Episode 280: Q4 Planning: My Fourth Quarter Audit for Life and Business

Be the CEO of Your Life and Business Podcast · Oct 4, 2026 · 13m

Last week I talked about the difference between being reachable and being present. This week, with the fourth quarter almost here, I am turning that same honesty toward the year itself.

For years my instinct at this point was to keep moving, ride the momentum into the holidays, and do the real reflecting in January, when everyone else does theirs. I stopped, for one reason: by January, the fourth quarter is already gone. You cannot act on a quarter you have already lost. Reflecting after the fact only grades the year. It does not change how it ends.

So I run an audit now, before I plan…