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5 min readThe episode opens with a confession: the hosts, Patricia and Jamie, are both celebrating birthdays in September, and for them, that marks a natural moment to take stock. Jamie notes that September is often her biggest month of the year, and Patricia describes this time as her "third restart"—a chance to assess where she stands against the goals she set in January. The conversation is grounded in a specific tool: the bingo card, a set of 25 annual goals that the hosts introduced to their membership community. Patricia has been tracking hers with a simple spreadsheet, logging each date with her husband or each dance practice against a numeric target. Jamie prints hers out and color-codes the squares by season, so she knows which goals to focus on in each quarter. The point is not to achieve a "blackout" of all 25 squares, but to be intentional about which loops are close to closing and which ones still need energy.
The psychology of the home stretch
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:03) **Episode Introduction & Hosts** - Jamie and Patricia introduce the podcast's mission and their roles as business and achievement coaches.
- 2 (01:08) **Birthday Month & The Home Stretch Concept** - The hosts celebrate their birthday month and frame the fall season as a critical opportunity to close out the year strong.
- 3 (03:48) **Turning the Home Stretch into a Home Run** - The core premise: using the fall momentum to close open loops and finish 2026 (sic) intentionally.
- 4 (05:03) **Patricia's Third Restart & Bingo Card System** - Patricia explains her seasonal approach to goal-setting and how she uses a "bingo card" with a spreadsheet to track numerical goals.
- 5 (07:25) **Jamie's Bingo Card & Seasonal Highlighting** - Jamie shares her different method: printing the bingo card and using colored highlighters to assign goals to specific quarters of the year.
- 6 (10:46) **Assessing Progress & Letting Go of Goals** - The hosts discuss how to review goals mid-year and decide which ones to prioritize and which to release.
- 7 (13:44) **The Two Standpoints: In Progress vs. Just Starting** - The hosts address two different listener scenarios: those with existing goals and those who are just beginning.
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Show Notes
Today, Jamie and Patricia welcome the 'ber months… the months that feel fresh, full of newfound inspiration and energy, and when we have an opportunity to compress time and multiply results before the year ends.
And, it's birthday month! Be sure to visit our social media pages to check out our celebration promos and sales!
If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ve heard us talk on goal setting and may have even joined us in January during our annual public free coaching event when we set goals and create our Bingo cards for the year (mark your calendars for January 12, 2027, you don’t want to miss it!). And if you’re just joining our Fuel Your Dreams community, goal setting may be brand new to you. We have both ends of the spectrum covered in this episode as we talk through maximizing the impact we can have on reaching our goals over the next three months!
Listen in as we talk strategy on how we stay focused on our Bingo goals throughout the year, provide tips and tricks that have optimized our efficiency, and make notes to create your plan for the next 90 days.
What is your end goal for 2026?
What action steps do you need to put in place to make it happen?
Map it. Act upon it. Create the reality you desire.
And if you’re looking for support on implementing what we’ve talked about today, we would be honored to connect with you and determine what coaching option would be the best fit for your unique goals!
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