BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY
What is discussed
AskMonty AI editorial noteSource consulted:
Marco offers seven questions for thinking about the future, starting from his end-of-year ritual. The first step is to remove what obstructs results: he recalls improving his table-tennis performance by abandoning a spectacular but counterproductive shot. He then encourages identifying a useful skill and a setting in which one works well, rather than persisting in an unsuitable environment. The remaining questions concern learning from the best, imagining concrete changes a year ahead, defining success through personal values and asking for help. His family's tradition of writing a letter with goals makes planning tangible. Marco now prefers a life close to loved ones over a schedule of constant travel. Technology and finance examples illustrate his thinking about skills; they neither establish future returns nor provide investment instructions.
Key points
- 1. What can you stop doing immediately to eliminate a recurring mistake?
- 2. Which single skill could produce the greatest benefit?
- 3. In which situations do you feel most effective, fulfilled and at ease?
- 4. What do the best people in your field do, and what can you learn?
- 5. A year from now, what changes would you like to have made?
- 6. What is your own definition of success?
- 7. Which people or resources can you turn to for help?
