191. Before You Plan 2026, Listen to This: What 2025 Really Revealed
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Petra Zink discusses the lessons learned from 2025 to prepare for planning in 2026, focusing on career and business insights.
Before you start planning 2026, you need to understand what 2025 really exposed – in your career, business model, and positioning. In this episode, I break down the big shifts I've seen across founders, executives and consultants this year, and share the behind-the-scenes of my own reset: moving to the Gold Coast, outgrowing my offers, experimenting with YouTube, and running a 10 pull-ups-in-12-months challenge that completely changed how I think about growth. You'll learn: Why 2025 felt harder (more noise, longer sales cycles, fragile business models) How portfolio careers went from "nice idea" to career insurance The belief I refuse to take into 2026: that you have to "work harder" to deserve results How AI is changing credibility, not just productivity Why polished content no longer builds trust – and what does How to use experiments, not resolutions, to design your 2026 👉 Next step: Download the free 2026 Planning Worksheet and get ready for Part 2, where we turn these insights into a concrete 2026 plan: https://www.impaccct.com/planning https://www.impaccct.com/planning ________ Ready to become the go-to authority in your industry? If you're an executive, partner, or…
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