The #1 Thing to Finish The Year Strong

Welcome back to The Daily Mastermind. My name is George Wright III, and I’m excited to spend some time with you this morning. I hope you had a great weekend.

As we approach the end of the year, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I can share with you to help you finish strong.

Every year around this time, I reflect on how I can bring more structure to the podcast—not just to close out the year effectively but to help you create a solid blueprint for the year ahead.

After talking with listeners and evaluating what’s missing for many people, I’ve realized something:

Many don’t have access to the experts, resources, and support structure that I’ve been fortunate to have in my business and personal life.

So, for the next six weeks, I’m committing to providing more structure, more foundational principles, and more strategic insights to help you:

• Finish the year strong
• Create a clear roadmap for success in the new year
• Build authority in your industry
• Strengthen your core values in personal development, business mastery, and financial education

While my mission is always to motivate, inspire, and educate, I also want to be a daily staple in your personal growth journey. My goal is to help you expand your mindset and take action.

Weekly Structure and Focus

To provide more structure and real value, here’s what you can expect from The Daily Mastermind moving forward:

• Mondays: Core principles and prosperity mindset topics to set the tone for the week.
• Tuesdays - Thursdays: Business mastery strategies, tools, and insights to help you create massive authority in your industry and scale your success.
• Fridays: Lifestyle topics, personal development, and strategies to elevate your quality of life.

At the end of the day, we are all working to build the life we desire and deserve. By focusing on these key areas each week, I want to help you optimize your time, energy, and results.

I also encourage you to make The Daily Mastermind part of your morning routine or daily rituals and engage with me—let me know what you’re working on so I can tailor content to help you directly.

Principles of Perspective, Action, and Determination

Today, I want to focus on three critical principles:

• Perspective
• Action
• Determination

These are core themes in Ryan Holiday’s book, The Obstacle Is the Way—one of my top recommendations.

Holiday’s work is rooted in Stoicism, a philosophy you’ve likely heard referenced by entrepreneurs like Tim Ferriss and other high achievers.

Let’s explore these principles and how they can help you turn obstacles into opportunities and make the most of the rest of this year.

Lessons from Marcus Aurelius and Stoicism

In The Obstacle Is the Way, Ryan Holiday references a powerful moment in history:

In 170 A.D., Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor, sat down to write. It may have been in a war tent in Germania, in his palace in Rome, or even during the Colosseum games.

He wasn’t writing for an audience. He was writing for himself.

What he wrote has become one of history’s most powerful formulas for overcoming adversity:

“Our actions may be impeded, but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions, because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting.”

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

This concept is game-changing.

Instead of seeing obstacles as roadblocks, what if they were actually the path forward?

Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities

Right now, you might be facing serious challenges—maybe in business, relationships, health, or finances.

No matter what it is, challenges can paralyze us. They can trap us inside our own heads, making us feel stuck and unable to move forward.

But what if the obstacles you’re facing contain hidden advantages?

Most people don’t realize that inside every problem lies an opportunity for growth, learning, and transformation.

The real obstacle is not external—it’s internal.

The way we see problems determines how we respond to them.

Why Do Some People Break Through While Others Stay Stuck?

Successful people—from Abraham Lincoln and Rockefeller to Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan—all faced massive challenges.

But they didn’t just overcome those challenges…

They turned their biggest weaknesses into their biggest strengths.

The difference between those who break through and those who stay stuck isn’t talent, luck, or intelligence. It’s perspective, action, and determination.

The Three Steps to Overcoming Any Obstacle

Ryan Holiday outlines a simple yet powerful process for overcoming challenges.

It’s not easy, but it’s straightforward:

1. Change Your Perspective

• Your perception of the problem is the real problem.
• Focus on what you can control, not what you can’t.
• Reframe the challenge as an opportunity for growth.

Marcus Aurelius reminds us:

“Objective judgment now, at this moment.”

When we shift our perspective, we stop being victims of circumstance and start taking control.

2. Take Action

• Stop overthinking—start executing.
• Break big challenges into small, manageable steps.
• Channel your energy into progress, not excuses.

Wayne Dyer said:

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Action—not overanalyzing—is the antidote to feeling stuck.

3. Strengthen Your Willpower

• Develop mental resilience.
• Accept that challenges are necessary for growth.
• Commit to pressing forward, no matter what.

Marcus Aurelius emphasizes:

“Willing acceptance, now, at this very moment, of all external events.”

Those who embrace obstacles and use them as fuel become unstoppable.

Final Thoughts: Make This the Start of Your Breakthrough

As we approach the end of the year, remember:

• Your mindset determines your success.
• Your biggest obstacles hold your greatest opportunities.
• Your future is shaped by the perspective, action, and determination you commit to today.

If you embrace this process, you won’t just finish the year strong—you’ll set yourself up for massive momentum going into next year.

You are not alone. Every entrepreneur, high achiever, and leader struggles. But those who push through anyway create the life they were meant to live.

Join the Conversation and Take Action

I want to hear from you.

• What are you working on?
• What challenges are you facing?
• How can I help?

Hit me up on Instagram or Facebook @TheDailyMastermind.

Let’s work together over the next six weeks to push through, level up, and build something incredible.

Now is the time.

Make this your moment to turn obstacles into opportunities.

I appreciate you, and I look forward to talking with you again soon.

— George Wright III | The Daily Mastermind