Your Best Year Ever

Your Best Year Ever gives powerful inspiration to change your life by helping you identify what you should improve on, how to get over the hurdles in your way, and the patterns and habits you need to set so that achieving your dreams is more possible than ever.

The best place to begin is to find out where you’d like to be a year from now. What does an outstanding year look like to you? To find out, simply journal about the answer to that question. Write freely and don’t edit or hold back.

You might find that there are a lot of things you’d like to accomplish in a lot of different categories. We all want to be fit, have a good family, be free of debt, and many other things. Well, Hyatt teaches you that it’s possible to have all of it!

Just focus on ten aspects of life:

Spirituality Marriage & Partnerships Parenting Friendships Intellectual Life Personal Finances Work Mental Health Physical Health Hobbies

First, rate how you’re doing in each of these categories from zero to ten. This will show you what you’re already good at and where you need to improve. You can use the strengths you see to help you get the weaknesses where you want them.

Now, recognize how each of these categories affects the others and you’ll see how you don’t need to be overwhelmed by them all.

You’ll become more productive at work, for example, if things are good in your relationships and at home. And your opportunities of meeting your future spouse improve as you work on your friendships. Find the few things that will make the biggest impact on everything else and focus on those.

I love talking with people about their goals. One thing I hear often is that they feel their goals are too much, that they’re unattainable. I always tell people that those kind of goals are good if you plan them correctly. It’s a difficult balance to set our sights high while at the same time not being unreasonable with ourselves. You need to know your own current capabilities and plan within those. But also make sure that you’re working on things that require significant effort. If you want to write a book, for example, you’re not going to be a Nobel Prize winner if it’s your first. Looking at such a lofty goal is a recipe for disaster because it can stop you from even beginning at all. This is known as the delusional zone. On the other hand, if you give yourself too long to finish your book, you’re more likely to give up when things get boring. The sweet spot for your…