How to Remain Optimistic for the Year Ahead (Solo Episode)

Welcome to another solo episode of the Dear Black CEO podcast with your host, Karl Sona!

With the last couple of years we’ve had, I can imagine so many are skeptical about what’s ahead. That’s why we’re going to flip things around and frame things positively! That said, we can’t just hope and wish our year to be great then sit back and wait. I’m here to tell you that you CAN take control of your future. In this episode, I’ll be breaking down what is required of us to make this year great, how to identify potential barriers to our goals, and walking us all the way to December 31st, 2022.

Let’s jump in and get some practical insight around how to remain optimistic about everything ahead. 

[00:01 – 03:36] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the first solo episode of the New Year
• I introduce the topic for today’s episode
• • Remaining positive about the year ahead 
  • • What’s required of us
    • Identifying barriers
    • Looking back on 2022 with hindsight 

[03:37 – 17:20] Drop the Grind, Surrender to the Process

• I talk about my goal for the year and how they can apply to all of us
• • Work less but be more productive 
  • Long term success take sustainable models 
• You don’t have to put in 18+ hours to find success
• • Ex: My friend who scaled to $13M on less than 5 hours a day
  • The science of why it’s better to work less hours of the day
•  Remember you are responsible for everything about your business
• • The strategy, culture, and model are on you 
  • It comes down to becoming a good leader 
  • Give yourself a learning curve to build these skills
• Surrender to the process 
• • If you want the promise it requires the process
  • Let yourself struggle at first 
  • Once you master the process it can be scaled

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[17:21 – 13:20] How to Remain Optimistic About Year Ahead

• Define your hopes and what you want to achieve 
• • This is how you make you vision a reality 
• The importance of awareness 
• • Do a deep dive and uncover the stuff you aren’t seeing 
  • Do you have a plan in place? 
  • • 3 to 5 small things you can do NOW 
• How to build up the skills to achieve your goals
• • Repetition, get your habits in place
  • Don’t rely on your subconscious to carry you 
  • Plan down to the details 
• I give an example of how to put goal achieving into practice
• • 5 small things you need to get done each day 
  • Show up and hold yourself to it 
• Facing potential pitfalls
• • Discipline yourself around where things can go wrong 
  • Take the time to air our weaknesses and threats 
  • Plan with purpose
• Put yourself in your future shoes
• • Envision the end of your 2022
  • What does a successful 2022 look to you looking back? 
  • On your worst days, think about December 31st, 2022
  • Think about how it would feel to skip the things that are required
• Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

“The process is required to get the promise.” – Karl Sona

“On the days where you don’t want to do the work… I want you to think about December 31st, 2022, and I want you to think about what life looks like…” – Karl Sona 

Resources Mentioned: 

• Three Simple Steps by Trevor Blake
• Mastering One Word

Let’s connect! Find me on LinkedIn, Instagram or check out my website http://karlsona.com/. And The Kas Company to find out more about my coaching program. Feel free to reach out to me at karl@dearblakceo.com with any questions. 

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