It’s already been about two weeks since the start of the new year. All through social media, I’ve been seeing vision boards, resolutions, and goals for 2023. It's wonderful that people take the time to outline the goals they aspire to accomplish before the end of the year.

I used to be one of those who judiciously outline and categorize my resolutions and goals for the year in detail. I’d create a Notion board with aesthetic pictures, fonts, and colours to make it more appealing to look at.

Unfortunately, at the end of the year, I’d end up not fulfilling up to half of the list I outlined. I thought it was just me losing momentum and interest in the things I wanted to achieve but it’s none of those.

It turns out that my approach to new year's resolutions and goal setting, in general, was myopic once I read a book that changed my perspective.

The title of this book is The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. I came across the book on a YouTube channel in which the Youtuber talked about incorporating the principle to accomplish their personal and career goals.

From there I decided to read this 200-word book to find out more about the content...