Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to celebrate 2023 and reflect on what you learned with these unusual questions. Now it’s time to dream!

Notice I didn’t say “plan,”“strategize,” or “set goals?” Nah. Let’s toss out those businessy terms for now. Nothing in this exercise will get immediately written into your strategic plan—which is great news because that frees us up to play!

So, let’s play!

• What are you most curious about? What do you most want to learn this year? I’m going to super lean into engaging speaking. Walking the talk, you know?!

• What problem do you most want to solve? There are so many interesting, big, hairy, hard-to-solve problems, but the one that rises to the top for me is how to make online events more engaging. It is sooo easy for attendees to multi-task, so how do we make the event so absorbing/compelling they are super excited to participate?

• Is there a big, important, must-do project you’ve been putting off? #Procrastination, am I right? Ask yourself what it would look like if it were fun. This inspiration comes from Ali Abdaal’s new book Feel Good Productivity. Can you make it into a game? Can you add some play, adventure, or creativity to make elements of the project fun so you can get it done?

Okay! Now, you are officially ready to tackle this year. You go, CEO!!!