Hey! Welcome back to the last edition of 2025 🤝

I want to start this newsletter by thanking you for sticking with us another year. We are officially at 3,000+ subscribers on the Game Plan Newsletter. That’s special.

I hope this new year brings everything you’ve been working toward: growth, clarity, opportunities, and moments that make you feel proud of yourself. I hope it brings joy in the small wins, strength in the challenges, and peace in every step of your journey.

Let’s get to it! Here’s what’s also on the SMALL menu today:  

• Affirmation of the Week 💭

• What’s the Game Plan? 📈 

• The HUDDLE (celebrating our wins together!!!)

• The Motto Mug Giveaway (scroll to the bottom for details) ☕

Thanks for reading! In case you missed it, catch up on the last newsletter, Lessons Learned in 2025 Pt. 2. 

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a truly blessed New Year! I hope you stay locked in with us another year!

AFFIRMATION OF THE WEEK

I am rich in mind, body, spirit and self.

WHAT’S THE GAME PLAN?
THE Q1 GAME PLAN OF 2026

“JUST DO IT”

We learn more by doing than by thinking.
In 2026, don’t be afraid to be a beginner.
Everyone starts somewhere.

A hard lesson I had to learn this year was:
The answers aren’t in another “how-to” video on YouTube, or another book.
They’re in starting the work you’ve been avoiding.

12 WEEK YEAR

This year, I discovered a book that completely changed how I approach goals: The 12 Week Year. I started reading it at the beginning of November, and it blew me away how quickly I could lock in on goals I had been struggling with all year.

The concept is simple: focus on the next 12 weeks instead of the whole year. You pick one main goal and break it into small weekly and daily actions that get actual results. Working in short, focused cycles creates urgency, avoids procrastination, and builds momentum. It’s about creating consistent action rather than overthinking the long game.

Personally, I didn’t want to choose too many goals because I knew I wouldn’t stay consistent. So I chose one main goal to focus on for the 12 weeks. But if you’re not like me and can handle focusing on more than one thing at once, you can pick multiple goals to lock in on.

The main thing I learned about this was how important the small gains are in achieving your overall goals. Don’t sleep on the small inputs,
they add up faster than you think.

Here's the Notion template I’ve been using.
There are some things I would change, but it’s working for now until I
create my own or find a different one I like better:
[12 Week Year Template].

BUILD AN ACTION BOARD

This year, we build action board.
A vision board shows your goals.
An action board shows the steps you’ll take to reach them.

A vision board shows what you want.
An action board shows what you’re actually going to do about it.

A vision board is for dreaming.
An action board is for making it happen.

That’s it. That’s the Q1 Game Plan of 2026.
Remember, 1% better every day, and small wins are WINS!

THE HUDDLE

For today’s huddle, we’re celebrating the community wins!
Cheers to a new year! Let’s make it another great one!
Thank you to everyone who shared on our IG story.

Graduated college. Got accepted into grad school. - AC

Got a new job with a 50K raise and company car! - AP

Still cancer free - GL

32 second knockout mma debut - IP

Added three doors to portfolio

Saw my siblings after 17 years - EB

Got my apartment and I’m at peace - EB

Surviving from unemployment to a new role - AW

Dropping an album - Champagne Jons

Working with yall - Juju

I started a LLC @vfixitrepairs

New job in a new industry

Worked on my gym body

Got a new job at the start of Q4 - CPL

Moved to an ew state/city for a promotion - ER

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SOLD OUT MUG GIVEAWAY!

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We pick new winners every week, so if you entered before,
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Good luck to everyone and thanks for reading!