The Magic of 3 Words: How to Create a True North for Your Year (and Your Life)

Welcome back to Consider the Possibilities with Monique de Maio where real-life experience meets practical wisdom…In this episode, Monique shares a powerful, deceptively simple framework she’s used for years to create clarity, focus, and alignment: the magic of choosing three words.Forget resolutions. Forget vision boards that don’t stick. This is about creating a true north. A lens through which you make decisions about your time, energy, money, relationships, and opportunities.Monique walks you through:Why traditional goal-setting often failsHow a single theme can shift your entire yearWhy the number three is wired into how humans think and decideHow to choose three words that actually change how you show upHow to use those words as a daily decision-making filterWhen (and why) it’s okay to change your words mid-yearThis episode is reflective, practical, and grounding, especially if you’re done people-pleasing, overthinking, or living for optics instead of meaning.This podcast is part of our mission to amplify women who are redefining work, life, and leadership.Want Help Choosing Your Three Words?I created a simple, guided worksheet to help you walk through this process intentionally.Download the complimentary worksheet →  HERE And if you get stuck, truly stuck, you are not doing it wrong.Sometimes clarity needs conversation.You are always welcome to reach out.ABOUT MONIQUEAuthor. Speaker. Strategic Navigator.Monique de Maio helps women leaders and organizations move from chaos to clarity, in business and in life.Founder of OnDemandCMO and an active CMO, Monique brings more than 30 years of marketing and leadership experience across global brands, Wall Street, nonprofit, and publishing. Her work sits at the intersection of strategy and humanity, cutting through noise, simplifying the complex, and delivering solutions that actually work.As host of the Consider the Possibilities podcast, Monique explores the real conversations behind growth, reinvention, and decision-making. Through her Strategic Navigator work, she applies the same rigor used in business strategy to help women think clearly about their careers, wellness, and life design, without burning everything down.Follow Monique for More Possibilities:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniquedemaioLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moniquedemaioNewsletter: https://www.moniquedemaio.com/newsletter-sign-upBook Monique as a speaker for your next event: https://www.moniquedemaio.com/contactGrab her award-winning, bestselling book The 7 Secrets to Creating a Life You Love: A Practical Guide for Women in Leadership:https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Creating-Life-You-Love/dp/B0CLHV526G