Decisions That Shape Your Path
December 28, 2025
Reflect
The final weekend of the year carries a quieter energy. A natural pause that invites reflection without pressure. Not a moment to audit every choice or resolve every loose end, but a chance to notice what this year revealed about you.
When we look back, it’s often not the biggest milestones that matter most. It’s the quieter decisions like the moments when you chose how to respond rather than react, when you stayed aligned instead of rushing forward, or when you let something go before you knew what would replace it. These are the decisions that shape a path, not because they guarantee outcomes, but because they shape who you are becoming.
This week, I’ve been thinking about the story of Nick Vujicic. Born without arms or legs, Nick grew up facing a reality he didn’t choose and couldn’t change. For a long time, that reality felt overwhelming. Then something shifted. He made a decision about how he would live inside the life he had been given. Not after clarity arrived. Not once circumstances improved. But right there, in uncertainty.
Nick didn’t deny what was hard or pretend limitation didn’t exist. He chose to decide who he would be within it. To live with purpose. To offer hope. To let meaning, rather than circumstance, shape his direction. His life reminds us that some of the most powerful decisions we make are internal ones. Decisions about identity, values, and contribution that quietly set everything else in motion.
As this year comes to a close, you may be carrying decisions that are still unfolding.Many of the decisions that matter most are made without certainty or a clear map. They come from values and from a deeper sense of integrity about how you want to move through the world.
This moment isn’t asking you to judge the year you’ve had. It’s offering space to notice what you’re ready to leave behind and what you’re ready to choose with more intention. Reflection, at its best, doesn’t pull us backward. It creates room.
As you look ahead, allow yourself a quiet sense of excitement. Not because everything is figured out, but because you get to decide how you step forward. The next chapter begins not with answers, but with intention and the courage to choose who you are becoming.
Implement
As the year comes to a close, choose one decision you’re standing near. Not the most urgent or complex one, but the one quietly shaping how you move forward.
Before thinking through outcomes, pause and ask yourself:
What do I want this decision to reflect about who I am becoming?
Name the value underneath it. Just one.
Then take a small step that honors that value. Not the full plan, but just the next right move. A conversation, a boundary, a release, or a simple act of alignment.
This isn’t about finishing the year with everything resolved. It’s about setting direction. When decisions are grounded in values, they continue to guide us long after the moment has passed.
Strengthen
Some of the most powerful decisions we make happen long before anything changes on the outside. They happen when we decide how we will live inside the circumstances we’re given.
Watch: A reminder about choosing purpose and perspective (≈3 minutes)
Nick Vujicic shares his story of growing up with profound physical limitations and the internal decision that changed everything. Not the decision to overcome or fix what couldn’t be changed, but the decision to live with meaning anyway.
As you watch, notice where his strength truly comes from. It isn’t denial or forced optimism. It’s the quiet choice to define himself by purpose rather than limitation. A reminder that while we don’t always get to choose our circumstances, we do get to choose what we carry forward and what we allow to shape us.
Let this be a strengthening moment as the year closes. A reminder that even small, internal decisions made with intention can open new paths, often before we can see where they lead.
Elevate
As this year comes to a close, hold this question gently over the next few days:
What kind of energy do I want to bring into the year ahead?
Not what you want to accomplish or fix. Not what you want to prove. But the quality you want to lead with as you make decisions and meet what’s next.
Let that answer guide your first few choices of the new year. Often, the way we move forward matters more than how fast we go.
Momentum Insight
Momentum Impact continues to grow through conversations, gatherings, shared reflection, and the quiet ways many of you show up for one another. This work is unfolding thoughtfully, not hurriedly, guided by a belief that leadership grows best when there is space to reflect, connect, and practice together.
In the year ahead, there will be new ways to engage through learning experiences and small gatherings designed to support leaders as they navigate what’s next with clarity and intention. More to come soon.
For now, I’m grateful you’re here. Wishing you a closing of the year that feels grounded and a beginning that feels full of possibility. Happy New Year.
Next week: Leading With Vision (Even When You Cannot See the Full Picture)
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