How To Actually Achieve Your Goals in Rest of 2025
Written on 8th June
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Life Update
Well, last week I mentioned about me going to the office well I cracked the interview and now potentially might get a step up as a Sr. Data Engineer.
Went partying over the weekend, first time after almost a year felt like partying.
And I am giving a talk, this week at Google Developers club about personal branding. Register here if you’re in Galway.
Treated myself
This Week’s Thought: What If You Only Planned One Year Ahead?
We often plan 3, 5, even 10 years into the future. Interviews ask, “Where do you see yourself in 3 years?” New Year’s comes and we map out ambitious vision boards. But now that we’re halfway through the year… let me ask: How many of those goals have you actually hit?
My guess? Maybe 30/40%. And that’s not on you most goal-setting advice is flawed. Here’s what clicked for me this week during a deep conversation with a friend: The difference between setting goals and achieving them? It’s not motivation. It’s subconscious belief + operational clarity.
#1 Why Planning for Just One Year Is Smarter
Instead of thinking in 5-year timelines, what if you zoomed into the next 12 months only?
Today is June 8, 2025. Imagine we’re having a coffee one year from now June 8, 2026. What do you want to be telling me?
That you got promoted? That you finally moved abroad? That you hit 10K subscribers? That you ran your first half marathon? That you’re in the best shape of your life?
Great. That’s your end state. Now reverse engineer it.
For me, by next June I want to be:
• Running another half marathon, this time in under 2 hours
• Swimming weekly
• In my leanest, fittest shape with visible abs
• Building a community of 100 gold members
• Crossing 50K on Instagram and YouTube
• Launching digital products from the data I’ve been collecting, you can share your thoughts too here
Now that I know the vision, I’ll break that into:
• Quarterly goals
• Monthly breakdowns
• Weekly action items
You can do the same. But it starts with imagining that one year ahead coffee conversation.
Planning my next 6 months
#2 Run Your Life Like a Business
This brings me to idea #2: what if I started treating my life like a startup?
• My monthly salary = MRR
• My annual package = ARR
• My assets = skills, habits, systems
• My liabilities = bad habits, burnout, debt
Every quarter, run a board meeting with myself. Set OKRs. Track metrics. Ask:
• What was my health ROI?
• Did I ship my personal projects?
• How much energy did I lose to distractions or bad people?
• What’s working well that I should double down on?
When you operate this way, everything compounds just like in business.
(or) Treat yourself like a Character in a Game
(This is something I tend to do)
If the “business” metaphor doesn’t hit home, try this one: Treat life like a role-playing game. You start with zero XP. Every new skill = new stats. Every challenge = a boss battle. Every failure = a respawn with better gear.
Last year, I couldn’t swim. Now I can. A few months back, I never ran. Now I’ve completed a half marathon. All this is XP. And I’m still just getting started.
#3 The Power of Compounding
I want to share something deeply personal. From the outside, it might look like I’ve built a good life. But what you don’t see is where it started. In 2016, I lived with my parents in a one room kitchen flat. Everything felt limited space, freedom, choices. But I had hunger. So I started hustling. With these businesses.
Sold white-label clothing to classmates (in 12th Std 2017)
Built and sold final year black book projects for juniors (2017 again)
Tutored school students in math and physics (2018)
Took up weekend jobs as a supervisor (2018-2019)
Tried freelancing, web development(2020-2022), built a team of 4 while in my undergrad paying each ~INR 10,000/-
Even a pyramid scheme (quickly quit, realised the scam)
Trading in FnO (lost all the capital I earned over the years, lol)
Got my first big gig in Ireland developing an app earned well into four figures (€)
All while still maintaining good grades, I mean come on my Indian parents cared about it more. Scored 94% in 10th and 89% in 12th, 9.25 CGPA in Engineering and 1:1 in Masters not flexing, just showing my edge and unfair advantage, find out yours too.
The journey from that cramped kitchen to now living abroad, self-sufficient, soon to be promoted is wild. But it wasn’t luck. It was consistent effort over 8/9 years. Planting seeds. Taking risks. Failing. Trying again.
This is how compounding looks in real life. It’s invisible at first. Then it becomes undeniable.
Visualization Works (And F1 Proves It)
I recently watched an episode of the 2024 F1 season where Lando Norris went from “Lando, no wins” to competing at the top. Just after these trolls starting piling up in the series Lando is shown sleeping on a couch, when asked he replies “Before every race, I visualize every turn, every pit stop, every overtaking.”
Result? He won the race and if you check the leaderboard he gave a tough fight in last years season to Max for the Driver’s championship.
Same applies to life. Visualize the half marathon. The subscriber count. The house. The phone call with your parents telling them you made it. Your brain needs to see it before you live it.
Because somehow our brain is really bad at differentiating the visuals if they are real or just imagination. So imagine the best outcome, the worst outcome and how you deal with it. And fool the brain in thinking that this event has occurred before so this time it’s just we repeating it.
What I meant by “I can put my guard down” last week
I feel like I’ve laid all the puzzle pieces over the years. And now? They’re just clicking into place. Jobs. Money. Fitness. Audience. Relationships. The compound returns are showing up everywhere.
Final Wild thought
Before the interview, an Irish colleague texted me, “Let’s celebrate this win on Friday.” It was Monday. The interview hadn’t happened yet. But guess what? This Friday, we did end up celebrating with lunch, and a whole lot of gratitude.
That’s the kind of belief I’m talking about. You make your goals so clear, so magnetic, that even the people around you start manifesting on your behalf. That’s what strong goals, a solid system, and powerful relationships can do.
So wherever you are on your journey just know it takes time. But once you’ve built the base, life gives back in ways you can’t even imagine. The best book I can recommend here is Millionaire Fastlane.
And hey hit reply. Tell me Where do you want to be on June 8, 2026? I’d love to hear and be a tiny part in your journey.
Whenever you’re ready, here are some ways I can help you:
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If you fancy I have made a youtube video about exact things that helped me grow so much as a 21 y/o back in the days. And why moving abroad is the best decision.
See you next Sunday!