Focus Over Distraction: A Check-in on Our 2025 Goals

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Bonus Episode #91: Ever feel like time is slipping away while your biggest goals remain unfulfilled? You're not alone. The difference between dreaming and achieving often comes down to one critical factor: your ability to stay focused in a world designed to distract you.
We explore three powerful approaches to maintaining laser-like focus. First, you'll learn how to identify and change the habits that consistently pull you off course. Those morning and evening routines? They're more critical to your success than you might realize. Second, I'll show you how creating a vision board transforms abstract dreams into concrete daily motivation, keeping your biggest aspirations front and center when decisions get tough. Finally, we'll cover the documentation and scheduling systems that turn intentions into actions, including how to use production timers, prioritization techniques, and progress tracking to build unstoppable momentum.
What makes this conversation particularly valuable is its honesty about the role your inner circle plays in your success. The people closest to you profoundly influence your mindset and behaviors—are they lifting you up or holding you back? By the end of this episode, you'll have a clear framework for minimizing distractions, maximizing productivity, and staying relentlessly focused on what matters most. Ready to transform your approach to goal achievement? This is your roadmap to results that last.

Episode outline:

1. Change your habits so you avoid the usual distractions,
2. Create a vision board to help turn your dream into reality, and
3. Schedule and document your goal achievement plan.

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1. Please download the Goal Setting Workbook that follows Episode 115: here
2. On the website, you can download the Become a Finance Leader Guide. You can use this guide to build your Finance Leadership skills so you can help senior leaders develop and execute the strategy.

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Chapters

1. Introduction and Weekly Check-in (00:00:00)

2. Halfway Through 2025 Goal Assessment (00:02:08)

3. Staying Focused on Goals (00:03:41)

4. Avoiding Distractions and Changing Habits (00:06:30)

5. Vision Boards and Documentation (00:10:43)

6. Scheduling and Goal Achievement (00:14:30)

7. Episode Summary and Call to Action (00:16:13)