It was March 2013

I remember sitting at my desk in the City at 6.59am.

Staring at three screens with lots of little numbers.

Commodity Markets moving.

Phones ringing.

Clients calling out their brokers name out of speakers.

Digital and Human noise everywhere.

10 hours of this on Monday.

Then 10 hours on Tuesday.

10 on Wednesday.

10 Thursday.

10 Friday.

Then I'd have to take clients away skiing for the weekend.

Sounds great, but was also knackering.

Get back late Sunday night from Gatwick, exhausted.

Crawl in to bed.

And the shrill alarm would pierce your deep sleep again at 5.30am to trudge back in to the Rat Race.

And this thought hit me:

“Is this it?”

January had been “new year, new targets to hit for a bigger bonus.”

February was short but hectic with a few clients trips around Europe and very late nights out.

By March… nothing had really changed.

In fact, fuck all had changed.

Same routine, frustrations, hangovers.

The feeling of being on a Hamster wheel.

Clock ticking on my life.

Tick, tock, tick, tock.

The same quiet voice in my head asking bigger questions.

And thats where today's Journal comes in to play for you.

At the end of last year I gave all the guys in The Network a comprehensive tool to evaluate 2025, and plan out 2026.

The guys completed it and found it really helpful.

But today I thought I'd give you a watered down version to think about.

I've split it in to 2 sections.

Don't just do it in your head, take a few months to write it down.

See what comes up.

The First 60 Days – Truth Audit

Answer these properly.

1) Where did my time and energy go?

2) What promise did I quietly break to myself?

3) Where did I choose comfort over growth?
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(Late nights scrolling. Saying yes when you meant no.
Avoiding a hard conversation.)

4) What did I get right?
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Now shift forward.

Because drifting for the next ten months would hurt more than facing the truth now.

The Next 10 Months – Intentional Plan

1) If December arrives and nothing changes, what will I regret most?

2) Which one thing MUST I work on in the next 90 days?

3) What or who do I need to say NO to in 2026?

4) What uncomfortable move have I been delaying?

5) Who do I need around me so I don’t drift again this year?

6) What does a disciplined week look like in reality?

Here's my prediction.

Hundreds of men will read this.

A small percentage of you will actually take the time to consider the questions.

But, if after reading one or more of those questions an insight comes up, a lightbulb moment, or some action, it's a win.

Everyone else will be back here again in 3-6-12 months wondering why nothing has changed.

And I get it.

I hear men say it all the time

'I'm tired and it's fucking hard doing it alone.'

Yep, that's right.

That’s exactly why the Whole Man Academy membership exists.

A group of ambitious men.

Regular honest conversations.

Clear and achievable plans and advice.

Weekly structure to stay on track.

In fact, loads of them have already filled in their Focus and Accountability questions for the week ahead.

That helps them quickly dial in to what's important to work on, not what feels nice.

We're not pretending there's no challenges in your world.

But facing up to them day after day to take more action and have more success is the game plan.

If March is your turning point, come and join us.

Or stay where you are and hope it fixes itself.

​Find out more about how joining the Whole Man Academy can help you.​

Speak to you on Wednesday

Anthony

​Join us at The Adventurer Experience in May​