My Goal for 2025
Long time no see!
Happy 2025! I hope you’ve been having an amazing year so far.
As for me, it’s time to break the silence.
(I have been very active in other ways, including live-streaming and podcasting, but it has been a while since I’ve written a new blog post).
Here’s what’s up:
New Year, New Approach
In and around the New Year, you’re probably accustomed to seeing me frantically posting about the best books I read in 2024, the words I’ve chosen for 2025, my productivity tool stack for this year, etc. accompanied by promos for relevant books, like Start Your Year the Right Way and Productivity, Performance & Profits Blackbook.
(By the way, there won’t be any more promos, per se, though I am developing a Special Offers page that will be the container for anything you can get at a heavily discounted price more or less perpetually.)
Either way, I’m not doing that this year because I’m optimizing for different results. I’m not saying I won’t be writing any blog posts (you’re staring at one right now), but my focus is on three things only (and to be honest, it’s kind of two things):
- My books. I’ve got more coming out this year, including The Ferry Letters, Champion of Artistic Success, Vol. 1, and Surprise, Uplift, which means there’s quite a bit of writing to do. You’re welcome to pre-order these. (By the way, did you know that Flashes of Elation officially saw a release on December 31, 2024? I invite you to get your copy.)
- My live streams. I’m going live just about every day (both solo and with co-hosts and guests), to my Facebook profile, Facebook group, and YouTube.
- My podcast. My live streams now feed the content we publish to the Creativity Excitement Emotion That’s why this is kind of the “shadow” third thing.
I’m not striving for a specific goal with any of these endeavors. I’ve handed off book marketing duties, and my only hope for my live streams and podcasts is an increase in listenership, viewership, and engagement. If anything, I’m hoping to grow my Facebook group into the thousands, but again this is more a hope than a concrete goal.
So, What is My Goal for 2025?
Long walk for a short drink much? Yeah, okay, I guess it’s time to get to the point.
My goal for 2025 is to give 600 speeches.
As of January 21, 2025, I’ve given 29 speeches to three groups.
(Best of my ability, I will keep this tally updated.)
It might seem like cheating, but I am counting every time I go live, and every new video I produce this year (but I’m not counting any video I made last year that I will be publishing this year).
So, I will be as direct as possible:
I’m open to giving speeches to large groups and small groups, public or private. I’m open to in-person and virtual opportunities (within reason). Whether it’s a Facebook group, a small gathering of like-minded people on a Zoom call, a podcast interview, YouTube live streams, community gatherings, or even large conferences, I’m happy to oblige.
My rate ranges from free to $10,000 depending on the event, but it’s fair to say the number of speeches given is more important to me than the fees generated.
My expertise and knowledge are wide-ranging and we’d be here forever if I were to get into that. My published works should offer a solid overview of the kinds of things I can talk intelligently about.
So, if you’d like me to give a speech at your place of gathering, email me. Let’s connect!
Thanks for Reading!
May GUS (God, Universe, Spirit) bless you with the best year you’ve ever had.
Much love,
— DA
Originally published at https://davidandrewwiebe.com on January 21, 2025.
