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26 Actions to Make Your 2026 Better

1. The highest-impact work requires years without visible reward. Plant trees you may never sit under. What tree are you planting this year?

2. Your impact is directly proportional to your signal-to-noise ratio. What signal do you want to amplify this year?

3. Machines change, humans don't. Everything worth learning is ultimately about understanding how humans think, feel, and act. Start there. What aspect of human nature will you study this year?

4. Close the gap between doing the right things and doing things right. Status and optics widen this gap. What's one thing you're doing for optics that you'll stop this year?

5. You already know what to do. The gap isn't knowledge, it's action. This year, do what you know. What action will you take this year?

6. Your "why" must come from within. External motivations fade. Internal ones sustain. What's your real why for your most important goal this year?

7. Over-communicate. No one reads minds. What's one thing you assume people know that you'll actually say out loud this year?

8. Better questions lead to better answers. Spend more time on the problem than rushing to solutions. How are you planning to deepen your questions this year?

9. The most important parts of being human aren't rational. We overvalue logic and undervalue emotion, intuition, and connection. What's one decision you'll make with your gut instead of your head this year?

10. Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. What are you pretending to be that you'll stop this year?

11. Leverage beats hustle. Time management is overrated. Build your levers: money, network, skills, content, reputation. Which lever gets your focus this year: money, network, skills, content, or reputation?

12. Visibility beats perfection. What will you ship imperfectly this year?

13. Get what you're chasing faster, so you can learn it's not the answer. faster. Then keep going toward what actually matters. How will you accelerate everything you want this year?

14. Set a high bar for yourself and those around you. Standards elevate everyone. What's one standard you're raising this year?

15. Environment beats willpower every time. Design your surroundings and you design your outcomes. How will you design your environment this year?

16. Your biology runs the show. Sleep, movement, nutrition - they matter more than mindset hacks. Work with your system, not against it. What will you do this year to work with your biology?

17. Less is more. Doing one thing exceptionally > doing many things adequately. What's your one thing this year?

18. Growth comes from competing with your values, not comparing yourself to others. How will you hold yourself accountable to your personal values this year?

19. Declutter everything: relationships, debt, possessions, digital spaces. Clarity comes from subtraction. What's the first thing you're decluttering this year?

20. Practice Ubuntu. I am because we are. Gratitude for our interconnectedness changes everything. How will you practice Ubuntu this year?

21. Smile more. It signals safety to your brain and shifts your state. How will you remind yourself to smile more this year?

22. Train your mind like you train your body. Cognitive fitness isn't optional. Use it or lose it applies to both. How will you train your mind this year?

23. Systems beat goals. Goals are destinations. Systems are vehicles. Build the vehicle. What's one system you're building this year?

24. There's no rubric for life. What's on your scorecard this year?

25. Stop waiting for permission or a perfect plan. What will you start without permission this year?

26. Declare your yearly intention and let it guide everything. 2025 was my year of sanitization (decluttering all walks of life). 2026 is my year of augmentation. What's yours?

Wishing you a healthy and a happy new year 2026 🎉