Today I continue with a review funny story about how I answered a belief in Santa from a bully from a neighborhood I was in while in one of my many foster homes. It ties into todays topic about what we still believe and the consequences that follow.
But I want to speak to you today about a belief you also need to outgrow and no longer give it anymore attention. It's the belief that you "should be further along" often has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with comparison. When you release the pressure to prove yourself, clarity returns. Progress built from self-trust is always more sustainable than progress driven by self-judgment.
What beliefs are you carrying with you that no longer help you? What are you willing to let go of for the following year to be a better one? What does that look like? How will you measure this? Will you carry these into 2026?
Points covered:
1. Your fear of failure has cost you more than failure ever could.
2. You are not responsible for staying the same so others feel secure.
3. Being busy has helped you avoid being bold.
4. Discipline without direction is just exhaustion with good intentions.
5. You don't need to fix yourself before you move forward.
6. What didn't work before doesn't get to vote on what's possible now.
7. Your past mistakes are lessons, not life sentences.
8. You are allowed to release goals that no longer reflect who you've become.
9. Patience is powerful—but when it becomes delay, it steals momentum.
10. You can't step into a new future while defending an old self-image.
11. Humility doesn't require you to shrink.
12. Your comfort zone has stopped being comfortable—it's just familiar.
13. You don't have to suffer longer to earn what you desire.
14. Clarity doesn't come from overthinking—it comes from movement.
15. 2026 doesn't require a better version of you—just a braver commitment to the truth of who you already are.
Next steps:
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