Perpetual Motion with Ella Pascoe

How to make progress in 2026 and achieve your goals


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Hi everyone, I found a cure to my inability to plan 2026 and learn how to start making progress, so I hope this helps you. It's important to start! No matter how far in we are, you'll only waste more time by thinking it's too late. I talk about how:

  • Too much pressure on yourself causes you to stop making progress
  • Loss aversion: fear of loss is bigger than the potential predicted wins
  • Emotion focused vs problem focused coping mechanisms 
  • Choosing the latter, and finding your starting point and direction
  • Direction: where do you want to end up 
  • Starting point, work backwards from where you want to be and figure out what you need to action right now, and forget the rest
  • You can’t comprehend all the success you could get, so if you only take steps you can comprehend, you’ll only get success you can comprehend, which is smaller
  • You’ll get further by moving and trying even if there’s dead ends than not moving at all. Its like a maze, you’ll either stay at the beginning or eventually move out
  • Trying and failing is always going to be worth more than not trying at all
  • Your year’s path isn’t some kind of mystery that’s being unfairly hidden from you, you have to move to discover it, and you’re actually creating it as you go
  • Your year isn’t in the future it’s now so make sure to balance discipline with fun
  • The year can throw unexpected events at you, positive and negative. Pause, process, reassess and progress 


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Perpetual Motion with Ella PascoeBy Ella Pascoe