Hi everyone!

While everyone else is sleeping off their holiday feasts, let’s talk about something real – that end-of-year leadership hangover that has nothing to do with eggnog.

watts not working: Pretending the year was perfect. Writing feel-good summaries about how great everything was. Planning ambitious 2025 goals without facing what really happened in 2024.

watts really happening: You’re carrying weight into 2025:

• That culture issue you didn’t address
• Those hard conversations you avoided
• The broken processes you worked around
• The changes you kept postponing

watts working: The most successful leaders I know use this quiet week between Christmas and New Year to get brutally honest. When everyone else is posting highlight reels, they’re doing the real work:

• Facing what didn’t work
• Owning their part in it
• Making tough decisions
• Getting ready for real change

watts the real game changer: Use this weird limbo week wisely. Instead of writing resolutions, write revelations:

• What actually worked (not what you hoped would work)
• What needs to stop (not what you wish would stop)
• What you’ve been avoiding (we all have something)
• What 2025 needs from you (not from everyone else)

Because great years don’t start with plans. They start with honesty.

Have a week of real reflection!

Sel Watts

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