Dr. Rick and Forrest kick off 2024 by exploring how we can relate to the past, plan for the future, and get more from the year ahead. They talk about different approaches to New Years, the tactics that maximize your chances of achieving a goal, and a simple four question system for reflecting on and learning from the year that was. You'll learn how to create useful resolutions, put 2023 into perspective, and set yourself up for success in the year to come!

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Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

1:05: Rick's approach to New Year’s resolutions

4:05: Going from being to doing to having

10:15: Four questions to ask yourself around the New Year

22:00: A S.M.A.R.T. way to put New Year’s resolutions into form

25:45: Bottom-up intentions, and the feeling of a completed intention

29:15: Trying different somatic cues for embodying an intention

32:00: Finding your allies, not oversharing your goals, and physically declaring priorities

40:45: Getting on your own side

51:40: Recap

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