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In a world full of noise & distractions, finding clarity & focus is essential for success, especially for busy entrepreneurs & creative minds! The Reset Journal created by Mike Bell offers a powerful, structured approach to help you cut through the chaos & focus on what truly matters.

What is The Reset Journal?

The Reset Journal is a tool designed for daily alignment & structured reflection, moving away from the typical motivational journal format. It provides a simple, yet effective framework to keep you on track towards your most important goals.

Key Features:

• 90-Day Goal Setting: Each journal begins with setting a clear, big goal you want to achieve in the next 90 days.
• Daily Alignment: The core of the journal involves small, 6 minute commitments each day. This includes a morning step to set your focus & an afternoon or evening reflection point.
• Repetitive Structure: To build ‘muscle memory’ & turn the process into a sustainable habit, the daily pages feature a simple, consistent format, often limiting your response to just two lines to enforce focus.
• Reflection Points: The journal includes weekly & 30-day reflection points to review your progress, see what could be changed & how you responded to events.

The Two Core Principles

Mike Bell built The Reset Journal around two powerful, proven principles to help combat the common issue of having too many ideas & never completing anything:

1. The 80/20 Principle (Pareto Principle)

This principle states that 20% of your efforts contribute to 80% of your results.

• The Problem: Most people focus on the things they enjoy, which often contribute to the smaller 20% of results.
• The Solution: The journal prompts you to identify & focus on the one action each day that will make the biggest difference towards your 90-day goal, ensuring your limited time is spent on high-leverage activities.

2. E + R = O (Event + Response = Outcome)

Borrowed from Paul McGee’s book SUMO (Shut Up, Move On): The Straight-Talking Guide to Succeeding in Life, this equation aligns with the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism:

• The Reality: Events (E) happen in life & business that are often outside of your control
• The Power of Response: You cannot control the event or the final outcome (O), but you can have total control over your response (R)
• The Goal: By being more mindful & taking a pause to reflect – especially when an event triggers an emotional reaction – you can choose a better response, leading to a better outcome

More Than a Journal: Unlock Key Potential

The Reset Journal is connected to Mike Bell’s broader ‘Unlock Key Potential‘ project. This is an initiative focused on helping businesses move past the need for “more noise” (more ads, more channels) & instead implement a strong structure & systems.

The goal is to automate key processes – not to create a business that runs itself but to take away daily, non-core tasks (like consistent lead follow-up), allowing founders & leaders to focus on their unique 20% actions. This framework is essential because, as Mike notes, every successful business, regardless of industry, relies on solid systems & processes to grow.

The ultimate aim of both the journal & the project is simple: to help people find the guidance & structure they need to fully unlock their potential & achieve a greater sense of value & accomplishment.

The Reset Journal is available on Amazon here & you can find out more at resetjournals.com.

ps You can also listen to this interview (& more) on Paul’s ‘SuperConnector Show’ podcast which is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible or Spreaker via our ‘Podcasts‘ page.