoming content on making the most of your time and living your values.

• Next Episode Teaser: Stay tuned as we move into a new series focused on The Intentional Choice and making better decisions.