Not only do 90% of people give up on their new years resolutions… on average they fail by January 18th (known as “Quitters Day”)
🧠 3 years ago - I created a new framework for New Years Resolutions.
Year after year I would set New Years Resolutions (the same ones every year) and fail to reach them.
Am I doing this wrong? Am I just weak minded?
Then I found this, and switched up my new years routine
Not only do 90% of people give up on their new years resolutions… on average they fail by January 18th (known as “Quitters Day”)
So instead of making plans for the future, use new years as a moment to reflect
They don't teach us this in school, so here's a framework for it👇
What the hell is that anyways? More money? More time? Better looks? More romance? Bigger house?
As it turns out, there are 5 key areas that contribute most directly to our quality of life.
The 5 areas are...
2-WORK
3-PLAY
4-LOVE
5-SELF RESPECT
So every year, around december 30th, I take out my "Life Dashboard" and write down all these areas.
Here's mine, and I'll put a blank one at the bottom of the thread in case you wanna do your own.
This exercise takes like ~10 mins, yet is one of the most useful ways to step back and be honest with how things are going.
They are the simon cowell of their own life.
Here's the trick to get the scoring right
You're scoring "how's it going" in each area. Are you satisfied at the direction & pace this part of your life is moving?
This year I gave it a 4. Not because I have a 6-pack, but because I am going the right direction.
Started working out 6x a week &eating clean
▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓░░ ░░░░ 3.5 out of 5
I got "comfortable" at home, and didn't bring my A-game like when we first met.
I believe: "if you do what you did at the beginning, there will never be an end"
Gotta get back to "1st date shaan"
▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ░░░░ 4 out of 5
I'm happy with this...even though it's way less than it used to be. Having a baby = instead of sports & video games, my playtime is now cocomelon🤣
▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓░░ 4.5 out of 5
I am strong here. I enjoy mondays. I enjoy my day job at Twitch, startup investing (~$3m/yr), and my content side hustle (podcast ~3m downloads, twitter now ~45k followers)
▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓░░ 4.5 out of 5
Even if everything is going great on the surface - this one is the dealbreaker.
How do I feel about myself? Do I like the person I'm becoming? This year the answer is yes. I'd want to be my friend.
Most people get caught up in the HOW. How will I fix these? I start with the measurement. "What gets measured gets managed"
At first it's a bit hard to imagine. For each one, I try to create a little 2 second GIF of what life is like when those are done. Eg. my body at full health, play etc..
Forget long term habits or commitments. What's something you can do in the next 24hrs.
Too many people get caught up in the HOW. How do I go from A -> B -> C -> D -> E etc..
All you need is ABZ:
A = where are you now
B = next small step
Z = end vision
@jackbutcher visualized this beautifully. https://t.co/4P7eVHjA4Z
Know your ABZs:
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) December 29, 2020
A: Where you are
B: Your next step
Z: Your end goal
\u2014 @ShaanVP pic.twitter.com/xcHjlAOof2
10 mins of measuring where you are (life dashboard)
10 mins of visualizing what life looks like when it's FULL
10 mins of planning a simple, decisive first action you can take.
Action leads results.. results reinforce your beliefs...beliefs drive more action.. .
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Reading this article, the story sounds pretty wild. But I spent a weird amount of time with Martin Shkreli, and I’m not surprised the journalist fell in love w him
A few years back my team built an app called Blab. It was like clubhouse before clubhouse.
When he first joined the app I had no idea who he was. I just saw that his live streams instantly had 3-4K viewers. More than anyone on our tiny platform.
I googled him and it came up: “Martin Shkreli, most hated man in America”
I assumed he was bad news
And he was... but also he wasn’t.
He was a douchebag, but he was in on the joke. He was a dick, but he was also very entertaining.
In the mornings he would live stream himself analyzing stocks or walking through drug discovery pathways.
In the afternoon he’d let people call in and debate him live on air. A CNN reporter tried to get him to go on TV, he refused, and said debate me here on Blab, no edits, no tv time limits.
At night he’d host late night convos - and eventually fall asleep on cam
The guy was a pain in the ass but man he drove traffic.
We had big celebs like Tony Robbins, the Jonas brothers etc... he outperformed them all.
At one point he was bringing in 100k users per month directly to his channel. And Bc he was so entertaining, they stuck.
A few years back my team built an app called Blab. It was like clubhouse before clubhouse.
Christie Smythe covered white-collar crime for Bloomberg News and lived "the perfect little Brooklyn life" with her husband. Then she threw it all away for one of her sources: infamous pharma bro Martin Shkreli. https://t.co/Xk0zXmYkgF
— ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) December 20, 2020
When he first joined the app I had no idea who he was. I just saw that his live streams instantly had 3-4K viewers. More than anyone on our tiny platform.
I googled him and it came up: “Martin Shkreli, most hated man in America”
I assumed he was bad news
And he was... but also he wasn’t.
He was a douchebag, but he was in on the joke. He was a dick, but he was also very entertaining.
In the mornings he would live stream himself analyzing stocks or walking through drug discovery pathways.
In the afternoon he’d let people call in and debate him live on air. A CNN reporter tried to get him to go on TV, he refused, and said debate me here on Blab, no edits, no tv time limits.
At night he’d host late night convos - and eventually fall asleep on cam
The guy was a pain in the ass but man he drove traffic.
We had big celebs like Tony Robbins, the Jonas brothers etc... he outperformed them all.
At one point he was bringing in 100k users per month directly to his channel. And Bc he was so entertaining, they stuck.
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