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My 2022 Goals Review

Posted on by by Lisa Pozzoni

If you’ve been in my circle for awhile, you know I started this practice a few years ago after reading Atomic Habits. James Clear, the author, does this annually and he inspired me to do the same.  This is my annual “performance” review based on goals that I set for myself at the beginning of 2021 as well as my 2022 goals.

James mentions in his last annual review that’s it’s uncomfortable to “brag” about himself and his business and to be so vulnerable by sharing some uncomfortable information.  I agree but I figure it’s part of my personal growth process and if it inspires others to do the same, then great!  So here it goes!

2022 Goals Review
Quick 2022 Recap:  Since I wasn’t training as much last year, I spent more time in both businesses. This has been a challenge for me to manage and kept me from focusing on some of my business goals for TRU. I was able to be consistent with weekly You Tube videos since April with a few exceptions, I learned a lot by taking a few business courses, I transitioned both the TRU and ChiRunning/ChiWalking Community Platforms to Spaces (Mighty Networks), and had a successful Lifetime Membership launch.
I have not created my 2023 Goals yet but working on that now!
    • Started Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Academy on 9/19/22
      • End of Year Review: I knew I wouldn’t be able to get a course together by the end of the year. It was a great investment though as I have lifetime access. I am working on my first course of 2023 which will probably be ready mid-late February:
        • From Wishing to Walking: Make It A Habit in 30 Days . This will need to be for women only right now since it will be on the same platform as my TRU TRIBE. Later in 2023, I will have the capability to change this if I want to.
    • Online Digital Course Bootcamp with Amy Porterfield 9/1
    • Start Video Academy Strategy Course live on 2/28/22 and relaunch my You Tube by 8/22 started on 3/2
      • Midyear Review: started dropping videos on 4/4/22 and I’ve released a new video every week since
      • End of the Year Review: I only missed a few weeks during the year of videos. I chose to take the last 3 weeks of the year off. I listened to the Analytic Module of my VSA course late though. When I finally did do them, I found out that I’m not really reaching my target audience so there will be a small shift on my You Tube channel in 2023.
    • Joined Trena Little’s 10K on Replay Course in November: a 12 month Mastermind and Digital Business Course
    • Attended CEO Day (part of 10K on Replay) where we worked on goal setting for 2023
    • Create at least 3 different opt ins for my newsletter by 8/22. When I changed platforms last year, I couldn’t use the same one so I haven’t had one for awhile. These may include ebooks and/or quizzes. As of 6/5, created Monthly Raffle for Video Analysis and TRU TRIBE 3 months free. Not crazy about these.
      • Midyear Review: High on my 3rd Q To Do list
      • Released my Get Out Of Your Running Rut: 70 Ideas To Get You Excited About Running Again in October
      • End of Year Review: Re evaluating this process based on my learnings. While I want to increase the size of my mailing list, I’d rather have people on my list that want to be there. My email list dropped significantly when I changed platforms last year but my open rate went from 25% to 55%. That tells me that I have people that want to hear from me.
    • Delve in deeper to the Membership Academy. There is a lot of content for membership owners.
      • End of Year Review: I’ve used to find specific things I need. Will cancel this membership when it renews since I have the Mighty Network community of membership owners which is more relative to what I need now.
    • Continue making the TRU TRIBE my priority. My ultimate goal (no deadline yet) is to make this 80% of my income. I am taking my time. I am on the Mighty Network Product Council and we looked at my Insights a few weeks ago. Happy to report that they said I have one of the most engaged memberships they’ve seen!
      • Midyear review: working on 2nd half of the year.
      • Rolled out the new TRU TRIBE Plus (aka Ladies Training Programs)
      • End of Year Review: Just had a meeting with my business coach last week and I’m back on track with this. I’ve made some key decisions for 2023:
        • The TRU TRIBE Community will be a closed membership with opportunities to join 2-3x a year when I am doing special launches. The digital course mentioned above is the first one of 2023. I am reviewing my pricing strategy now.
    • Get efficient at having a monthly and quarterly Content Calendars for both of my businesses for social media and the online communities. I’m getting better at weekly scheduling. My goal is to have this nailed down by 5/22
      • Midyear review: getting better but still not as streamlined as I’d like it to be
      • October: will have them help me decide themes and challenges for the 1st half of 2023 at October Mixer
      • End of Year Review: I’ve got the TRU TRIBE content down now. As I pivot this year with my new strategy, I will need to work on a social media/newsletter/you tube content calendar to sync it all together.
    • Deliver 5 speeches in my Toastmaster club by the end of the year
      • Midyear review:
        • 1st one completed 4/7: 20-25 minutes Online Webinar. 2nd one scheduled for 7/21
      • End of Year Review: Completed 3 speeches. I delivered my last one as a “keynote” speech to a high school class. I shared with them how to take tough lessons in life and turn them into positives.
    • Copy this blog post and update it monthly
      • End of Year Review: been on top of it
    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar
        • End of Year Review: not as formalized yet. In addition to our morning ritual (meditation, then making coffee together and at least one hug), we added a daily ritual of Wordle, Spelling Bee, Tiles, The Mini and Letter Boxed.
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week
        • End of Year Review:: have been pretty good with this
    • Meditate daily
      • Since 7/18 (when I started with Insight Timer app), I’ve hit a milestone of 1,000 days with a session in 5/22
      • End of Year Review: In the last 12 months I’ve averaged 1.21 sessions per day according to their reporting
    • No running goals this year! I am recovering from an injury and have decided this year I need to spend more time on my businesses (I don’t mention that much here but the ChiRunning business takes up a lot of my time too!). I do have an ultimate goal to do the Cocodona 250 but that will be on the 3-5 year plan. This year I’ll focus on strength training and technique (always!) and then I’ll get back to longer distances in 2023. As of 6/5 I’ve kicked off my 8 week training for TRR to get to 50 miles a week.
      • Midyear review: on track
      • End of Year Review: in late summer I started training for Jackass Night Trail Runs (31k in October) and currently training for Black Canyon 60K (on 2/19, my 52nd birthday) Moab on The Rocks 3-Day Stage race (50 miles on the 1st weekend of March) and Crown King 50K (3/27)
    • Strength train/Mobility work at least 2x a week with a stretch goal of 3x (starting 3/1 since I’m writing this on 2/25). Need to schedule on calendar for accountability.
      • End of Year Review: Been doing it more but not as consistent as I’d like to be yet

 

2022 Personal and Professional Review
  • Running:
    • Live Races:
      • January:
        • First 100 miler at Across The Years on 12/30-1/1 (this will go into 2022 since it ended in this year)
        • Raised $1,445 amount of dollars for GOTR
      • March:
      • April
      • May
        • Adrenaline 15K
      • June
        • 22 Too Many
        • Black Out Night Runs 6K/Big Pine K
      • July:
        • 4th of July 4 Miler
        • Silverton 8 miler and 11K at Kendall Mountain, CO
        • 12K at Stunner Night Races
      • August
        • 60 miles at TransRockies as Dawn Patrol Leader (Volunteer)
      • October
        • Jackass 31K
      • November
        • Punisher 10K
      • December
        • Vail Half Marathon
        • 27 Miles at Across The Years
    • Races Virtual:
    • Random:
  • Travel:
    • February: Rocky Point for my Birthday weekend
    • March: Crown King to support my TRU TRIBE
    • April: Ladies Training Program weekend in Prescott for Whiskey Basin race
    • June: LTP weekend in Flagstaff; Trip to Portland
    • July: LTP in Silverton CO
    • August: Buena Vista to Beaver Creek: TransRockies; Rocky Point with Greg
    • September: Heber with friends
    • October: Back East: Pittsfield, MA to visit family, ChiRunning/ChiWalking Instructor Weekend in NH and Boston to visit a good friend
    • December: Weekend in Vail AZ for the race
  • The Running University 
    • Certified ChiRunners/ChiWalkers :
      • Privates: 11+11 new CR/CW, 8 ChiRefreshers with Alumni
      • CRCW workshops:
        • Jan 30 (11)
        • 5/21 (9 mine only)
        • 9/3 – 15 mine
      • Free Clinics:
        • Aravaipa (1st Wed of Jan)
        • 2/27 Sole Sports Tempe with Dr. Emily
        • 3/10 Sole Sports Arcadia for Tri for the Cure packet pickup
        • 3/18 Strive PT
        • 8/24 Sole Sports Tempe
    • TRU TRIBE
      • Members:
        • 84 Members
          • In 2022 I offered Lifetime Memberships for TRU TRIBE (8 members) and TRU TRIBE Plus (7 members). This was a huge confidence booster to know that my athletes trust me to take care of them and their walking/running journeys for life! I may offer this one more time to my current members before the price increase this year.
      • Guest Speakers:
        • January: Developing Healthy Habits with Nancy Farrington
        • February: Developing Life Skills Through Running with Nicole Zeno
        • March: Longevity Lessons from the Blue Zones with Denise Steffen
        • April: Mindset and Mental Skills Training: The power of the mind to impact our physical and emotional experiences with Dr. Michelle Montero
        • May: How To Use Your Fitness Skills to Unlock Your Financial Greatness with Kelsa Dickey from Fiscal Fitness
        • June: Move It Mindfully with Author, Nita Sweeney
        • July: Why Everyone Needs an Estate Plan, Jenni Pierson
        • August: Pelvic Floor and Core Basics, Kim Bryant PT, DPT
        • September: Intro to Crewing, Stephanie Bianchi
        • October: The Power of the 5 Senses, Joanne Gerster
        • November: Yoga Nidra: The Easiest Self-Care Tool to Add to Your Kit with Kelly Teal
      • Courses/Challenges rolled out in 2022:
        • Spring Semester 2022
        • February Challenge: Exploring our Running Traits, winner received an entry to the Girls On The Run 5K
        • February Course: Level Up: Confidence
        • March: Challenge Shake It Up Walk/Run Challenge: winner received a Noxgear vest
        • April Challenge: Photo Prompt Challenge for Abundance: winner won Voyce Thread socks
        • May Challenge: 9 Attitudes of Mindfulness: winner’s choice of a Video Analysis or Package of 4 Group Sessions
        • June Challenge: This is Us: winner’s choice of a Video Analysis or Package of 4 Group Sessions
        • July Challenge: TRU TRIBE/LTP Survey
        • August Challenge: 31 Day Daily Habit Challenge
        • September Challenge: Letting Go
        • October Challenge: Monthly Themes/Challenges Survey Completion
        • November Challenge: 31 Days of Gratitude with Pictures
        • December Challenge: 30 Days of Activity from Thanksgiving to New Years Day
        • Monthly Themes:
          • January: Action
          • February: Confidence
          • March: Self Compassion
          • April: Abundance
          • May: Mindfulness
          • June: Be You!
          • July: Reset
          • August: Consistency
          • September: Letting Go
          • October: Courage
          • November: Gratitude
          • December: Celebrate
      • Ladies Training Programs (LTPs):
        • Spring Semester 2022
            • 15 ladies participated in a variety of races during the Spring
        • 8/22 converted to TRU TRIBE Plus (additional Tier)
          • As of 1/12/23 we have 26 members (7 Lifetime)
Vision Board session for 2023 is scheduled on 1/21 so stay tuned!
If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through it! 🥰 This is a time consuming process but well worth it!

2022 Vision Board

My 2022 Vision Board is to the left of me in my office space so I see it constantly.
My phrase of the year is: Embrace My Space. By space I mean: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental…I want to be better about setting boundaries and taking care of me. You can see that a lot of the right side of my vision board is about that. I need to keep working smarter not harder and keep streamlining some of my processes and keep things simple. The top left is about our home space. We’ve been in a one bedroom apartment in Tempe (love the location and we are minimalists so the space works too). Not sure what we will do this year with the economy the way it is but I want to keep a good home space for 2022 which could also mean staying put where we are (I just want my honey to have a good garden space though!). The bottom left is all about my summer plans! I’ll be volunteering at TransRockies (summer camp!) again this year with my besties! Excited to say that we are Dawn Patrol which means taking care of the Back of the Pack group! Last but not least the bottom middle is about spending more time meal planning and cooking. Because of my work load I tend to resort to quick fixes (still mostly healthy ones) but I’d like to make more time for planning and preparing food. Also a good way to spend quality time with Greg 🥰

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through it! 🥰 This is a time consuming process but well worth it!

2022 Goals & Midyear Review

Posted on by by Lisa Pozzoni

9/2 update August

If you’ve been in my circle for awhile, you know I started this practice a few years ago after reading Atomic Habits. James Clear, the author, does this annually and he inspired me to do the same.  This is my annual “performance” review based on goals that I set for myself at the beginning of 2021 as well as my 2022 goals.

James mentions in his last annual review that’s it’s uncomfortable to “brag” about himself and his business and to be so vulnerable by sharing some uncomfortable information.  I agree but I figure it’s part of my personal growth process and if it inspires others to do the same, then great!  So here it goes!

2022 Goals 
I realized I set way too many goals for myself last year, mainly because I turned 50 so this year I’m scaling back:
    • Start Video Academy Strategy Course live on 2/28/22 and relaunch my You Tube by 8/22 started on 3/2
      • Midyear Review: started dropping videos on 4/4/22 and I’ve released a new video every week since (missed one the week of TransRockies and I’m OK with it)
    • Online Digital Course Bootcamp with Amy Porterfield 9/1
    • Create at least 3 different opt ins for my newsletter by 8/22. When I changed platforms last year, I couldn’t use the same one so I haven’t had one for awhile. These may include ebooks and/or quizzes. As of 6/5, created Monthly Raffle for Video Analysis and TRU TRIBE 3 months free
      • Midyear Review: High on my 3rd Q To Do list
    • Delve in deeper to the Membership Academy. There is a lot of content for membership owners.
      • Midyear review: I’ve used to find specific things I need
    • Continue making the TRU TRIBE my priority. I already have guest speakers lined up through June. I will continue creating good content and courses for them. Not sure yet if I’ll have any goals for increasing membership this year. My ultimate goal (no deadline yet) is to make this 80% of my income. I am taking my time. I am on the Mighty Network Product Council and we looked at my Insights a few weeks ago. Happy to report that they said I have one of the most engaged memberships they’ve seen!
      • Midyear review: working on 2nd half of the year. Will be rolling out the new TRU TRIBE Plus which will replace the Ladies Training Programs.
    • Get efficient at having a monthly and quarterly Content Calendars for both of my businesses for social media and the online communities. I’m getting better at weekly scheduling. My goal is to have this nailed down by 5/22
      • Midyear review: getting better but still not as streamlined as I’d like it to be
    • Deliver 5 speeches in my Toastmaster club by the end of the year
      • Midyear review:
        • 1st one completed 4/7: 20-25 minutes Online Webinar. 2nd one scheduled for 7/21
        • as of 9/2 I’ve done 2
    • Copy this blog post and update it monthly
      • Midyear review: been on top of it
    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar
        • Midyear review: not as formalized yet. Added to our morning routine though
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week
        • Midyear review: have been pretty good with this
    • Meditate daily
      • Since 7/18 (when I started with Insight Timer app), I’ve hit a milestone of 1,000 days with a session in 5/22
      • Reports don’t show midyear but I had 324 sessions in the last 12 months which is 162 for 6 months. Close enough.
    • No running goals this year! I am recovering from an injury and have decided this year I need to spend more time on my businesses (I don’t mention that much here but the ChiRunning business takes up a lot of my time too!). I do have an ultimate goal to do the Cocodona 250 but that will be on the 3-5 year plan. This year I’ll focus on strength training and technique (always!) and then I’ll get back to longer distances in 2023. As of 6/5 I’ve kicked off my 8 week training for TRR to get to 50 miles a week.
      • Midyear review: on track
    • Strength train/Mobility work at least 2x a week with a stretch goal of 3x (starting 3/1 since I’m writing this on 2/25). Need to schedule on calendar for accountability.
      • Midyear review: Been doing it more but not as consistent as I’d like to be yet

 

2022 Personal and Professional Review
  • Running:
    • Live Races:
    • Races Virtual:
    • Random:
  • Travel:
    • February: Rocky Point for my Birthday weekend
    • March: Crown King to support my TRU TRIBE
    • April: Ladies Training Program weekend in Prescott for Whiskey Basin race
    • June: LTP weekend in Flagstaff; Trip to Portland
    • July: LTP in Silverton CO
    • August: Buena Vista to Beaver Creek: TransRockies; Rocky Point with Greg
  • The Running University 
    • Certified ChiRunners/ChiWalkers :
      • Privates: 11+9 new CR/CW, 6 ChiRefreshers with Alumni
      • CRCW workshops:
        • Jan 30 (11)
        • 5/21 (9 mine only)
        • 9/3 – 15 mine
      • Free Clinics:
        • Aravaipa (1st Wed of Jan)
        • 2/27 Sole Sports Tempe with Dr. Emily
        • 3/10 Sole Sports Arcadia for Tri for the Cure packet pickup
        • 3/18 Strive PT
        • 8/24 Sole Sports Tempe
    • TRU TRIBE

2022 Vision Board

My 2022 Vision Board is to the left of me in my office space so I see it constantly.
My phrase of the year is: Embrace My Space. By space I mean: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental…I want to be better about setting boundaries and taking care of me. You can see that a lot of the right side of my vision board is about that. I need to keep working smarter not harder and keep streamlining some of my processes and keep things simple. The top left is about our home space. We’ve been in a one bedroom apartment in Tempe (love the location and we are minimalists so the space works too). Not sure what we will do this year with the economy the way it is but I want to keep a good home space for 2022 which could also mean staying put where we are (I just want my honey to have a good garden space though!). The bottom left is all about my summer plans! I’ll be volunteering at TransRockies (summer camp!) again this year with my besties! Excited to say that we are Dawn Patrol which means taking care of the Back of the Pack group! Last but not least the bottom middle is about spending more time meal planning and cooking. Because of my work load I tend to resort to quick fixes (still mostly healthy ones) but I’d like to make more time for planning and preparing food. Also a good way to spend quality time with Greg 🥰

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through it! 🥰 This is a time consuming process but well worth it!

2021 Annual Review & 2022 Goals

Posted on by by Lisa Pozzoni

If you’ve been in my circle for awhile, you know I started this practice a few years ago after reading Atomic Habits. James Clear, the author, does this annually and he inspired me to do the same.  This is my annual “performance” review based on goals that I set for myself at the beginning of 2021 as well as my 2022 goals.

James mentions in his last annual review that’s it’s uncomfortable to “brag” about himself and his business and to be so vulnerable by sharing some uncomfortable information.  I agree but I figure it’s part of my personal growth process and if it inspires others to do the same, then great!  So here it goes!

2021 Learning Lessons

Before I get into my learning lessons (because I am a sucker for constructive feedback and I was mainly focusing on that until I proofread this), I had a pretty darn epic 50th birthday year! From running distances I never thought possible to finally raising $1M with my Las Bombas 3-Day Team, I’m living my dash!

My biggest learning lesson last year was that I set too many goals in my personal and professional life. I quickly realized that many of those goals would not get accomplished. The biggest reason for this is that I underestimated the amount of training that I had ahead of me. I continuously reevaluated my work load and since it was my 50th birthday year, my running goals were non negotiable. I wanted to make sure I completed those running events as my top priority because you only turn 50 once!

The other big lesson I learned was that even though I love what I do so much, I can still burn out if I’m not taking the time to take care of me. I took it for granted and assumed that my running time could still be down time but it wasn’t enough. Between my mental state at Ragnar and my body shutting down on me at the Breast Cancer 3-Day event in San Diego, I knew I had to make some changes.

I made some changes already because of these epiphanies. I cut my group runs in half and I raised some of my prices (which I haven’t done in awhile).

It’s funny because I didn’t start my business to become a millionaire . Of course I need to pay my bills but the reasons I started my business were to change peoples’ lives and have a flexible schedule. Money has never been a motivator for me. As a matter of fact, my life mission is: “Do the things I love to do, with the people I love to do them with, whenever I want.” Whenever I want, implies needing money but I’m happy to say that I am fulfilling my mission just fine without being rich!  So when I had the aha moments above, I thought “Why am I trying to do so much when I really don’t “need” the money”.  I’m not raking it in but I’m happy as a clam with what I have now.

Now I have to remind myself of this as I move forward in 2022. I set my 2022 goals at the bottom of this post along with my phrase of the year and my vision board.

I’m excited to see how 2022 will unfold!

2021 Personal and Professional Review
  • Running:
    • Zero Injuries
    • Races:
      • Coldwater 52K in January: PRd by 50:56 minutes!
      • Black Canyon 100K on 2/13: PRd by 24:33. My goal was to PR by 1 hour which I may have been able to do if I had crew but I wasn’t allowed to have one due to COVID. Still happy with a 24 minute PR!
      • Mesquite Canyon 3/6: Half Marathon
      • Sinister 9K: placed 3rd female in the 50-59 age group
      • Adrenaline 25K on 5/22
      • Blackout 6K & Big Pine 13K on 6/11-12
      • 5 K Knight Race Series: 5/21, 6/18, 7/23
      • TransRockies Run! Bucket list item complete! 8/2-8/7: 120 miles over 6 days in 8K+ of altitude with 20K feet of elevation gain!
      • HotFoot Hamster: 12 hours: 32.9 miles
      • Jerome Hill Climb: annual tradition
      • Javelina Jangover 50K: First Night Trail 50K: 8:49:32
      • Jackass Night Trail Runs: 5:31:34
      • Ragnar Trail:done
      • Breast Cancer 3-Day: I got sick half way through the event but our team reached our $1 Million goal!  It took us 16 years but we finally did it!
      • December: First 100 miler at ATY on 12/30-12/31 (this will go into 2022 since it ended in this year)
    • Races Virtual:
      • Still I Run 5K: Running for Mental Health awareness
      • Girls On The Run 5K
      • Cocodona Virtual Experience-I knew going into it that I wouldn’t do 250 miles in 5 weeks but I wanted to be part of the first inaugural event somehow
      • Hashke Virtual Race
      • Javelina Jallucinations
    • Random:
      • On 5/7 I got to pace my friend Andre Lee for 17 miles during his Cocodona 250 mile race!
  • Travel:
    • April: Prescott for Whiskey Basin Race
    • June: Flagstaff for Blackout/Big Pine
    • July: Silverton/Kendall Mountain races, Boston to see a friend, VT to meet with my ChiLiving business partners, MA to see family
    • August: CO for TransRockies race
    • September: Jerome Hill Climb
    • October: 2 week trip back east: Boston>Omega Retreat>Pittsfield
    • November: San Diego for the Susan G Komen 3-Day

Professional

    • Copy this blog and update date it monthly starting February. 2/5/21 Done
    • Meditate daily: I should’ve got this number at the beginning of the year because it only gives me the last 12 months and it’s from 3/1. I complete 298 meditations with a daily average of 1.13. If you know me, this daily practice has been a game changer for me!
    • Toastmasters: Goal: 5 Speeches
      • 1 of 5 speeches on 6/24
      • High Performance Leadership Guidance Committee member for Xin Yin
    • The Membership Academy:
      • Set up a road map in the Membership Academy so I can get get clear on my TRU TRIBE goals and be accountable. Did not complete
    • Courses:
      • 2/28 Video Strategy Academy Course (Trena Little):
        • Increase my presence on Instagram and You Tube.  I don’t have goal numbers on this yet but hope to have them as I review this blog monthly. Goal is to re launch You Tube channel in August. Postponed to 2022
      • 6/9 List Builder Society Course (Amy Porterfield) – used info to work on my new newsletter platform
    • Change my newsletter platform-Started with Flodesk on 3/21 and transitioning on 5/17 (day Fitpro expires). Done on 5/17/21 
    • First kayak trip on Salt River for Sylvia’s birthday
    • Co-led my first ChiRunning/ChiWalking retreat at Omega Institute with my business partner Sarah Richardson
    • Met with Eric Deeter: ChiRunning Instructor in Training

Personal

    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar- better than 2021 but still not a regular practice
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week. Started seeing them on Wednesdays once we all got vaccinated. Didn’t track but definitely making this a high priority and have been sticking to it as much as possible.
    • Create 2021 Vision Board on 2/7/21  Word of the Year: Ignite Done
    • Read 7 pages a day (I always say I want to read more but I don’t make it a priority. Following the idea of making it a daily habit rather than worrying about quantity of books). Finished 3 books
      • February: Finished Depression Hates A Moving Target
      • March: Grit & Grace by Tim McGraw
      • April: Let your Mind Run by Deena Kastor
    • Schedule a regular health check up, mammogram and other tests to be done at 50-Done!
  • The Running University 
    • Certified ChiRunners/ChiWalkers :
      • Privates: 11 new CR/CW, 4 ChiRefreshers with Alumni
      • CRCW workshops:
        • 10 graduates on 5/29
        • 9 graduates on 10/30
    • TRU TRIBE
      • Members: 81 (as of 2/21/22)
        • TRU TRIBE Team: Double membership by 12/31/21 to 132.  I was at 66 when I set this goal. In the 3rd quarter I decided I was happy with where I was. I finished the year with 76 members.
      • Guest Speakers:
        • January: Melissa Higdon Fit Focus Me: Building Healthy Habits Through Daily Reminders
        • April: Amy Burnett: Snakes on a Trail!
        • May: Robin Howell: Thoughts and Emotions
        • June: Jacqui Lombari: Hormones & Exercise Performance
        • July: Meg Coon: Goal Setting for Balance & Joy
        • July: Toni B: Intro to Yoga Nidra
        • September: Jacqui Lombari: Hydration & Electrolytes
        • October- Jenn Tarrant: Practical Strategies for Dealing With Grief
        • December- Celebrate with Chi with Sarah Chesterfield
      • Courses/Challenges rolled out:
        • Our Favorite Things: Big list of all of our favorite things from favorite kitchen utensil to favorite running socks
        • Spring Cleaning Challenge: Getting rid of one thing every day of the month
        • How to Pace Your Run: Learn why pacing is important, how to apply it to your training and your race.
        • Step Up Your Cadence in 30 Days: Course with specific drills and homework assignments to improve running cadence
        • Curiosity Challenge : a combination of having new experiences like trying a new recipe, workout and a scavenger hunt of finding the awesome features in Mighty Networks (platform for the TRU TRIBE)
      • Monthly Themes:
        • January: Habits/Goal Setting
        • February: ME!
        • March: Spring Cleaning
        • April: Grounding
        • May: Mental Health Awareness
        • June: New Experiences
        • July: Rest & Recover
        • August: Focus
        • September: Self Care Awareness Month
        • October: Emotional Wellness Month
        • November: Gratitude
        • December: Celebrate!
      • Ladies Training Programs (LTPs):
        • Spring Semester 2021
          • Havasu Half
            • 10 women
          • Dam Good Run
            • 8 women:
              • Two: 1st trail race (one of them is 67 years old!)
          • Whiskey Basin
            • 9 women
              • One: 1st trail race
              • One PR
          • Big Pine
            • 12 women
          • Silverton/Kendall Mountain
            • 6 women
        • Fall Semester 2021
          • 30 people total
          • Jackass Night Trail Runs: 8 total
            • 3 did their longest night trail race
            • 2 did their longest trail race and first night trail race
            • 1 DNF
          • Frenzy: 17 total
          • Goal: at least 10 new ultra runners. Actual: 5
            • 7 did their longest distance
            • 1 did her first trail race
            • 5 did their first 50K (and became ultra runners!)
            • 5 of the 8 50K finishers are over 60 years old! (First one for 3 of them!)
2022 Goals 
I realized I set way too many goals for myself last year, mainly because I turned 50 so this year I’m scaling back:
    • Start Video Academy Strategy Course live on 2/28/22 and relaunch my You Tube by 8/22.
    • Create at least 3 different opt ins for my newsletter by 8/22. When I changed platforms last year, I couldn’t use the same one so I haven’t had one for awhile. These may include ebooks and/or quizzes.
    • Delve in deeper to the Membership Academy. There is a lot of content for membership owners.
    • Continue making the TRU TRIBE my priority. I already have guest speakers lined up through June. I will continue creating good content and courses for them. Not sure yet if I’ll have any goals for increasing membership this year. My ultimate goal (no deadline yet) is to make this 80% of my income. I am taking my time. I am on the Mighty Network Product Council and we looked at my Insights a few weeks ago. Happy to report that they said I have one of the most engaged memberships they’ve seen!
    • Get efficient at having a monthly and quarterly Content Calendars for both of my businesses for social media and the online communities. I’m getting better at weekly scheduling. My goal is to have this nailed down by 5/22
    • Deliver 5 speeches in my Toastmaster club by the end of the year
    • Copy this blog post and update it monthly
    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week
    • Meditate daily
    • No running goals this year! I am recovering from an injury and have decided this year I need to spend more time on my businesses (I don’t mention that much here but the ChiRunning business takes up a lot of my time too!). I do have an ultimate goal to do the Cocodona 250 but that will be on the 3-5 year plan. This year I’ll focus on strength training and technique (always!) and then I’ll get back to longer distances in 2023.
    • Strength train/Mobility work at least 2x a week with a stretch goal of 3x (starting 3/1 since I’m writing this on 2/25)

2022 Vision Board

My 2022 Vision Board is to the left of me in my office space so I see it constantly.
My phrase of the year is: Embrace My Space. By space I mean: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental…I want to be better about setting boundaries and taking care of me. You can see that a lot of the right side of my vision board is about that. I need to keep working smarter not harder and keep streamlining some of my processes and keep things simple. The top left is about our home space. We’ve been in a one bedroom apartment in Tempe (love the location and we are minimalists so the space works too). Not sure what we will do this year with the economy the way it is but I want to keep a good home space for 2022 which could also mean staying put where we are (I just want my honey to have a good garden space though!). The bottom left is all about my summer plans! I’ll be volunteering at TransRockies (summer camp!) again this year with my besties! Excited to say that we are Dawn Patrol which means taking care of the Back of the Pack group! Last but not least the bottom middle is about spending more time meal planning and cooking. Because of my work load I tend to resort to quick fixes (still mostly healthy ones) but I’d like to make more time for planning and preparing food. Also a good way to spend quality time with Greg 🥰

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through it! 🥰 This is a time consuming process but well worth it!

2020 Annual Review

Posted on by by Lisa Pozzoni

I started this practice last year after finding out from the author of Atomic Habits that he does this annually.  I checked out my 2019 Annual Review and apparently I never went back to it because I missed several goals for this year. I said last time that I would have a better way to track this in 2020 but that didn’t happen. I really enjoyed going through this process last year so here it goes again. (I just added this to my Asana board to do on a monthly basis for 2021)

(James mentions in his last annual review that’s it’s uncomfortable to “brag” about himself and his business and to be so vulnerable by sharing some uncomfortable information.  I agree but I figure it’s part of my personal growth process and if it inspires others to do the same, then great!  So here it goes!)

2020 Personal and Professional Self Reflection
What went well this year
  • Running:
    • 1674 logged  miles on Garmin (vs 1293 from 2019)
    • Zero Injuries
    • Races: 3 live races
      • Sinister Night Runs: PRd by 4:40 minutes
      • Dam Good Run: PRd by 1:43 minutes
      • Whiskey Basin 10K
    • Races Virtual:

I didn’t used to keep track of my running miles but I may have had the highest number last year. Running was definitely a huge contributor to managing my mental health.  I did things I never thought possible with the TransRockies Virtual race (not just the mileage but it was in the middle of one of our hottest Augusts ever) and Every Damn Street (this was probably one of the biggest surprises I had in 2020 and it’s all in this blog post).
I love that this is the oldest I’ve been and I’ve run longer, faster and the most miles STILL with no injuries.  ChiRunning and ChiWalking continue to dominate my running/walking goals and my professional life.
Due to COVID, I ran more miles alone than normal and found this quite enjoyable.

  • Travel:
    • “Races”: Crown King, Flagstaff, Jerome, Prescott,
    • Professional: none
    • Personal: Heber, San Diego
  • Personal/Professional Growth:
    • Vision board: Word of the Year: Simplify
    • Certified 1 ChiRunning Instructor: Henry Walker
    • Meditated 352 times (sometimes I do it multiple times a day)-down from last year but still happy with this number
    • Toastmasters:
      • Completed Level 2 Visionary Communication 6/15/20
      • Completed 5 speeches
    • Joined The Membership Academy
    • Courses:
      • Uplevel with Asana with Louise Henry
      • The YouTube Success System with Trena Little
      • Show Up Online Challenge: 30 Days of Instagram Live/Story Videos with Louise Henry

My biggest goal this year was to Simplify my processes as much as possible so I could manage my time better. I am sure all solopreneurs can relate to this.  So many hats to wear and not enough hours in the day.  Taking the Asana course and using this platform as my project management tool was a huge game changer for me. I still have work to do in this area but this was one of my biggest wins in 2020. I am also learning a lot in the Membership Academy and I never regret spending money on personal and professional development. Meditating daily continues to be part of my morning ritual. Although we’ve had to move our Toastmaster meetings to Zoom, this continues to be a great source of self development and friendship.

  • The Running University 
    • New logos and an apparel shop on my website!
    • Certified approximately 35 ChiRunners/ChiWalkers (doesn’t include privates and didn’t have a good way to track)
    • TRU TRIBE
      • Members: 66
      • Guest Speakers: 7
      • Courses/Challenges rolled out: Align Mind and Body for an Epic 2020, 30 Day Social Distancing Game, Two Photo Challenges (one specific to Mental Health Month), Out of Comfort Zone Walk/Run Challenge, How to Pace Your Run
      • Monthly Themes: Align Mind & Body, Self Love & Compassion, Mindfulness, Renewal, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Strength, Confidence, Motivation, Resilience, Growth Mindset, Balance & Celebrate.
      • Ladies Training Programs (LTPs):
        • Spring 2020: Canceled races due to COVID: Havasu Half, Crown King, Big Pine (2x): 24 ladies
        • Fall 2020: 18 ladies (approximate as I didn’t track these well)
          • 1 First/Longest Trail and Night Race
          • 2 PRs from the year before
          • 13 First Trail Race Distance
          •  5 First 50Ks

I was not interested in growing my TRU TRIBE team last year for several reasons. My priority was to focus on my current members and keep the ladies physically and mentally healthy. Due to COVID I haven’t been teaching any workshops but did several private sessions live and on Zoom.  I beta tested a ChiRunning and ChiWalking online course that worked great but only hosted one of each earlier in the year.

Goals I completed from 2020 list:

      • Letting my gray hair grow out!  I’ve decided as I get closer to my 50th year that I want to see what it looks like.  If I don’t like it, I will dye it again. 2021 UPDATE: Loving how this is going!
      • Strength Training at least 2x a week 2021 UPDATE: while I didn’t do it consistently (I almost put this in not completed), I probably did 70% more than 2019
      • Continue my daily meditation practice as I believe this (and ChiRunning) have had a huge impact on my life and who I am today. 2021 UPDATE: although I did less meditations than 2019 I still averaged almost one a day
      • Learning more about Instagram for my business and doing more videos whether it’s facebook lives, IG stories or TV and You Tube: 2021 UPDATE: I didn’t get as far as I would’ve liked but definitely made good progress.  I completed 25 of 30 Show Up Online Challenges from Louise Henry where I did IG lives, I completed a You Tube training course, invested in some Instagram training materials
      • Continue LTPs and integrating them with TRU TRIBE Running Team. 2021 UPDATE: Even with COVID, I am grateful that my runners still wanted to keep training to say physically and mentally healthy. I tweak them almost every time with new things and I believe they are getting better and better.

I was pleasantly surprised that even with COVID, I was able to keep business moving forward.  My income was lower but my expenses were too.

What didn’t go so well this year
  • Goals I didn’t complete from 2020.  One of my issues is that I never looked back at this blog to check them. I had some written down as more serious ones. As I write this, I am creating a way to track this on my Asana board so I can tally stuff monthly rather than trying to do it all at the end of the year.
    • Races:
      •  2021 UPDATE: Elephant Mountain 50K (was my first in 2014, shooting for a PR)-dropped to the 35K because I didn’t feel ready
      • TransRockies 6 Day Stage Race, 125 miles with 20K feet of elevation gain in CO  canceled due to COVID
      • First 100 miler at ATY on 12/30-12/31 as I go into 2021 (my 50th birthday year) canceled due to COVID
    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar– 2021 UPDATE: started this but somehow fell off my recurring calendar. We spend plenty of time together but I’d like to have a specific day of the month for a Day Date to do different stuff
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week.  2021 UPDATE: COVID effected this
    • Spend more time on self development by using the following tools: books and podcasts. 2021 UPDATE: I listened to some podcasts while running but didn’t make any concerted effort in this area
    • Need to schedule a regular health check up. I take it for granted that I am healthy but I pay too much in monthly health insurance to not use it. 2021 UPDATE: didn’t do this at all, I could blame COVID but I put no effort into this
    • Checking in on people I haven’t talked to in awhile  2021 UPDATE: little effort if any at all
    • Ten speeches in my Toastmasters club 2021 UPDATE: I did five
    • Create a system to track all of this so it’s easier next year! 2021 UPDATE: did not do and have added this to my Asana board
    • Professional:
      • Assist Danny and Katherine in May at Kripalu for a 5 Day ChiWalking/ChiRunning retreat  & ChiRunning/ChiWalking Instructor Weekend in November 2021 UPDATE: canceled due to COVID
What did I learn this year?
    • Even though I lost faith several times in humanity, I am surrounded by some pretty amazing people!  I have a fabulous group of loyal customers/friends that believe and trust in me. Words cannot express my gratitude and appreciation for them. They inspire me every day!
    • If I want to grow my business, I need to continue working on my time/project management skills. I may need to consider a Virtual Assistant this year.
    • I love that there are so many ways I can help people (and myself) take running to the next level. Everyone knows that speed is rarely a focus for me personally (and with my clients unless they want to work on it). This year, I followed a training plan for my 100K (2/13/21!) and did more of the speed workouts than I have ever done. I discovered an entire new level of learning about myself physically and mentally.  Focusing on improving it this year was surprisingly satisfying. I know what it feels like to go longer but going faster was out of my comfort zone. I don’t know if I liked the fact that I got faster this year or that I really enjoyed the process of working on it and pushing myself in a different way.
    • I work my ass off.  Recovery and self care were on my 2020 vision board. For a quarantine year, I didn’t do as much as I should’ve. There were some other circumstances that contributed to this factor but more on that for another blog.
2021 Goals
Word of the Year:  IGNITE 🔥 🧨This year I want to get clear on the future of my TRU TRIBE team. They are priority #1. The word Clarity came to mind but still didn’t feel right. I used the handy dandy thesaurus and found “shed light on”. I also wanted to have an action word to celebrate my 50th year around the sun. So ignite is shedding light with a bang!
Races/Events:
    • January: Coldwater 52K: PRd by 50:56 minutes!
    • February: Black Canyon 100K: 1 week before my 50th birthday! Goal is to PR by 1 hour (took my 19:45 last time)
    • August: TransRockies 6 Day Stage Race, 125 miles with 20K feet of elevation gain in CO  in August 2020 🤞
    • November: Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day in San Diego with Team Las Bombas I started this team in 2005 and we are about $170K away from raising $1M dollars.  Our goal is to hit it in 2021 but we need more people to join us in this epic event!
    • December: First 100 miler at ATY on 12/30-12/31
  • Professional:
    • Copy this blog and update date it monthly starting February.
    • TRU TRIBE Team: Double membership by 12/31/21 to 132. Keep growing by: adding content, increasing engagement, getting more guest speakers, creating more courses and member only events so I can keep helping more ladies reach running and life goals.
    • Ultra Ladies Training Program in Fall: at least 10 new ultra runners
    • Increase my presence on Instagram and You Tube.  I don’t have goal numbers on this yet but hope to have them as I review this blog monthly.
    • Change my newsletter platform
    • Set up a road map in the Membership Academy so I can get get clear on my TRU TRIBE goals and be accountable
    • Five Speeches in Toastmasters
  • Personal:
    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week.
    • Read 7 pages a day (I always say I want to read more but I don’t make it a priority. Following the idea of making it a daily habit rather than worrying about quantity of books)
    • Schedule a regular health check up, mammogram and other tests to be done at 50
    • Create 2021 Vision Board on 2/7/21

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through it! 🥰 This was a rigorous process that took me several hourly sessions. Now I have to make more of these goals SMART and I will have a clear direction of what needs to happen in 2021!

2020 Vision Board

2020 Vision Board

 

2019 Annual Review

Posted on by by Lisa Pozzoni

I haven’t done this practice in a few years but my goal is to do this every year going forward. The monthly theme in the TRU TRIBE Running Team for December was self reflection.  After doing more research on the subject, how beneficial it is and knowing that the most successful leaders do this, I decided to take some time to do it.  While I have not read James Clears’ book yet, Atomic Habits (I should be getting it today!), I checked out his website and he does an annual review every year.  So I decided to try it out his format.

James mentions in his last annual review that’s it’s uncomfortable to “brag” about himself and his business and to be so vulnerable by sharing some uncomfortable information.  I agree but I figure it’s part of my personal growth process and if it inspires others to do the same, then great!  So here it goes!

2019  Personal and Professional Self Reflection
What went well this year?
  • Great year of races and events
    • 1293 logged  miles on Garmin/2,648 logged miles on Fitbit (I wear this 24/7 but not sure how accurate this mileage is?)
    • Zero Injuries
    • 5 ultras (Black Canyon, Crown King, Jackrabbit, Canyon De Chelly, Across The Years)
    • 10 other races
    • First Time Experiences:  First trail half (Vail), First Double Down (Big Pine) Longest Night trail race (Jackass)
    • Breast Cancer 3-Day in Boston (raised $2200)
    • TransRockies: Volunteered for 7 days
  • Travel:
    • Races: Crown King, Vail AZ, Flagstaff, Canyon De Chelly, Boston (Breast Cancer 3-Day)
    • Professional: Las Vegas (Consumer Electronic Show with ChiLiving), Denver (Assist Danny with a workshop), Asheville (assist Danny with Instructor Training)
    • CO: TransRockies 8 day volunteer gig
    • Personal: Rocky Point 2x
  • Personal/Professional Growth:
    • Certified 1 ChiRunning Instructor
    • Foot Collective Workshop
    • Meditated 424 times (sometimes I do it multiple times a day)
    • Toastmasters:  9 speeches delivered
    • Running for Brews Tempe: met 50 of 52 weeks (have only canceled 5x times in 7 years)
    • Rolled out TRU TRIBE Running Team
    • Might Networks:  Community Masterclass
    • Like A Boss 12 month Bootcamp
  • The Running University 
    • Certified approximately 59 ChiRunners (doesn’t include privates and didn’t have a good way to track)
    • First 100K finisher
    • First International Client who did her first 50K
    • 9 Ladies Training Programs (LTPs):
      • 86 participants
      • 2 100K finishes
      • 24 Ultra finishes
      • 4 first time ultras
      • 11 first time double downs
      • 19 longest race (night or day)
      • 10 first trail race
      • 13 first night trail race
      • 10 DNFs (Did Not Finishes)
What didn’t go so well this year?
  • Deadlines: TRU TRIBE Running Team roll out was delayed several months from original projection and I’m still rolling out slower than planned.
  • Strength Training: still not make this the priority it should be.
  • Toastmasters: Was going to finish my 2nd Distinguished Toastmaster but decided to stop even though I was pretty close.  Started program all over again to learn new educational path online. I figured all the work I put into the 2nd one was not wasted as I learned through the process.  I also made this decision because newer members were using the online platform and it was getting hard to mentor them without knowing the system.
  • Blog: I keep having great intentions of writing more but I only wrote 17 blog posts last year.  Eleven of these were Member Spotlights so truly only 6 were my writing material.
  • Like A Boss 12 Month Bootcamp: Started this very excited and once I started working hard on my TRU TRIBE Running Team, I stopped.
  • 10 DNFs:  While I don’t consider these failures because many of these decisions are necessary. It’s always a smart idea to stop before pushing your body to a point of potential danger due to injury or hydration/nutrition issues. Crown King had a 54% DNF rate.  Part of this were issues with the race itself which were addressed by and with the race director.  DNFs are always a great reason to reflect on what could’ve been done differently.
What did I learn this year?
  • Need to be more realistic with deadlines.  I tried rolling out TRU TRIBE Running Team in the middle of some heavy travel times which didn’t allow me to focus on it the way I wanted to.
  • As I started this process, I realize I need to have better ways to track what I do. This process took a lot longer than I wanted to this year.
  • Blogging is not my favorite thing to do.  I need to work on spending time doing things for my business that inspire and drive me. I’ve learned it’s much better to spend time doing less things well/more often rather than trying to do too many things less often and not well.
  • Learning to let go is still hard no matter how much I meditate! 🤣:
    • I was crushed after the Crown King DNF situation. It was our last ultra of the 4 for the 212K Challenge.  Some things were out of my control but I took it personally for awhile.  I was disappointed in some of the decisions to DNF from my athletes but more disappointed in myself for so many reasons . It took me longer than I wanted to get through some emotions after this race. However, through this process I made some changes to my ultra Ladies Training Programs and I am always grateful to learn from my mistakes.
    • Growing my business is hard! Making the decision to go online and create the TRU TRIBE Running Team was easy. I’ve had this on my to do list for several years. My big learning lesson for this was/is that not all my peeps will follow me where my business takes me and not to take this personally.  I struggled with this for awhile but have been working through it and feeling a lot better about it.  Knowing that I’ve impacted so many people whether they continue to follow me or not is a huge accomplishment and I need to focus on that.
2020 Goals
(I realize not all of these are SMART goals right now but I need to get the list out)
  • Races:
    • Elephant Mountain 50K (was my first in 2014, shooting for a PR)
    • TransRockies 6 Day Stage Race, 125 miles with 20K feet of elevation gain in CO
    • First 100 miler at ATY on 12/30-12/31 as I go into 2021 (my 50th birthday year)
  • Personal:
    • Spend more focused time with family:
      • Greg: Monthly Day Date on calendar
      • Mom and Dad: see them at least 1x a week
    • Letting my gray hair grow out!  I’ve decided as I get closer to my 50th year that I want to see what it looks like.  If I don’t like it, I will dye it again.
    • Spend more time on self development by using the following tools: books and podcasts.
    • Strength Training at least 2x a week
    • Checking in on people I haven’t talked to in awhile
    • Need to schedule a regular health check up. I take it for granted that I am healthy but I pay too much in monthly health insurance to not use it.
    • Ten speeches in my Toastmasters club
    • Continue my daily meditation practice as I believe this (and ChiRunning) have had a huge impact on my life and who I am today.
    • Create a system to track all of this so it’s easier next year!
  • Professional:
    • Assist Danny and Katherine in May at Kripalu for a 5 Day ChiWalking/ChiRunning retreat (join us!)
    • ChiRunning/ChiWalking Instructor Weekend in November
    • TRU
      • Rebrand – new logos
      • TRU TRIBE Running Team: Keep building on this: adding content, increasing engagement, getting more guest speakers, creating more courses and member only events so I can keep helping more ladies reach running and life goals.
      • Continue LTPs and integrating them with TRU TRIBE Running Team.
    • Learning more about Instagram for my business and doing more videos whether it’s facebook lives, IG stories or TV and You Tube.

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through it! This was a rigorous process that took me several hourly sessions. Now I have to make my goals SMART and I will have a clear direction of what needs to happen in 2020!