The Problem Was Never Your Willpower
9 in 10 New Year’s resolutions fail. The Janus Plan restores the step most plans skip: looking honestly at the past before setting a single goal. Six steps. A sustainable alternative to yearly resolutions. A path toward a fulfilled life.
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The Janus Plan - A Guide to Beginning Again Without Starting Over
“Beautifully written and deeply practical, The Janus Plan shows leaders how true transformation begins with self-reflection. Abueva blends cultural wisdom and modern strategy into a framework that helps us lead from both clarity and compassion.”
— Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and The New York Times bestselling author
The Janus Plan is a six-step framework for closing one chapter with honesty and opening the next with genuine intention. It begins not with bold resolutions or rigid goals — but with the one question most new beginnings skip entirely: what did this year actually try to teach you?
Whether you are navigating a major transition, resetting your priorities, or simply ready to begin your next chapter from something more honest than wishful thinking — The Janus Plan gives you the practice, the structure, and the permission to start from what is actually true.
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What October Asks You to Notice
“When October Goes” was written by Johnny Mercer, the man behind “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses,” in the mid-1970s, near the end

What October Asks You to Notice
“When October Goes” was written by Johnny Mercer, the man behind “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses,” in the mid-1970s, near the end