In the final episode of Leadership Blueprints for 2024, BJ Kraemer focuses on Christmas gratitude, reflecting on the year, and planning for a successful 2025. The episode emphasizes the importance of annual reflection as a tool for growth, acknowledging wins and losses, and setting clear, actionable goals for the coming year.

Key Points From This Episode:

· The significance of the movie It's a Wonderful Life as a lens to understand gratitude and perspective.

· Kraemer’s personal annual reflection process, which includes reviewing his calendar and photos, identifying wins, losses, and lessons learned.

· Planning and prioritizing goals for 2025 with a focus on professional, family, and personal objectives.

· The power of habits and systems in achieving success, with advice on creating an "ideal week" and building consistency.

· A closing message on reframing challenges as lessons and expressing gratitude to those who made an impact.

Quotes:

• “No year is a failure if we learn from it.” — BJ Kraemer
• “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” — William Arthur Ward
• “The person we want to become is a direct result of the goals we set and achieve, the people we meet, and the books we read.” — BJ Kraemer

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

• It's a Wonderful Life
• BJ Kraemer on LinkedIn
• Leadership Blueprints Podcast