I HOPE your holidays were filled with love

It's time to start working on 2026. Here is your first homework assignment to make 2026 our best year ever.

EXHALE YOUR DESIRES

The first tool to use to discover your priority desires is to exhale them onto paper.

In essence, make a bucket list. Start with the First Strand, the ME Strand. Then, after you have exhausted everything you desire for your body, health, and mind, move to the US Strand. That strand is all about the people you love: your spouse, children, parents, and even your closest friends, because sometimes we love friends more than anyone else.

The US Strand is our inner circle.

Once you have exhaled all your desires for the US Strand on paper, move to the THEM Strand, your outer circle. You love them, but not in the same way as your inner circle. They include those involved with your career, such as your co-workers and customers. In my case, it would be the clients I coach, my service club co-members, acquaintances, etc.

The THEM Strand is our outer circle

Finally, move to the Fourth Strand, HIM. The best definition of this strand is: What is God's purpose for you? We are all on this planet for some reason. Mine is to write and positively affect as many as possible.

The HIM Strand encompasses all.

Another way to think of the four intertwined strands of Life is to think of them as concentric rings. The inner ring is ME, the next concentric ring is US, the next concentric ring is THEM, and the outer ring is HIM. Each ring brings in more and more people. We begin with the inner ring, which is just about you, and work your way to the outer ring, which holds all people.

"Doc, how many desires do you want me to write for each ring?"

There is no limit. Keep writing until nothing comes to mind regarding that ring, then move to the next strand/ring. Once you get into the flow of what you want, writing fifty or more desires for your inner strands would not be unusual. The Fourth Strand, HIM, usually only has one to three main intentions.

Do it today, because you don't want to fall behind when it comes to a successful 2026. At least exhale everything you want to Have for the ME-Strand.

Do it now and do it right.

Once you have completed the ME-Strand desires, move to the other strands one at a time, completing the Us-Strand, then the THEM-Strand, and last the HIM-Strand.

Prove to yourself that you have the discipline to complete this exercise, because if you don’t have the discipline to take the first step, where you arrive, no one will know, and you may arrive nowhere.

Doc Mac

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