If you want 2026 to be the best year of your life, please watch this video…

About this video

Martell presents a six-step blueprint to achieve goals in 2026, pictured from December 31, 2026 looking back. Step 1, define direction: write one big SMART vision goal, visualise it on phone/laptop wallpaper and bathroom mirror, define 12 aligned projects he calls power goals, pick the one with biggest impact, and reduce it to a daily most important next step (MINS); his ‘300% rule’ is 100% clarity plus 100% belief held 100% of the time. Step 2, audit where you are: log your week in 15-minute blocks and colour tasks green (energy-giving), yellow (neutral) or red (energy-draining), then delete or delegate the red busywork — the audit led him to hire a virtual assistant for inbox and calendar. Step 3, create daily systems: plan the next morning the night before (he plans his week Sunday night), attack the first 90 minutes, work in 25-minute Pomodoro sprints with 5-minute breaks, and review the 12 power goals three times a day. Step 4, create leverage using the four Cs he says Naval shared with him after he moved to San Francisco in 2008 following 100-hour weeks: code, content, capital and collaboration, plus automate, delegate (80% done by someone else is ‘100% awesome’, using his 10-80-10 rule) and duplicate tasks into no-extra-time. Step 5, network: run a friend inventory using four questions about growth, character, trust and energy. Step 6, stay on track: pick one north-star metric, build a scorecard, and get an accountability partner with real stakes — he cites employee Jen, who aimed for 20% body fat and, he says, had to lose 38 pounds in four months with her job as the stake.

Key takeaways

• Set one SMART vision, 12 power goals, pick the highest-impact project, and reduce it daily to a most important next step
• Audit time and energy in 15-minute blocks, colour-coded green/yellow/red, then delete or delegate the red tasks
• Use daily systems: plan the night before, own the first 90 minutes, work 25-minute Pomodoros, and review power goals three times a day
• Multiply output with the four Cs of leverage — code, content, capital, collaboration — and automate, delegate and duplicate
• Measure one north-star metric on a scorecard and add an accountability partner with meaningful stakes

Episode details: published December 27, 2025 · 20:41 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dan Martell’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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