Less overdrive, over-doing, forcing, workaholism, & idealism
Less focus on end goals, outcomes, & unachievable goals
More patience, more letting go, letting things flow
More focus on the everyday habits that make desired results the inevitable symptom
Move slow to go fast
📈 Career Goals (On Track 🟢)
Goal: Develop my skill stack — user research + growth (where product meets marketing)
Northstar metric: Reach x revenue & y ARR
Health metric: Maintain team + personal satisfaction
Milestones:
Complete Go Practice's Data-Driven Product Management Course 🟨
Q1 Reflection: Now that I’ve had the chance to touch almost all parts of the business, I find that I really enjoy user research, high-level marketing strategy, and product management. The nice thing about working in a small team is that you get to do everything since these functions are not yet siloed.
🤓 Complete 4 courses (Lagging 🟨)
I Can Study by Justin Sung (Learning System) - Q1
Data-Driven Product Management by Go Practice (Career) - Q2
Women in Leadership Bootcamp (Leadership) - Q2
Connection Course by The Art of Accomplishment (Relationship) - Ongoing
Q1 Reflection: Overall, my learning projects are lagging. Moving had a huge impact on my energy, mood, and morning routine, but confident I’ll be back on track for Q2 once I’m consistent with 5:30am wakeup.
🏋️♀️ Weightlifting: Reach "Intermediate" Lifter (On Track ⚠️🟢)
Northstar metric: Gain strength
Health metric: No pain
Strength: Lift 1.25x my bodyweight to reach "Intermediate" – stronger than >50% of female lifters) 🟢
Baseline: 0.85x on Dec 2022 - Novice
Total Body Fat: Reach 19% to reach "Athlete" 🟨
10/24/2022:
Lean Tissue 78.4lbs
21.3% Body Fat
01/30/2023:
Lean Tissue 80.5lbs (+2.1lbs)
21.3% Body Fat
Active 260 days: 5x/wk – weightlifting, tennis, yoga 🟢
Baseline: 140 days in 2022
Achieve a handstand in Q4
Q1 Reflection:
🟢 Gained 2.1 lbs of lean mass so far!
Nutrition: I was curious if body fat % would decrease without nutritional changes, but nope. My appetite with lifting increased a lot.
🛑 Rehabbing with ATG Knees Over Toes Curriculum
Knee + Wrist
ATG: My routine now has full-range mobility and strength and flexibility embedded in it.
✍️ Write 12 newsletters (On Track 🟢)
Northstar metric: Engagement
Health metric: Feel more connected + Enjoy the act of writing
Milestones
Finalize a niche
🎾 Tennis: Win a 3.0 Tournament (On Track 🟢)
Northstar metric: Win + Develop resilience under pressure
Health metric: Have fun
Milestones
Play in 4 flex leagues
League 1: 3 Wins, 0 Losses 🥇
League 2: 1 Win, 2 Losses
Beat Sally, Minhtri, Derek, and Andrew’s dad in a set or tiebreak (They’re all ~3.5 players)
0 Wins, 3 Losses
Sally: 6-6 set, 1-7 tiebreak (2/11/2023)
Minhtri: 8-10 tiebreak (2/14/2023)
Andrew’s Dad: 2-4 (4/1/2023)
Compete in 4 tournaments
Q1 Reflection: I placed first place in my flex league in January 🎉! Then I moved up a league and lost two matches and won one.
👯♀️ Inner Circle + Community + Well-being (Lagging 🟨)
Northstar metric: Quality of connection to others
Health metric: Connected to self
Inner Circle
Austin trip with JBJ ✅ 💕
Plan a family trip – June 2023 Monterey ✅
Plan a ladies weekendJoanna’s Banff Trip
Plan a national park trip Joanna’s Banff Trip
Get better at texting and calling (I hope y’all see progress here haha)
Plan a weekend trip with my sister and cousin
Community
Teach a 4-wk class series on Crucial Conversations (Q4) 🎤
Try out Lunch Club 4x - tried it once so far! 🟨
Attend an Ultraspeaking class 2x/month 🟨
Attend a women's leadership training bootcamp (Q2)
Initiate a tennis round robin for the apartment building 🟨
Well-being
5:30am wake-up, 9:30pm sleep, the same healthy lunch 🟢
In-studio yoga 2x/month 🟨 + at-home practice on Mondays 🟢
Quarterly massage 🟢
Start coaching with Brian or look for another coach or therapist (Q2)
💕 Relationship
Northstar metric: quality time on Tuesday & Friday evenings
Annual new year reflection getaway ✅
Tulum 1 year anniversary ✅
Complete the Connection Course 🟨
Monthly anniversary dinners ✅
Eliminate stonewalling 😅 and replace with communication ( 🟢 pretty cool to notice significant progress here over the years 🎉)
📚 Re-read 3 great books + Read 10 new books (Lagging 🟨)
Re-read & Mind mapping
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products That Create Customer Value and Business Value by Teresa Torres
New Books
Growth and Marketing
Demand Side Sales by Bob Moesta ⏳
Hacking Growth by Sean Ellis
100M Leads by Alex Hormozi
2. Product & User Research
Monetizing Innovation by Madhavan Ramanujam ✅
Just Enough Research by Erika Hall ✅
Product-led Growth by Wes Bush
Running Lean by Ash Maurya
Empowered: Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Products by Marty Cagan
3. Company Culture & Management
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins
High Output Management or One-on-One by Andrew Grove
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations
4. Communication
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
5. Personal Development
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke ⏸
How to Decide by Annie Duke
Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It ✅
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip & Dan Heath ⏸
6. History
The Founders: The Story of Paypal and The Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley by Jimmy Soni ⏸
🎧 Re-listen to great podcast episodes (On Track 🟢)
Listen to podcasts during workouts instead of music. ✅
