I do not believe in New Year resolutions. It is an illusion to think that flipping a digit, from 2025 to 2026, will magically deliver new outcomes when you have not examined, redesigned, and deepened what truly matters: your processes.
Good People, one of the greatest victories in life is the victory over time. Time is allocated equally to all of us, 24 hours a day. Yet even in its seeming abundance, time is the scarcest resource we have. Until you learn to win over time through better processes, your future will remain unresolved. So, forget grand New Year resolutions. Focus instead on fixing your daily and weekly non-optimal processes.
The richest among us spend money to save time; they fly. The poorest among us spend time to save money; they take the road. It is not just about transport; it is optimizing processes. In the same way, wealth builders convert money into capital; they invest. But the wishers want capital-like outcomes from money without conversion; they gamble, driven by a wager spirit. One group uses resources to compress time and compound value. The other trades time away and hopes for miracles.
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Check carefully, process is the difference. How do we get better on processes? Consider this simple framework. Buy an exercise book or diary. Every Sunday night, take ten minutes to list the most important things you want to accomplish in the week. Then, each night before bed, or early each morning, write down the key tasks for the day. As the week unfolds, cross out what you complete. Then reflect: what worked, what did not, and how can you do it better next time? Keep optimizing. Keep refining. And track just two indicators: quality and speed.
In the professional world, those who thrive are not necessarily the smartest. They are the ones who can deliver high-quality outcomes in the shortest time. That is the edge. That is how careers rise. And that edge comes from process, not merely from brilliance. It is not about being the best graduating student in your class. Grades matter, yes, but what matters more is the process that produced those grades.
If you are naturally gifted and coast to an A, you may feel confident. But if that same talent leads you to a C because your process is weak and you refuse to change it, you could be in trouble. Compare that with someone who struggled, worked relentlessly, and still earned a C. That person has built tenacity and discipline into their process. And when that same effort is applied to other areas of life, results will follow. Yes, in the long run, process beats raw undeveloped talent.
At work, how can you beat deadlines while improving depth and clarity, signaling that you are ready for greater responsibility? Largely, when you resolve your processes, mountain-sized New Year resolutions become irrelevant. So as the year turns, I wish you a happy new one, but more importantly, I wish you a year where New Year resolutions become unnecessary, because every day, you are already resolving your processes. Indeed, make New Year resolutions unnecessary because you are resolved daily!
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When you are doing some important and exciting work, everyday feels exciting. A new year will no longer be time to resolve for a ‘new’ you, but rather to compare numbers and outcomes. There’s no ordinary when your work matters. Do things that matter. If you still struggle to explain why and how what you do matters, then your job must be very boring. You cannot accelerate effectively with weak fundamentals.