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Haley Perlus: The Problem With Resolutions and Why You Should Replace Them With Purpose and Values

December 16, 2024 • Nick Berry, Dr. Haley Perlus • Season 1 • Episode 37

The '12 Days of Business' Mini-Series
Day 3: Haley Perlus: The Problem With Resolutions and Why You Should Replace Them With Purpose and Values

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Episode Summary : In this episode of The Business Owner’s Journey, Nick Berry welcomes Haley Perlus, Doctor of Sport and Performance Psychology, speaker, and author. Dr. Perlus shares a transformative perspective on replacing New Year’s resolutions with purpose and values. She dives into practical ways to reflect on your strengths, align your actions with your values, and stay curious about opportunities. Whether you’re looking to grow as a business owner, leader, or individual, this conversation offers insightful strategies for achieving meaningful, sustainable progress.

Takeaways

Resolutions often fail because they lack purpose and alignment with core values.
Reflecting on values ensures you stay aligned with what matters most.
Identifying strengths and values guides intentional decision-making.
Curiosity opens the door to opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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Chapters
02:19 Rethinking New Year's Resolutions
03:11 Finding Purpose and Values
03:57 Using Values to Make Choices
04:43 Reflecting on Your Strengths and Values
05:12 Being Open-Minded and Curious About Opportunities

Prior Episodes from The '12 Days of Business' Mini-Series
Day 1: Daniel Wakefield Attract Your Ideal Clients by Solving the Problem Everyone Else Ignores
Day 2: Matt Diggity's Hiring Strategy for Identifying and Hiring 'A' Players Only

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Nick Berry (00:13)
So I am wrapping up season one of The Business Owner's Journey with this special series, The 12 Days of Business. We've got 12 days, 12 episodes with 12 of our previous fantastic guests. And today's 12 Days of Business episode is Dr. Haley Perlus And I was joking recently with Haley about her having been on the show enough times, like she kind of like my co-host.

But actually she's taken over the show. guess it just hit me because she's, I'm not interviewing her. This is a solo video that she put together that I'm passing through. So I've become the messenger. But I mean, she's a pretty good person to be sharing their message. So I always love talking to Haley because she makes me a better thinker. She's always got.

you know, some simple heuristics or tools to share that you can go and like, you know, put to use right away. In this video, she has a unique angle on New Year's resolutions and goals. And she says, I'm not a fan. I wasn't sure what I thought about it at first before I heard her talk about it, but I do have a lot of faith in her. So she had my attention and as it turns out, I really like what she says about getting clear on your purpose.

but I wanna know what you think. Goals or purpose? Are you a goal person or more of a purpose person? So let me know. And remember, make sure that you are following the show or subscribed so you'll get the entire 12 Days of Business series. If you prefer, I can email them all of the episodes to you and I'll also send you episode pages, the exclusive guest profiles and all of the other resources that are included that I'm only sending them out.

through email. To get those, you need to go to nickberry.info slash 12 days. That's the number 12 days. Now, enjoy the show.

Haley Perlus (02:19)
Hi, Haley Perlus here. Thinking about the end of the year and being a performance psychology expert, people always ask me about New Year's resolutions and goal setting. And to be honest, I'm not a fan. I'm just not a fan of being forced on January 1st to come up with goals. And from what I know in my humble opinion and experience, it's forced. So there's not a whole lot of

maybe not a lot of agency because we don't do it on our own. It's January 1st. What are you going to choose for yourself for the year? And because we all know that most people fail at their new year's resolutions, it already gives us an excuse for not achieving ours. So I'm not a big fan of new year's resolutions, but I'll tell you what I am a fan of. Something that I learned from my mentors, surrounding purpose.

couple of the exercises we engage in to help us find our purpose, to help us maintain our purpose, to help us make sure that it's still our purpose is to ask ourselves what we value most in life. And I have three values and every year for the new year, I just ask myself with curiosity, you know, are these still my values? And I like to work with three. I don't like any more than three because then mine gets confused. So I like three. And for me, it's health.

love and adventure. And it's going to be the same for me next year because I love those values. But it's nice for me to take a moment and devour and to reflect and see if those are still my values. And it really is so powerful because they really help me make choices in my life. If I'm stuck, you know, I always go back to what I value most in life and they help me make decisions and I'm committed to them. And then I can assess, you know, am I living?

according to my values, am I bringing my values into my life? So that's one thing that I like to do at the end of the year. The other thing is I, again, purpose training, is I look to see what three words characterize me at my best and are those three words still true? And these have changed over the years. And for me, it's bright, full heart, and a strength finder. And I think I'm gonna keep those this year too. They changed two years ago, but I think I'm gonna keep them.

And again, it's waking up every day and being my best self, highlighting my strengths. And when I find that I'm not in a great place, how can I bring one of my best strengths to today? So that type of reflection, do I still like my three best words? Do I still like my top values? Am I going to use them as my foundation for next year? And then last but not least, what I like to do for the new year as I'm approaching the new year.

is be really open-minded and curious to opportunities. So that has been happening. This week in particular, I have been just curious about what opportunities are out there. Who would I like to connect with? What would I like to, I don't know, maybe there's for me, because I'm a speaker, certain speaking opportunities that are out there for me. What education can I acquire? Just cool experiences that I can have.

professionally and then personally the exact same. What trips can I go on? Who can I, you know, what friends who I don't live in the same city with can I go visit? You know, just certain adventures. So that's what I like to do and to fear. And yeah, works for me.