Lecture Notes: Planning to Win in 2025

Introduction

• Date: 2025, New Year's Day
• Speaker: Not specified
• Purpose: Discuss a new approach to goal setting and winning in 2025
• Key Concept: Planning and experimenting with new strategies for goal setting and achieving success

Community Context

• Community Mentioned: Daniel's Den
  • Faith-based high achievers
  • Focus on achieving peace, productivity, purpose, and profit
• Session Structure: Main session followed by a Q&A on Zoom for the community

Core Message: God as a Planner

• Theological Basis:
  • God is depicted as a planner in the creation narrative
  • Prophecies, like those about Jesus, indicate a divine plan
• Application for Individuals:
  • People, created in God's image, should also be planners
  • Human plans are not perfect but should be flexible to divine changes

Planning to Win: Key Concepts

1. Motive

• Definition: Understanding what truly motivates you without judgment
• Phase Change:
  • Change in form but not substance
  • Example: Ice melting into water
• Importance of 'Why':
  • Drives you through obstacles
  • Must be emotionally compelling ("If your why doesn't make you cry, the price of commitment will always be too high")
  • Distinguish between superficial and real motivations

2. Mindset

• Growth is Non-Linear:
  • Expect setbacks and know recovery is key
  • Important to differentiate defeat from feeling defeated
• Mind as a Field:
  • Guard what is planted in your mind
  • Seek positivity and growth-oriented content

3. Map (Goal Guide)

• Scriptural Reference: Habakkuk 2:2
  • Importance of writing clear, actionable goals
• 4x4 Method:
  • Four 90-day goals across four areas
  • Areas: Spiritual/Emotional, Relational, Physical, Financial
  • Focus on one goal per area in each quarter
• Example Approach:
  • Clear, specific goals with corresponding systems
  • Adjust systems as necessary, not the goals

Execution Strategy

• 4x4 Method:
  • Set four goals every 90 days
  • Prioritize system over the goal
  • Evaluate and adapt systems to achieve goals
• Yearly Perspective:
  • Complete unfinished business by carrying over unmet goals

Conclusion

• Plan to Win in 2025:
  • Engage in the structured and intentional goal-setting approach
  • Use the provided template to develop clear, actionable goals
• Call to Action:
  • Daniels Den members invited to a Zoom session for further guidance