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New Year Reset

Published 2 months ago • 2 min read

Happy New Year 🥳 I hope 2026 is off to a meaningful start for you.

This week, we’re closing out our Annual Review 2026 program with over 600 participants.

The feedback on my book manuscript, Life in Perspective, has been incredible, and I’ve loved seeing the breakthroughs people are sharing in our Circle community.

As I continue working on the book, I’m building a collection of annual review examples to showcase the variety of formats and styles people use.

If you have a favorite annual review—your own or someone else’s—I’d love to see it.

Just reply to this email with a link.

These examples will help shape how I present this practice in the book, and I’m grateful for any you can share.

Archive Your Clutter, Reclaim Your Attention

Our digital lives can become a mess without us realizing it. Unlike physical clutter, which is constrained by space, digital clutter feels infinite—files scattered everywhere, unused apps, and an overflowing inbox.

But the cost isn’t invisible. It’s your attention.

Every stray file or chaotic desktop eats away at your focus. Even when you’re not actively looking at it, your mind stays restless, aware of the disarray.

The solution? Create an Archive—a safe, organized “cold storage” for anything you don’t need daily but might return to someday. It frees your focus for what truly matters.

To help you declutter your digital space for the new year, we’ve created a handy Cheat Sheet in Notion. Click the button below to view and make a copy for yourself.

New in 2026: Implementation Sprints in the Second Brain Membership

We’re making an exciting shift in the Second Brain Membership this year.

If you’ve taken our courses or read the BASB book, you already know what to do. But the hardest part isn’t the knowledge. It’s actually doing it and staying consistent over time.

That’s exactly where the membership comes in.

We’re your ongoing implementation partner, helping you build the habit, refine your system, and get real results through monthly implementation sprints.

Each month focuses on a specific area, with clear action steps every Monday and a weekly implementation session where we tackle it together, live.

We’re kicking off January with a New Year Reset—4 focused weeks to refresh your entire digital environment.

Become an AI-Enabled Operator: Document Your Business Brain

If you’re using AI but feeling underwhelmed with the results, this is for you.

On January 8 at 12 - 1:30 pm ET, Hayden Miyamoto and Josh Cordes from EMPOWER Labs are hosting a free 90-minute webinar showing what separates AI-enabled operators from everyone else stuck in “AI-powered chaos.”

They’ve worked with 150+ businesses over the past year through the Second Brain Enterprise program, and they’re sharing exactly what works.

You’ll learn:

  • The 2Ă—2 Operator Grid (why most are “fast but fuzzy”)
  • The 4 Stages of Business Evolution
  • Live demonstration of frameworks + AI for 10x results
  • Real case studies from businesses that made the leap

Can't attend live? Register anyway, EMPOWER Labs will send the replay.

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