Want every page for this plan laid out for you? The Year in Review & Reset workbook has a page for each of the five steps, a filled-in example, and a plan for your first thirteen weeks of next year: https://ideastothrive.gumroad.com/l/year-in-review?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=last-60-days
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Most of us can name what we finished this year. What we left half-done is vaguer, and it all follows us into January. This video gives you a five-step plan for the last sixty days: list what you're still carrying, give the stalled things a deadline, seal what you drop, finish one last thing, and settle what you owe people. It works even if this year went nothing like you planned.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Five steps to close your year
0:18 - Step 1: List what you're carrying
2:55 - Step 2: Give stalled things a deadline
5:36 - Step 3: Seal what you drop
8:08 - Step 4: Finish one last thing
10:17 - Step 5: Settle what you owe
11:51 - Close the year
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📚 BOOKS TO EXPLORE
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Quit by Annie Duke
The source for Step 2: deciding in advance when to walk away, including the Everest turnaround time.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593422996?tag=ideastothrive-20
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The full account of the 1996 Everest season behind the turnaround story in Step 2.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385494785?tag=ideastothrive-20
Transitions by William Bridges
Why every new start begins with an ending, and how to close one well.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738285404?tag=ideastothrive-20
The Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink
Go deeper into Step 5: why the regrets that stay with us are mostly the things we didn't do.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735210659?tag=ideastothrive-20
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📖 REFERENCES
Step 1: Investors sell winning shares more readily than losing ones, except in December. Odean, T. (1998). Are investors reluctant to realize their losses? Journal of Finance, 53(5). See also Shefrin, H. & Statman, M. (1985), Journal of Finance, 40(3).
Step 2: Setting a turnaround time before the climb. Duke, A. (2022). Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away.
Step 3: Sealing a written regret in an envelope reduced how bad people felt about it. Li, X., Wei, L. & Soman, D. (2010). Sealing the emotions genie. Psychological Science, 21(8).
Step 3: Small rituals ease grief after a loss, even for people who don't believe in them. Norton, M. I. & Gino, F. (2014). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(1).
Step 4: A chocolate labelled "your last one" was enjoyed more and picked as the favourite far more often. O'Brien, E. & Ellsworth, P. C. (2012). Saving the last for best. Psychological Science, 23(2).
Step 5: Over time, regrets of inaction outlast regrets of action. Gilovich, T. & Medvec, V. H. (1995). The experience of regret. Psychological Review, 102(2).
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