Tiger Sisters - 100 Days Left: Revisit Your Goals and Finish the Year Strong

Starting point is 00:00:00 One of my goals is to score sub 100 in golf. It's something that you need to chip away at. Literally? Literally. Okay, Sheree, let's see that bingo board. Ooh. Wow, you've done so many already. Sona 10 times?

Starting point is 00:00:16 Wait, my arm looks so muscular right now. Must be the personal trainer. Holy cow. Last year, you had to go to the gym 30 days in a row. Do you guys remember that? I need to chill the beep out. Yeah. Wait, I found one that I have made no progress on. Do a full split. Is it possible for Gene to non-injuriously learn how to do a full split in the next 100 days?

Starting point is 00:00:41 I'm scared for you. LMK. LMK. Hey, we're in Q3 moving on to Q4. Let's sharpen our pencils. Let's get our notebooks. Let's realign and figure out how to tackle the rest of the year and go out with bang. Today, we're taking you through our top five back-to-school tips for Q4. This is part of the next. I'm Sheree, I'm Gene, and we're the Tiger Sisters. We are your Wall Street and Silicon Valley Big Sisters. And we're a top 10 business podcast bringing late night sister talk meets boardroom strategy. Happy fall tiger fam. So we have a hot take for you guys, which is that January is not the best time to reinvent

Starting point is 00:01:22 yourself. The fall is. There's roughly 100 days left in this year and so this is more than enough time. and also the perfect time to recommit to your goals, figure out your hobbies, clean up your workspace, book a fun thing for you and your girlfriends to do, and so much more. So today, we're taking you through our top five back-to-school tips for Q4. This is part one. So we wanted to do this episode because I think so many people think of January and the new year as like the only time where you actually reflect and set goals for yourself and love.

Starting point is 00:01:59 lock in, but I feel like back to school is the other time where there's always this energy of like, I'm ready to renew, right? And I think that this is the perfect time to sort of take that energy and make it work for you, like make it something really useful for you. Yeah, it's also kind of like a check-in too. As the year is coming to a close in a few months, you are more than halfway through, you can reflect on the goals you did set in the beginning of the year and figure out a game plan to, you know, reignite your goals, retackle them, whatever, or let them go for the next few months of this year. Yeah, I feel like even if you're not in school anymore, which I think most people are not in school, but there's just this energy of like back to school where you feel

Starting point is 00:02:52 like re-energized. Totally. It's like I love. I love. being a student and a student again, a student in my life. And I'm like, hey, we're in Q3, moving on to Q4. Pensils, let's sharpen our pencils. Let's get our notebooks. Let's realign and figure out how to tackle the rest of the year and go out with a bang. Exactly. Yeah. That's how I would summarize it. I would say, it's like back to school is not really a phrase that's like tapping into that energy. So whether you're actually heading back to school or you're starting a new job or you're just wondering where all the days went and 26, this episode is for you. Let's make the next 100 days count. So the way that this episode works

Starting point is 00:03:34 is that we have five tips for the back to school energy. I'm going to read out all five tips, but in this episode specifically right now, we're going to go over tip one, which honestly will probably take the longest time for us to go through and chat and explore with you. Because it's going to get personal. It's going to get very personal. And I mean, there's four more tips, but we will cover that in the next episode, which you guys will just have to tune in for. But I'll give you a little preview. So tip one, which we'll talk about, is to revisit your January goals and to figure out how to do that. Tip two is to reset your space, which is both a physical reset and also a mental reset.

Starting point is 00:04:13 Tip number three is to recommit yourself to a new routine. That could mean a morning routine, an evening routine, a workout routine. Okay, and tip number four, I'm very excited about that. this one is to book yourself a future gift. So that's coming soon. And then the last and final tip is to set aside time to nurture yourself, investing in yourself in little ways and creating your cocoon. If you guys are wondering what exactly that means, you're going to have to tune in to part two of this episode. Okay, guys, so let's dive into tip number one, which is to revisit your January goals. If you guys were with us in January, you know that we had our episode on how to set

Starting point is 00:04:52 goals for the year. And of course, Gene and me are, we're very goal-oriented. We're pretty type A. We've done this. But this is a great time to revisit the goals that you set back in January. See how you're doing. And pull out your journal, take out your vision board or your bingo board, which I have here. And take stock of where you're at today. So are we going to review your vision board? I'm going to show you my bingo board. Heck yeah. And I love how this is a personal reflection, but it's very much a best practice in business, right? In business, we do this all the time. We do this quarterly. You don't wait until the end of the year to see how your year has been doing. So here are some questions that we can ask ourselves, which goals have I

Starting point is 00:05:32 already accomplished, which ones have I made meaningful progress on, which ones no longer feel important and I can deprioritize. I love that one. That one's a good one. And maybe the biggest question, or maybe like the deepest question, is which goals were actually mine and which ones did I create because it came from someone else's expectation. Ooh. Okay, Sheree, let's see that bingo board. Are we going to go over your goals too afterwards? I have my papers.

Starting point is 00:06:00 Okay, good. I want to make sure I'm just not the only person sharing here. Okay. So this is, if you guys are watching, this is on my screen, my 2026 bingo card. This is a way that I've invented to create goals for myself. That is just a fun way to cross off my list. Wow, you've done so many already. And there's one that I didn't even cross off yet.

Starting point is 00:06:22 Sona 10 times. Well, okay, so we're going to talk through some of this, and I'm going to describe it if you're listening or driving and you can't see this video. But if you have the opportunity to turn video on and you're listening on Spotify, turn on your video. Okay, so this is basically, it is a five by five bingo card that I've created. And it is, in my eyes, what would be a very full year and full life for myself if I accomplished all these things. I learned from last year's bingo card that I want to slow down. Last year's bingo card in 2025 was all, how do I put this? It was all like action-oriented things.

Starting point is 00:07:03 It was action-oriented, career-oriented, go, go, go, which is why this year I have like, relax at a spa, get a massage, which I haven't done, get a Korean body scrub. Basically, this year for me, my goal is to slow down. If it's a real bingo card, you don't have to do all of them. It's true. It's true. If it's a real bingo card, you just need to get bingo. But in the spirit of my own bingo card, I like getting all of them. The things that I've done already, I'm very happy about. And I feel like I'm on track in terms of completing this bingo card because we're halfway past the year. The things that I kind of want to revisit. So I want to read 10 books. Right now, I'm on book number six. So I think we're on track. And I like this as a way to push me to continue. to read more. The thing that I want to like revisit and possibly remove is the sauna 10 times. Wait, why? Like, it feels like I'm putting on a, putting a number and like a restriction or something, you know what I mean? Like, I'm adding restriction to something that should be relaxing. You mean like you're putting constraint. Like an overly prescriptive goal?

Starting point is 00:08:13 Yeah. I'm like, like, damn, can I just sauna and relax? No, I have to sauna 10 times this year. And obviously, I've only done that once. So I haven't been making progress on it. Oh, okay, you've been keeping track. So, like, I have these, like, little marks on my bingo card to be, like, how many times have I done it? And, like, if I do it, I'll, like, mark it off. Well, why don't you talk about some of the things you've achieved? So I'm really happy that Jean and I started going to a personal trainer.

Starting point is 00:08:37 Like, that was a really big thing I wanted to embark on this year because I've been going to the gym and doing my own thing. But now that we have a personal trainer, we can push ourselves to failure and really, like have a plan and progress on it. So I'm really happy that we have started the personal training bit. And for those who can't see, it says start personal trainer and there's a little photo of a muscular arm. Wait, my arm looks so muscular right now under these sleeves. Oh my God. Must be the personal trainer. Holy cow. Look at that. Look at that. Is that crazy? It basically is the exact arm that you drew. That's kind of insane. It's pretty much the same. Wait, look, I have to lift up. my like very girly sleeve to be like look at this arm look at his arm and then I'll put down the sleeve

Starting point is 00:09:23 cap now it's it's been working it's been working so I'm really proud of the personal training that we've done also I really like that my board has a bunch of different aspects to it it has travel it has go on a no destination stroll ski a new mountain I think I've set some of the goals that like I'm not too happy with right now or the ones where I like added like a do this for an X number of time like I made it like so hard to achieve for myself.

Starting point is 00:09:58 Well why don't you can't we take this as a time for you to revise the goal? Absolutely. I think when you said that before like we can revise the goals. We're not sauna in. I'm not going to force myself to sauna 10 times this year, guys. Why don't you just change it to sauna one time and then you've already achieved it? I can either change it to like five times or just remove the goal.

Starting point is 00:10:18 See, I have swim five times. I have not swam once this year because like back in January, that was one of my goals. But then now I've started personal training. Like that is my mode of exercise that I really like. So I think I'm going to either remove this swim five times, revise it. I also have like a journal 30 days in a row. I set these goals from myself. That's like so intense.

Starting point is 00:10:42 And then like, that's like when last year you had to go to the gym 30 days in a row. Do you guys remember that and how I like roasted her for that because she she strained her back? It was a really hard goal, guys. And like going to the gym 30 days in a row is not healthy. See, she didn't learn from that. She created journal 30 days in a row. Look, I'm not going to strain my back from journaling 30 days in a row. You're going to strain your mind.

Starting point is 00:11:07 No, I think it's a good goal. But like I'm going to evolve this. I want to continue journaling, but like putting a 30 day in a row thing kind of puts a like pressure on it that I don't think needs to be there because that's not the ethos of my board. What about journal 30 days total? Oh, I like that. Well, that's similar to sauna 10 times. It's not 10 times total. Also, there are two blank spaces.

Starting point is 00:11:33 One is meant to be blank. The other one is meant to be filled out, which I did on purpose because I couldn't think of anything at the time and I didn't want to like rush something in there. so I can still fill it out whatever I want to do. Go to a concert. Haven't you done that? Yes. So this is one that I need to cross out. I went to Sylvan Esso, which was really fun.

Starting point is 00:11:54 And I think from this, the last thing I'll say, is that I could do a better job of doing the relaxing things more. Like go relax at a spa, sit in a park for 30 minutes, no phone, get a massage. Like, that was the point of this board. and I think it's time that I start putting that into a place. Interesting, because you've done all the things that are activities. So you've skied a new mountain. She's, it says speak at a conference, she's done that, travel international, go to an improv class, attend a sports game, attend a gala, host a live event,

Starting point is 00:12:29 get a Kareem body scrub. These are all like active things that need to be basically booked or planned. And you've done those. And the things that you haven't done are the like, ones you intentionally put in this year that are to help you quote unquote do nothing so what are you trying to say well I'm saying maybe in the last hundred days of the year I need to chill the beep out yeah but actually it's good that you bake those in because it's meant it's due it's this is what it's meant to do right it's meant this is what this session is meant to do is for you to look at this and

Starting point is 00:13:05 be like, huh, I did all the things that are activities and I haven't done the things that I purposely put in there to help me relax. Yeah. I mean, I did get a Korean body scrub. So that was very relaxing. But I need to do. It's not that relaxing. I need to do more relaxing. Okay, so I have a theory, which is that the person in the meeting who takes the notes actually has the most power in the meeting. Because think about it. If you're in a meeting, there's 10 people. there's 10 different interpretations of how everything went down. And the meeting note taker is the one who sends out the actual decisions. You're so right. I've seen this actually happen.

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Starting point is 00:14:48 Also, one last, last thing I'll say is that one of my goals is to score sub 100 in golf. And that I like this goal a lot because it's, something that you need to chip away at. Literally. Literally. You need to chip away at it. Literally. But like it's not something that can happen overnight, obviously. So I have been working on that. And I don't think that's reflected in the bingo board because I've been like taking lessons and going out and playing. But like it's actually something that carried over from last year because I didn't achieve it last year, which I think is okay. It's just something I'm working on and something I still feel continued interest in. So maybe you'll carry over.

Starting point is 00:15:30 over to 2027, but hopefully I can hit it this year. Hmm. Okay. So upon reflection, do you feel like this was a good bingo board that you created for yourself for this year? I do. I like the balance that I have in like different categories. So a lot of it is for fun.

Starting point is 00:15:51 A lot of it is for health reasons. A lot of it is to like engage my mind intellectually. So I really like the balance of my board. But one thing that I've realized is that like putting the pressure on myself to do something like sauna 10 times or journal 30 days in a row. Like it makes it less fun. Okay. You know, like it like makes it into like work. Yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:16:20 Or like an action item where like I don't really want to do that for my bingo board. So we're going to revise that going forward. Yeah. So maybe it's just like you write sauna and just every time you do it, you can keep track of it or not. But it's just to remind you to do the thing. And instead of making it stressful for yourself, it's just a continuous reminder. I like that. Back to our list of questions that we asked.

Starting point is 00:16:46 Do you think, did any of these goals come from some sort of external expectation that you then put on yourself? or looking at it now, do you feel like, okay, no, these are all goals that were true to me that were intrinsic? Hmm. That's such a good question. I think the only thing that came from an external goal, and I'm not saying it's a bad thing, was the travel internationally. Because I went internationally for a wedding, and then I went internationally for work. And those were, like, things that I kind of, obviously an obligation that I'm happy to fulfill. But like those were reasons not of my own. And it was kind of like, that's also why it came on my bingo board. So I think traveling internationally for fun is going to be my next goal so that it can be just for what I want to do for my itinerary. Thank you for sharing. Did you like that?

Starting point is 00:17:38 Yeah. Very reflective of you. I'm excited to dig into your goals next. Oh, my God. This is, even though I know we like prescribe this to ourselves, it's kind of scary. Yeah, it is. It's kind of opening up yourself, you know? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:17:53 Okay, so as you guys may know, as we talked about in January, what I do for setting my goals is very different than what Sheree does. So she does her bingo board, which is very cool. It's very visual and it's very sort of concentrated. What I do is I sort of write out 37 things to do while I'm 37. And every year that number goes up by a little bit. And I just like write out a bazillion things. It actually ends up being closer to like 70 items. And the goal is not to do every single one of them. But, you know, if I can hit 37 of the 70 or whatever number it is, then I'm like winning. And then I also have this little paragraph that I write for myself that has a theme and kind of like a description of how I want the year to go. So I'll just read the title of the theme for this year. The theme was investing in myself to create opportunities for magic beyond my wildest dreams. Casual. Yeah. Just low stakes. Yeah, no big deal. No big deal. And then what I did is I write out goals for every single sort of type of sector of my life. So I have health.

Starting point is 00:19:02 I have career. I have creativity slash fun, personal self-investment, relationships, finances. And then one section at the end where it says things to look forward to by month. And then like usually every month I write some things to look forward to because it's fun. So out of all of these, I do have a lot of things that are sort of like what you said, like do this X number of times. And I think something that's a little different is that this year I haven't been keeping track of everything. Usually I like update this document every few weeks or so. But I haven't been doing that this week.

Starting point is 00:19:44 So this is actually the first time that I've looked at it again since I made it in January. Mm-hmm. How are you doing? Is it easy to kind of see how you stack up or some of them? Okay. So for example, the first one I have on here is sleep. Improves sleep score from 74% to 80% this year. Okay. How are we doing? I don't think I'm at 80%. But this is something that I've been actively working on, as you know. And I've been keeping it in mind. And that's why I have the whoop. Like, that's why I've been. trying to go to sleep earlier. And so I'll have to check on this. But it's been a very active, like, ongoing goal that I'm working on. And, like, also under that, I have moved average weekly bedtime from 2.21 a.m. to 12.20 a.m. Which I think I have been improving on. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:20:39 I think, yeah, 2.21 a.m. I think that literally was my average sleep time when I created this. And now it's much closer to 12. 20. Bravo. Thank you. Hi guys. If you're listening to this or watching this episode, please take five seconds to subscribe to Tiger Sisters Podcast. It only is five seconds and that means you get notified every single time a new episode drops. And we have a newsletter. So please sign up for the newsletter. The link is in the description or you could find it at tiger sisterspodcast.com. Hey guys. So you might notice we are in an including

Starting point is 00:21:18 incredible studio right now. Thanks Spotify. And if you are not noticing, because you're listening, watch on Spotify. Turn on your video. See this amazing studio. Check out the lighting, guys. It is so good. When you're watching on Spotify, you get so much more of the in-person experience with Gene and Me. You see the bansa. You see our facial expressions. And it's way more engaging. Turn on your video and check us out. Now back to the show. Okay, I will say one thing. that I have not really invested in this year is in my like description of this year. I think I said that I was going to like go on more dates, which I have not really done or prioritized this year.

Starting point is 00:22:01 But I wrote go on dates even if it's with myself, artist date. So I gave myself an out. Wow. Not an out, but like the idea is more so to like take time off from just always like working. Yeah. And I think I could I could do a lot better job of that. Yeah. How will you operationalize that? Guys, why she asked me such hard questions?

Starting point is 00:22:24 For me, I guess I would have to like calendar it. Yeah. Like actually. Block off time. Right. Like when you go on a date with another person, you like actually commit to it and you have, you know, a date. You have like something that's set in your calendar with that other person.

Starting point is 00:22:39 It's harder to uphold that commitment to yourself because there's always other things to do. So I think that that's. one thing that I can do a much better job of now that I'm like reading these things again and seeing what my intention was for this year. Yeah, I think that's a lot better. I mean, that's something I can do much better. Can I make a suggestion? Yeah. Like I think you should reserve either your Friday night or Saturday night for like do nothing, whether it's like going to date with yourself or going to date with someone else because I feel like. Like not working. Yeah, because I feel like you end up like filling that time with work stuff.

Starting point is 00:23:21 I know. So just like from the hours of like 7 p.m. to like, I don't know, 10 p.m. On a Friday, not work. Yeah. Guys, why do you think Tiger Sisters podcast is so successful? We work all the freaking time, but like Gene needs to take time off to go on dates with someone or with herself. So like forgive us, but she needs to go on a couple of dates. But I think that would be good.

Starting point is 00:23:46 Yeah. Like a Friday, like Friday and Saturday, like religiously off. Yeah. Wait, I found one that I have made no progress on under personal self-investment. Do a full split. I've actually been practicing my splits, but I didn't know that you were trying to do the splits. A full split. A full split.

Starting point is 00:24:05 Like verdict, like this way or this way? Like which way? Long way. It's unspecified. Okay. It's flexible. It's flexible. I see, I see.

Starting point is 00:24:16 What else? I have prioritized socializing attend 30 plus social events where I meet new people. That seems like a lot of social events. 30 sounds like a lot. That's like so many. Oh my God. I know. I mean, but you have been doing a good job of that. Like you have been going to the Venice social events with your girlfriends and stuff. So you have been making progress on that. But 30 sounds like a lot. 30 is a lot. So now that the two of us have shared our January goals where we stack up against them, how we're thinking about them, revising them for the next 100 days. This is your turn for your many exercise on what you can do. So here's your homework. Spend 20 minutes this week revisiting your January goals.

Starting point is 00:24:58 And please, please, please do not beat yourself up. Don't judge yourself. Don't be harsh on yourself. Just take stock and take inventory of where you are today because you need to figure out what worked, what didn't, and also what you need to revise going forward because the goals that I sat in January, look, I haven't swam once this year. I'm not going to swim five more times this year. We need to revise them. It's okay to have a plan, but the plan is written in pencil. So you have the ability to revise and also figure out what works for you for the next 100 days.

Starting point is 00:25:29 And please write in the comments, do you think I could do a full split in 100 days? Is it possible for Jean? I'm concerned. Without injury. For Jean to non-injuriously learn how to do a full split. full split in the next 100 days. I'm scared for you. LMK. LMK. Thank you guys so much for tuning in to part one of this back to school series we have of how to renew yourself, renew your goals in the next 100 days. Please stay tuned for part two where we go over tips two, three, four, and five of how

Starting point is 00:26:05 to reclaim the back to school energy. Thanks guys and we'll see you next time. Bye.

Tiger Sisters - 100 Days Left: Revisit Your Goals and Finish the Year Strong

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