This episode puts a bow on the "Best Year Ever" series and pulls the threads together. Jim Oliver and Nick Kosko walk through what actually keeps you on course when motivation fades - vision without systems drifts, and identity without environment collapses. This conversation is about building a life that compounds, spiritually, physically, and financially, because it is designed to do so - focusing on daily stewardship and long-term thinking.

What You'll Learn:

• Why vision and the systems that support it matters

• The relationship between identity and behavior

• The difference between living as a consumer versus an owner

• The ways faith, health, and money all rise or fall together

Action Steps

1. Install Drift Checkers
   Create 5-minute morning and evening check-ins to stay aligned with who you are becoming, not who you were.

2. Change the Environment First
   Remember to remove friction for the habits you want and add friction for the ones you do not. Pantries, calendars, relationships, and routines matter.

Nick Kosko's Shared Wisdom

"Your plans are drafts. God's plans are complete. When you steward what you've been given, and put the right systems around your life, the results are always better than what you could have designed on your own."

In this final teaching episode of the new year series, Jim closes the loop on how to design the best year of your life on purpose. This is not about motivation; it's about identity, systems, faith, and ownership. 2026 becomes your best year the moment you decide the old way is done and you architect something better with intention and clarity.

What You'll Learn

• The Breakaway Framework

• Why your best year never happens by accident

• Two questions that shape everything you will experience in 2026

• How systems outperform goals every single time

• Why gratitude and vision are non-negotiable if you want lasting change

Action Steps:

1. Write Your Declaration
   Define who you are becoming in 2026 and let that identity drive every decision.

2. Build Automatic Systems
   Replace willpower with environments and systems that make the right actions inevitable.

3. Commit to Community
   Stop trying to do this alone—coaching, accountability, and structure change outcomes.

Jim Oliver's Final Word
"2026 isn't your best year because circumstances change. It's your best year because you change. When you decide who you are and build systems around that identity, the results always follow."

Most people think discipline is the problem. It's not. The problem is that their life is perfectly engineered for distraction, convenience, and drift. In this episode, Jim breaks down why willpower always loses, how environments quietly shape outcomes, and why 2026 must be designed on purpose. If you want momentum without burnout and results without constant self-negotiation, this is the framework you've been missing.

What You'll Learn

• Why willpower is a losing strategy

• How default settings silently dictate your financial and personal outcomes

• The three environments that shape behavior

• The winning strategy of high performers

• How to make the right decisions feel obvious instead of exhausting

Action Steps:

1. Audit Your Environments
   Identify one physical, digital, or social environment that is working against the 2026 version of you. If it's producing friction, it's costing you momentum.

2. Remove One Easy Failure Path
   Delete, hide, or add effort to one habit that is pulling you backward. Convenience works both ways. Use it intentionally.

3. Install One Automatic Win
   Preload success by setting up a simple system that supports the outcome you want. Layout, automation, and visibility beat motivation every time.

Jim Oliver's Shared Wisdom
"Stop trying to become disciplined. Design your life so the right decisions happen by default."