How to get everything you want this year

Today I'll share a super-useful planning exercise I went through at the beginning of this year to get 100% clear on what I want and how I'm going to get it. If you can answer these six questions, you'll know how to get everything you want as well.

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⏱ Timestamps:
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00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Creating goal pressure
02:33 - What do you want?
05:26 - How do you get it?
06:32 - What are the common actions?
07:50 - What are the projects?
10:08 - What habit changes should you make?
13:37 - What do you need to cut?

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[caedengoering]

In 2023, I made the very difficult choice to give up my leisure outside of work (reading, TV, movies, etc.) to study for my Series 7 and 66 to become a Financial Planner. Reading isn't a bad habit - it's a great one! So why would I stop reading? Much like what Thomas discussed in this video - it did not support my goals for the end of the year. I worked hard, and I passed! Now I can read all I want because I temporarily made the difficult choice to eliminate something I love to make my life easier and hit my goals.

[TriniMamiDoesLife]

I just need to say this, I have followed Thomas for awhile since the college info geek genesis days, and have eagerly devoured all he has put out... I also just really love that as I grew as a person, I saw him grow too, from college to CEO, apartment to house. girlfriend to marriage. I just love seeing the progression of his life and how things have been growing and flowing. thank you for bringing us along on the occasional mentions of your personal life <3

[emilybeach]

so glad you're back!! I missed your videos the year you were gone, you were my favorite productivity youtuber in college!!

[y-m-x]

This has been the sign I needed to get back to being productive. I've been sick since January 1st on the dot, so I wasn't able to start any of my 2024 goals properly. But it's never too late! My 2024 can start on February 1st, and until then, I can figure out goals and build systems. Thank you for this video, and welcome back man!

[julia.no.X]

Hey, Tom! Thanks for uploading ❤😊🥰

Congratulations on your marriage 🎉❤🎉

[luizantoniofrancaescobarfi]

Big Thomas! The kind of content my life is lacking of... Technology, action, proactivity and productivity, I need this video for 2024

[araissaandrade]

I love learning languages and in the past years I've learned English, Spanish and Italian. This year I'm learning French and I've been struggling with it because I really need to grow my business and there's so many things I need to do on a daily basis that I have no time to study French as I wanted. In addition, I'm not achieving what I want for my business this year. Watching this video made me realize that, yeah, I enjoy learning languages this is one of my passions but it isn't helping me to build my business and it needs to be pause. It hurts, but it's the best decision. Looking at my carrer and business right now, English is the language that will help me throughout this process of building my product and business growth. Besides, there's other good thing that I need to cut temporarily from my life to achieve my goals for this year. Thank you, Thomas!

[lampyrisnoctiluca]

I know what I need to do this year. Now in February I am already a week late, but I am not giving up. Two years in a row I did everything I took as a new year resolutions. I won't break the chain.

[steve]

I like to stack my skills so I learn one thing that will help me be productive with another thing. It's like compounding interest but with learning, a 2 for 1

[Mohacks]

It's odd seeing a Thomas vid getting 38k in 3 days. One of the best youtubers to ever exist in this genre. But It's probably because of his decision to change the main focus off that channel to his other channels. and other areas.

But anyways, huge respect for this guy.

[trnalstudent]

The level of Happy I'm experiencing seeing my favorite productivity person here again is off the charts! ☺️
This is a great reminder that I needed so much lol. I was going off into too many directions at the same time.

[J_aech]

I have missed this so much... I am glad you are back! Also glad you still be hanging out with Martin and Tony :)

[michaelfeeney]

Hello! I’ve been recently diagnosed with ADHD and am going to try this out to get myself in some sense of order. Great topic/video!

[Aviplotbunny]

Thanks for mentioning cutting stuff out. Atm I feel like I have outside pressure to work on life goals I’m interested in doing one day, just not now. One day I’ll be ready to go; until then, I can focus on the things I *do* care about, and the rest will fall into place.

[Pizzaman_]

That’s amazing I came across this video because I literally mare a rough outline yesterday of exactly how you are goal setting 😁😁

except I use mind maps and keep asking myself questions of the bigger goal for example.

extrinsic broad goal: I want to read more books

Okay why do you want to achieve it?

What are you going to do to achieve your goal?

Where will you find these books?


what type of books will you read?

insert more questions…


I feel like the biggest thing when it comes to achieving goals is understanding the clarity of why, how and what. 😁

[byronjohnson]

I'M 62 MR. FRANKS AND I DEFINITELY LIKE HOW YOU THINK AND ANALYZE SITUATIONS, TACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION. YOU THE GO TO GUY WHEN IT COMES THE BRINGING THE HUMAN ASPECT INTO THE EQUATION. KEEP UP THE. FANTASTIC WORK. ✌️

[vcab]

Next video could be about the executing part. Fear & perfectionism along with distraction are really momentum killers for me. Thanks for another video, Thomas. Btw where did you get those blueprint-ish posters? Love the aesthetic in your room.

[ayanshareef]

I just love it when i Get a Thomas Frank content ❤

[larissab.]

Oh man. As a UX designer, I can appreciate the idea of having a desired outcome first and framing the journey of getting there as the challenge. Also, the ignorance list. Love that.

[sophiaisabelle]

We appreciate your insights. You'll always have our support.