To close the year strong, look at your patterns over the last 11 months. What are your weak links? 

Not everything that calls for your attention is worthy of it. You’re going to be bombarded by people and things that want your attention. Your ability to quiet the noise around you will give you an unfair advantage in the storm. 

Where do you need to focus? Lack of focus leads to uncertainty. The reason most men lose the edge is that they are all over the place. It’s easier to persuade a man who is addicted to shiny objects. A man with the edge is single-minded; he is focused on the job at hand. He won’t stop until he’s done. 

 The biggest difference between high achievers and the average producer is their ability to get shit done. The other side is procrastinating and running in circles. A man with the edge will do more in 100 days than an average person does in a year. I get excited about every 100 days because it’s like I’m celebrating a brand new year. You get results by compounding time.

Compounding is a powerful investment tool that involves getting a return on your original investment and the returns on your previous returns. For compounding to work, you need to reinvest your returns back into your account. Invest in your most valuable asset: your energy. When you withdraw the energy rather than reinvest it, you lose out. Every day, you need to reinvest your returns so it compounds. 

Whatever you do daily will turn into a habit. Your habits will determine your destiny. 

How to compound time in the first 100 days of 2025

1- Create urgency

Most people procrastinate because they think they have time. They put it off until tomorrow. Don’t wait until the world gives you urgency, create it on your own terms. If it’s urgent and important, you will find the time. Most of us don’t have that urgency, so you have to create the urgency. 

Imagine a doctor telling you that if you don’t work out in the next 100 days, you’re going to die. You would absolutely exercise. You have to create that same sense of urgency yourself to compound time. 

2- Prioritize what is important

Not everything needs your attention. Define what is urgent and what is important. Most of the time you are trying to do things for everyone around you. You’re constantly running around putting out fires. If the king is weak, he will make weak decisions. You have to feed the king so you can get stronger. When you feed your mind, body, and soul, you can take care of the people you love the most. It’s not selfish to take care of yourself; it’s your duty to create the kingdom for everyone around you.

3- Focus on the big picture

What you do in the next 100 days will create a ripple effect. You have to have outcomes that will conquer the mountain. Everything you do in the next 100 days has to set the tone. Be clear about the mountain you need to scale. The outcomes that you set in the next 100 days will get you closer to the top of the mountain. 

Think big but pay attention to the small details. Have the push and the pull of the daily work and the big vision. Every step counts. 

4- Get clear on who you must become.

The how doesn’t matter, what matters is who you must become to figure out the how. If you don’t know who you must become, you’re going to negotiate with life. Your current reality will shift when you step into who you need to become. 

When you raise your standards your habits will change. People around you may judge you. It’s going to be easy to go back to a lower standard if you aren’t focused on a single mission. 

5- Set outcomes that are measurable

Don’t have unattainable goals. What you don’t measure doesn’t get done. Don’t focus on something too big to accomplish in 100 days, focus on what will get you closer to your ultimate vision. 

Look at your patterns and see what is stopping you from making your outcomes a reality. Pay attention to your excuses. Is making excuses a pattern? How do you sabotage yourself? Break those patterns. Creating new habits requires you to get rid of your excuses.  

6- Learn to take feedback.

A lot of us can’t take feedback. We get triggered when life doesn’t give us what we want. But at the same time, life is always giving us what we need. Your ability to learn from feedback will help you expand. The feedback is not just what people say (when asked), but how they act when they are with you. 

If you are not coachable, you will never break your patterns. Being coachable means listening to different options. Doing things your own way and not listening to feedback from a coach means you’ll never improve. 

Every 100 days, you're going to become someone. When you take ownership of your life, you can choose who you become. Take specific, measurable steps to become closer to who you need to become in order to conquer your mountain.