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Visualize success. Imagine your victory lap 12 months from now. Here’s the premise: next year, you don’t just “get better.” You get strategic.

You embrace AI instead of avoiding it. You deepen relationships instead of hoping visibility magically appears. You handle conflict, project updates, and hard conversations with more ease because you have a toolkit, not just good intentions.

In this episode, we connect the dots: stronger meetings, sharper facilitation, more comfort in front of big audiences, and more confidence when the questions get tough. You’ll hear how to think like an executive communicator, how to deliver an executive summary, a business case, a recommendation that requires investment, and how to navigate board-level pushback without shrinking or spinning.

And then we go where growth actually happens: not in your past, but in your next. Past awkward moments? Old feedback? Former stumbles? Not relevant.

Focus on who you’re becoming and give yourself permission to imagine it as easier, more fun, and more impactful. A little “productive delusion” isn’t denial. It’s direction. There are acres of diamonds around you and tremendous opportunity in your current role, if you train yourself to see them.

If you’re ready to build this year on purpose, join us inside Speak by Design University. Register now at speakbydesign.com/join and set up your 2026 to be supercharged—organized, supported, and already in motion.

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