Tell somebody. In fact, tell multiple people—supportive people. Negative people tend to throw water on your passion and excitement: “Are you sure?” “That sounds hard.” “You’ve never done that before!” You don’t need those comments. Find someone encouraging—someone who may even want to do this exercise with you. Don’t keep it to yourself so you can quietly drop the goal if you don’t achieve it. Commit to it. Declare it out loud. Sharing your plans with others makes it far more likely that you’ll actually