INTRODUCTION Welcome to the SuperStar Communicator podcast, where in today's episode, titled "Great 2025," we'll imagine our best selves and make incredible plans for the upcoming year. Join host Susan Heaton-Wright and her perceptive co-host Nick as they explore a spectrum of ambitions, including creative projects, personal development, and communication strategies. We are using the Awesome 2025 Ebook we have created. Download it here Susan aspires to a clutter-free home and dreams of crafting a Chanel jacket, while Nick is committed to developing a new book series and organizing his workspace. We'll delve into the importance of reflecting on past achievements, inspired by Susan's opera singing experience and Nick's creative endeavors in music and art. Expect practical insights, such as daily reflection exercises, creating a "fabulous year" jar, and using tools like Blinkist for quick knowledge boosts. Discover why reflecting on life's highs and lows, embracing creativity, and organizing your goals matter. We'll also discuss travel ambitions, celebration achievements, and the importance of reaching out for advice and connections. Through this reflective journey, you're encouraged to eliminate distractions, find balance, and plan for a truly remarkable 2025. Tune in and let's make it great together! Transcript here Key Topics Susan Heaton-Wright00:02:2000:02:25 The Importance of Reflection: "It's very easy in life to just move forward going from one thing to another." Susan Heaton-Wright00:03:4800:04:05 Topic: The Power of Reflection and Neuroplasticity Quote: "I gave them an exercise to do that at the end of each day was reflecting on how well they've done. And some people call this the sort of happiness thing or gratitude where you choose 3 things that you've done that you're proud of. But I expanded that exercise so that they would really recognize what they'd achieved, what they were proud of, and how they had contributed to those successes." Susan Heaton-Wright00:06:3000:06:44 "Finding Joy in Small Achievements": "I've got this, I don't know if you can see this jar, but it's, a fabulous year, 2024. And in here, I write down on bits of paper things that I've done, and they might be little things." Susan Heaton-Wright00:07:0600:07:25 "Remembering the Little Things: 'That's something that I would recommend to everybody that get a big jar and start this in 2025. And then at the end of the year, they can look back on what what they've done. They might not be big achievements. It doesn't matter. But it's to remember those people you've met and all of those things.'" Susan Heaton-Wright00:08:2100:08:25 Crafting Future Dreams: "Towards the end of December, I start writing things I'd like to do next year." Susan Heaton-Wright00:13:3800:13:52 Resilience and Recovery: "It was great because I got over a really serious shoulder injury and so I was back swimming, driving, doing all sorts of things like that and then I fractured my elbow...That was disappointing for me, but I'll be back in set in January again." Susan Heaton-Wright00:19:1000:19:13 "Dream Big: If you aim for the stars, you might get the moon." Susan Heaton-Wright00:23:4200:24:19 "Summer Travels and Celebrations: I've got I'm going over to Ireland in June, and that is partly for a conference, but also there's a retreat that I'm going to with my husband. I'm going to the Netherlands in, July to do this Chanel jacket, Norfolk to celebrate my mother's birthday with my family, Wales, we've got somewhere that we go to there, and also to Derbyshire to, celebrate 25 years of friendship with a number of people, and all the families are gonna be there." Susan Heaton-Wright00:35:4800:35:52 "Challenge Yourself: So I will be putting into Goodreads that I'll read 50 books." Susan Heaton-Wright00:40:0300:40:08 Embracing Life Fully: "We've only got one life, and it's a shame to let it go through our fingers." Nick00:03:0400:03:08 "Finding Time for Reflection in Constant Performance": "You can sort of not lack the time to sort of reflect on the performances and the production beforehand and see, you don't really get to learn from those things that you did." Nick00:05:0900:05:35 The Journey of a Composer: "As an artist, I think that's one of the nicest things about the, process of starting off and developing your style and that kind of thing, going back to where you started and seeing how you, kind of had initial ideas that, you slowly but surely built up and seeing how you can take those ideas into the future." Nick00:09:1900:09:26 "Reflecting on Creativity": "When you're creating, you're sort of looking to the future and above rather than when you're editing, you're going over what you've done." Nick00:10:5800:11:13 Celebrating Creative Achievements: "Recently, I've filmed and I'm composing music for a short film. It'll be 40 minutes cut up into 4 episodes, and that that will be the biggest score per film I've done." Nick00:14:3500:14:40 "The Challenges of Collaboration: The process of making the projects could have been gone more smoothly, I think, with more experience." Nick00:16:2400:16:32 How to Master CV Writing: "For the more pragmatic writing of job applications, that requires you to be as specific as possible." Nick00:24:5200:25:08 Aspiring to Filmmaker Dreams: "I think I'd wanna become more of a director and writer and become, I guess, it might be against the the rule of it, but become more organized and that kind of thing." Nick00:26:2900:26:36 The Journey of Becoming: "You can go from what you want to become and what you want to achieve out of becoming that." Nick00:28:5300:29:03 Time Management Insight: "I find the more free time you have, the less organized you are or the less, effective use that free time." Nick00:32:0000:32:13 Aim for the Stars: "I want to, further my own writing and create new, book series that I've I've been thinking about, but, I can creatively commit to them." Transcript of Best 2025 SuperStar Communicator Here at SuperStar Communicator HQ Susan and Nick love sharing great content. If you like our podcast why not buy us a coffee. SuperStar Communicator Is a multi award winning international company empowering emerging leaders to speak and communicate with clarity, confidence, credibility and influence We deliver: ● Masterclasses ● facilitate workshops ● deliver speeches ● face to face and virtually ● coach individuals. 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