Ep 371: My 2024 Word of the Year

What is Tonya’s WOTY? She has been selecting a word of the year for the past decade, finding it to be a transformative process. She firmly believes that merely setting goals and taking action is insufficient for creating lasting change. Instead, Tonya emphasizes the significance of personal growth and transformation in order to consistently approach things differently and achieve different outcomes. Having a word of the year serves as a guiding principle, providing direction and support.

However, Tonya faced difficulty in choosing a word of the year for 2024. Initially, she contemplated words like "power" and "integrity," but they didn't resonate with her. It was during a luncheon for the Good Friends organization that she witnessed a woman on stage who embodied qualities she deeply admired, such as power and integrity.

The word "royal" encapsulates the host's desired qualities of integrity, generosity, and elevating self-care. She explains that embodying royalty means radiating an energy filled with integrity, grace, compassion, and empathy. It entails adhering to moral principles and a code of ethics in both behavior and leadership.

Tune in to discover how to aim toward treating yourself with the utmost care and refinement.

Episode Breakdown:

00:33 Choosing a word of the year

02:14 One of the biggest mistakes that we make

06:09 My word of the year for 2024 is royal

08:24 Seeing yourself as someone of status

09:28 Lead with integrity

13:12 What is ‘being royal’?

14:59 Being more generous in 2024

18:11 The Royal Treatment

19:39 My extraordinary goal

Quotes:

“My extraordinary goal this year is around leadership and my business and my team. I want to be a really royal leader.”

“I don't believe in giving when you're doing it to get rid of guilt or to, you know, impress other people. I think that is the energy in which a lot of people sometimes give and then they start to feel resentful and it doesn't feel good.”

“One of the traits that the woman who was on stage that revealed my word of the year to me showed me that I want more of this year is generosity.”

“We are going to make mistakes, we are going to get it wrong sometimes. But the biggest mistake is in pretending you didn't make one.”

“Because so often we discount ourselves, we shrink ourselves, we put ourselves down, we place other people above us.”

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