The Fastest Way to Really Progress in Life

[@xdgs567z]

Great interesting video! I’ve always set goals in the past and either procrastinated or not even touching my goals….now after watching this video, I realize I should focus on optimizing the systems that will lead me to my goals 😊

[@JeanVoronkova]

Hi there, thank you for watching & I'm so glad the video made sense to you! For me the biggest thing about goals is that i get distracted and "fall off the wagon".... the timeline for focusing on the change needed to bring about the goal results is too big i guess. Systems means that everyday is a easily actionable small step in the right direction.... thereby leading to the desired results and beyond. Wishing you a very fruitful 2024 :)

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

I gave up making goals, ha, ha, ha. I always ended up not meeting them.

[@megathy43]

Hi, Jean! It's been lovely following you this past year and hearing about your "retirement" in Bali. I took your advice many times regarding changing my lifestyle, all the way from going to Bali for a month (it was too hot for me) to selling or giving away everything I owned and moving to Italy! I began the year by leaving the US and arriving in Rome on New Year's Day with the plan of staying at an airbnb for two months as I look for permanent housing. I'm sure I could never have done it as well as I did without your words of encouragement, especially hearing how you simplified your possessions and decided to live with less. I am now staying in a small village in Abruzzo, working with two lovely lawyers to get my Elective Residency visa processed and finding an apartment for the present. I never had any doubt that what I'm doing would succeed because my heart led me here and your example showed me. Thanks again for continuing to bless and inspire us with your wisdom and compassion!❤

[@JeanVoronkova]

oh Meg! thank you so much for sharing your life with me and leaving me this kind note. Hearing stories llike yours really makes all the effort we put into the videos really worthwhile. You're so brave! well done you!! Italy sounds lovely I've been a couple of times and am always terribly charmed by the food, the scenery and the culture - good luck for that ER visa!! you can do this - n it's gonna be such a wonderful journey. I'm happy you followed your heart to Italy! Big hugs from Bali!!!! we r rooting for you!

[@arielzshell]

Hello, my name is Ariel, I’m your audience living in California. I recently just quit my technical program manager job at US TikTok, to live my dream life, which is travel around in my camper van with my dog. I’m trying to start up my KZbin channel and it’s been going slow. I’ve been under a lot of anxious feelings and your video very helpful to make me feel better and also give me helpful tips on where I could actually improve my life and my build systems to make my dream life a reality.

[@cocodjones818]

Thank you again Jean...i can't stop watching your videos. This is the 1st time I've been able to share the SAME sentiments and know someone in Asia/other places are thinking the same. I have to develop systems for myself- starting now with what I want my next career step to be. I'm all over the place- perimenopause right now and do not feel like myself, but watching your videos this evening...I am not alone in this journey! My mom is my #1 cheerleader and she encourages me all the time, but I need to do this on my own, and I will. THANK YOU AGAIN for all the information and encouragement- please continue the videos- you are making a huge difference❤

[@dougmassey1807]

Many many years ago I was involved in QA in a large hotel in BDA. Gurus from the US introduced the '7 habits of Highly effective people' (The Book) and to this day I try to keep those habits (I guess you might call them systems now) in life. Lovely to see what might be a Bali rescue dog in the early part of the video, such a responsibility. Happy 2024 to you both from OZ

[@JeanVoronkova]

Happy new year Doug! all the best for 2024!

[@magnas7100]

Thanks for sharing your content watching from Australia ❤

[@JeanVoronkova]

Thank you! It's super hot in Bali right now I hope you guys are enjoying life in better temperatures down south! Cheers to 1% improvements everyday towards our individual goals in 2024! Happy new year!

[@Karen-v6u]

Thank you Jean for inspiring me everytime I listen to you. God bless you !

[@johnpiroz7075]

Good to see you back ❤

[@JeanVoronkova]

Thank you John! End of 2023 and start of 2024 has been so busy and productive for me and I'm starting the year feeling that my cup is so so full and I am so grateful for all our blessings! Excited to get back to normal life pace and keep sharing my thoughts thru the videos - hope your 2024 will unfold in the most awesome way too :) Happy new year!

[@lynnwalker]

Happy New Year to you too! I love how well you explain concepts, you are so concise and your voice is very soothing and encouraging!

[@JeanVoronkova]

Thank you Lynn! Happy new year! All the best :)

[@JeanVoronkova]

For 2024 my systems focus on working towards better surf levels, better fitness, better health, better YT videos (! lol) and better relationships. What are yours? 🤗 Happy new year!

[@healthyliving7226]

Do you ever feel down. If so what are some things you do to feel better. Wish you could do a video on it.

[@JeanVoronkova]

Hi there, yes of course i got my down days and they are terrible (ask V he'll hv a long spiel on them haha). Actually V put me on Omega 3 supplements since about 2 years back and they've been absolutely essential for stabilizing my moods! But i think thats on the hormonal & sleep front mainly. I find that maintaining a healthy regular sleep schedule (in bed by 10ish lights out by 11ish latest and up early for surf) is bloody important for making me sleep better n function happier and more productive each day, plus if i'm just feeling low with no particular reason, getting active & working up a sweat always is a no-fail pick me up. If there's no surf (always makes me SO happy!) we skateboard or hike or gym (but i'm cancelling my gym thing this year though) or i dance it out to music at home haha. If there's an actual problem bugging me I either contemplate, journal or meditate or its a combo of it all. Like with goal achieving, there's no magic to all the stuff i said above. There's no one "magic pill" solution. The magic i think is in keeping up with all of these little habits every day consistently over a long period of time, and you shd feel (if u track thru journal or etc) a sustained and measurable improvement in how you feel overall. And u need to try out all sorts of diff stuff n then find the unique cocktail that works for you! Hang in there!

[@healthyliving7226]

@JeanVoronkova thanks Jean ! 🙂 when you said surfing in the morning I already felt happy lol. Thanks for your detailed reply with so many tips 🙂

[@kristenwerner7362]

Love your videos! You bring great content, let us see a glimpse of your daily life and the natural beauty of your environment. Plus your videos have a calming effect on me that I love. Thank you!!

[@JeanVoronkova]

thank you Kristen, appreciate your lovely kind note! Happy new year to you too!

[@marvogrady9728]

Thanks again, Jean. Another great video. The idea of Systems rather than Goals is on reflection such an obvious and valuable plan. You've again inspired me to implement your suggestions into my quest for self improvement. Even in my mid sixties I get much pleasure from learning new ideas and relearning neglected older ones. You're a lovely lady and always enjoy watching you and your good partners life. All The Best.

[@JeanVoronkova]

thanks so much for your kind note. I can't take credit for the idea - it's been floating around for a few years thanks to james clear but even for myself 2023 was the first time i started examining my life and the areas that need improving from the perspective of systems, not goals, and it truly works much better, so i'm gonna keep implementing that for 2024! all the best for your life quests!

[@ccteo3253]

Have you tried intermittent fasting? Prolong intermittent fasting can also reset our health. I’m in late 40s and still have same weight that I had in my 20s. I lost fats I never knew I had and jeans from Uni days now feels loose.

[@palabra_alma]

Hi from Chile! your videos are inspiring and much appreciated, thank you :-)

[@jimstowell1166]

Thank you for your inspirational and direction.

[@floydschrock2761]

Amen. You inspire me with your thoughts and words, really enjoy listening, Amen, Amen.

[@jamalgreen3056]

Your right goals aren’t enough because we can all set goals but you need to have achievements and accomplishments that follow up after the goals.Most people brainstorm,analyze and set goals but they fail at taking action because they are hesitant on what the outcome will be.

[@JeanVoronkova]

yeah its the following up over a long period of time that really challenges our discipline right! Breaking it down into systems and daily habits to make 1% improvements everyday just makes so much more sense lol

[@drduffuss]

you are so articulate and a voice so pleasant to listen to. keep sharing your life solutions and you keep on growing

[@JeanVoronkova]

thank you so much, and happy new year! all the best in 2024 :)

[@davehood1514]

Words of wisdom about setting systems up and not just goals, so much more focused love it 😁

[@oscarschuit]

I wish you both a wonderful and healthy 2024! From now on I will surely figger out some systems I can integrate in my daily life, thanks!!

[@JeanVoronkova]

Thanks Oscar wishing you and your family great health and successful endeavours in 2024 too!! Little 1% improvements daily in 2024 leading to a wonderful life :)

[@abelovedflame]

Thank you for the excellent insight!

[@donroy7825]

Hello dear Jean, a very Happy New Year 🥳👫🏻🐶!! Thanks for starting the year off with this excellent ‘systems’ video !! Great images and production👍 . We have a few plans in place - and this is a refreshing way to view them and ensure good progress ✈️ 🏡 🍱 👍 ! We are just home now following our winter travels, and looking forward to more fun this year 🍀 👀! Greetings from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, cheers, Don 🙋‍♂️ !

[@rasheidwade225]

Amazing video for someone who struggled years of this and I am only 31. I just want to do a complete 180 of my life starting with my weight because im prediabetic. I just really want this year to be that year for me and unfortunately i am unemployed as well. Things just takes it time before it gets better.

[@JeanVoronkova]

Hi Rasheid, I'm sorry to hear about your struggles, but at the same time i admire your mental strength. It takes a lot to acknowledge and know that things do take time but they do eventually get better. Carrying that attitude with you and taking small 1% positive changes everyday will definitely bring you to a better place not far in the future. I'm rooting for you!

[@rasheidwade225]

@@JeanVoronkova Thank you so much for your words it’s very encouraging and motivational.

[@siaec3094]

Wishing a happy 2024 for you and Vitaly!

[@JeanVoronkova]

hey gugu!! thank you and happy new year to you tracy ben and michelle too!!!!

[@AndrewTube]

happy new year jean!

[@JeanVoronkova]

happy new year Andrew!! Wishing you & the family a wonderful 2024! Come visit in Bali!

[@jacinthamarak7750]

I saw your vlog just yesterday and hearing you couldn't help subscribing you👍I just wanted to hear your words😊

[@dominichill1492]

Happy New year 2024 to you Jean sweetheart. I always appreciate your great knowledge on any topic regarding anything in life. I'm always looking to set new goals this year. Jean also your videos have help me get threw 2023 sweetheart.

[@JeanVoronkova]

Hi Dominic, happy new year to you too! I'm really grateful that you're always here and honestly to hear that our videos helped you throughout 2023 is deeply encouraging and I'm very appreciative. I hope 2024 unfolds in a happy and beautiful way for you Dominic 🌻

[@jeanettelaugo6556]

Thank you so much,your video is an eye opener👍♥️

[@alvin9007]

Happy new year Jean. Hope you're doing well 😊

[@JeanVoronkova]

Thank you Alvin and Happy new year to you too! All is wonderful on this turn of 2024, wishing you and family an amazing fresh year ahead as well!

[@vivveene]

I want to work remotely and live in Mexico. I am currently in a 9 to 5 job living in Jamaica. Thank you for the tips.

[@JeanVoronkova]

Best of luck I'm sure you can do it 🌻

[@floydschrock2761]

Love your videos. Amen.

[@alexanderfria4443]

Awesome video, really full of wisdom. Thank you!

[@malcolmjelani3588]

Whatever. This lady is so righteous and full of herself.

[@rboapaudfs8SkE2h]

@@malcolmjelani3588you’re just jealous because you can’t score a whyte guy

[@JeanVoronkova]

Thank you Alexander - i'm glad you had some takeaways from this. It is the everyday 1% changes that will result in measurable progress after some time, instead of lofty goals without a roadmap to get there i think :) Happy new year!

[@smitasha]

Lovely voice and inspiring thoughts. I too left my corporate job and trying to gather many skills. I can relate with your lifestyle and thus enjoy every video you share.

[@JeanVoronkova]

You can do it Smitasha! all the best for your own exciting journey

[@smitasha]

@@JeanVoronkova thank you ☺️🙏it means a lot

[@raajendiranamalwar7292]

Great motivation I learn lot of things from your videos Thanks

[@JeanVoronkova]

Cheers Raajen, i'm glad the video helped!

[@dalinakamarudin6283]

Hi jean..this video inspiring me a lot how to achieve my goals this year..thank you❤

[@Rockethurst]

Blessings from Oz. 😎👍❤️

[@catherinegreen4306]

Happy New Year, Jean! I love your videos. You are an inspiration! 🎉❤

[@JeanVoronkova]

thank you Catherine Happy new year to you too! I'm so glad the videos resonate with you :)

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

I love your digs, your home. I wish I lived like this, my Dear. 😄

[@JeanVoronkova]

😊 thank you Abbie, we are very fortunate to have secured this home before inflation really set in all across Bali

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@JeanVoronkova You are very welcome❣️

[@basslover1345]

I enjoy your videos so much. You are a truly beautiful and special woman with a amazing soul. God bless you and your family. 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@br8979]

You look beautiful and like you are in your twenties. It's good to make changes for your health but I hope you don't feel like you need to change how you look in any way ❤

[@unsaltedbeurre3411]

Hi Jean and Vitaly and happy 2024! (It's still January so I think I can still say it haha). Just got a chance to catch up on your last few videos as I was traveling. I try to set small actions that will lead towards a bigger goal too but I am extremely undisciplined so I find it hard to even stick to the smallest action like flossing every day or doing small exercises while watching TV, etc. Would love to hear your advice on how to develop discipline!

[@JeanVoronkova]

hey you happy new year 2024 tooo!!!! very happy to see you! where did u go and what did u get up to! everyone has an issue with discipline i think haha... its just a matter of chopping and dicing it till u find a formula of small steps that work. For me lately ive committed to a new habit of 10 squats n 10 surf popups on the yoga mat everyday.... its smtg i wanted to do since all of 2023 but couldn't get myself to do it! i kept thinking before bed wd be the best time.... but last few days, i realised in the morning if i change into a bikini right after brushin my teeth it makes me feel ready to go, n its easy to do the 10 squats n popups on the yoga mat cos im already suitably attired... whereas by the time i remember it before bed, im already in my clean jammies n i dun wanna go lie on my mat haha. And so far i've manaaged to keep to my habit everyday for less than a week haha but im still going! If small exercises during TV time doesnt work (kinda distracts from whats happening on tv i find!), u cd do squats or stretches during or right after brushin your teeth perhaps? or in between computer time when u get up for a stretch. n the flossing... if u normally do it before you brush your teeth, what about trying after? or switch to a water pik if u dont like floss?

[@unsaltedbeurre3411]

Thanks for the tips! 10 squats a day sound quite doable! You're right. It's all about finding time slots for very small actions in everyday routine. The hardest part for me is starting it. I'm weird though. I can go cold turkey changing a certain habits just at a snap of fingers, i.e. One day I woke up and decided I didn't need coffee anymore so I just quit coffee and I've stayed off it for nearly 2 years now and not even one slip! Years ago I also decided I wouldn't drink soft drinks anymore and just like that, I stopped cold turkey. I guess I'm good at quitting, but not starting haha. We went to the Philippines, although nice, but Bali (and Thailand) win hands down!@@JeanVoronkova

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Jean, I love your drawing of V. at 05:10❣

[@JeanVoronkova]

aww thanks Abbie!

[@shawntolani5354]

awesome advice

[@JeanVoronkova]

thank you Shawn happy new year!

[@irislaw2277]

Do less but better. That spoke to me. I find your videos to be soothing and inspiring. Thank you for posting such great content.

[@JeanVoronkova]

thank you Iris i'm grateful you enjoyed the video!

[@margarettownsley9500]

Hi jean thank you for this video it’s very true that goals can slip through our fingers so little changes every day to make progress best wishes for the new year

[@Daneiladams555]

Goals are overrated but everyone is different

[@hdnjewl]

Hi Jean, are you still teaching surfing? I cannot find your surfing company to sign up for lessons.

[@JeanVoronkova]

hi there! thank you for thinking of us! unfortunately we ran the surf school when we were living in Vietnam and our current visas in Bali do not allow for us to work!

[@rvb_homevilla_bali]

❤

[@rebeccal.672]

My goal(s) this year are to invest in the S&P 500 and also some Index Funds as well to have a better retirement savings and also maybe do the same for my daughter as well for her future. Plus save more and spend less.. I do pretty well but, want to do better.

[@JeanVoronkova]

Hey Rebecca! Thanks for sharing, and its a good reminder for me to relook at my own stock portfolio lol! I remember looking at it couple of weeks back and thinking maybe i ought to rebalance and also yes, let go of some underperformers and maybe weigh more on the index this year again! I had a friend who told me her parents started developing a stock portfolio for her since her teens and I always thought that was such a wonderful life gift from her parents to her for later in life. Looks like your daughter is also very fortunate!

[@rboapaudfs8SkE2h]

I love ya big tttzzz

[@erika-oq2sz]

i loved ur talking so much and ur style ...i ask why u choosed to have no kids ..i wisch u give us answers in ur next videos❤

[@marekszewczyk]

Fasten your seatbelts (0:30) ;)

[@weetak]

有点离题了...农历新年期间适合去巴厘岛吗？

[@JeanVoronkova]

hi hi! sorry Weetak i don't hv mando on this computer so i'm just gonna reply in english lol - Bali is not a bad choice for Lunar New Year if you're happy to escape the new year pricing in most places that celebrate LNY! Like Vietnam, Singapore, HK etc during this time everything gets inflated and a lot of stuff is closed but for Bali it's mostly life as normal so for us that's an absolute boon. The downside is that there won't be much festive feeling except within your friend circles and family who celebrate! But its really hot weather this year - i tell you this first!

[@weetak]

@@JeanVoronkova thanks for your detailed explanation. this is invaluable input for my family's discussion. No worry about the heat. I am Malaysian. hehehe

[@MrsRight2020]

Would you like to become a mother?

[@JeanVoronkova]

i think more and more i'm just content with my furkids.... so prob not going to take that step

[@MEKMSC]

ulan yaşadığın yerlere bak, bir de birşeylerden vazgeçmiş gibi konuşuyorsun.. şaka gibi

[@MarkErnestParent]

Doesn't say much

[@JeanVoronkova]

hmm did you get the idea of systems vs goals?

[@dariahorna6086]

@dariahorna6086 0 sekund temu I found your videos tonight. I watched a dozen of them already. You are such inspiration ❤️ thank you for sharing your believes and values. Its so refreshing.

[@br8979]

You look beautiful and like you are in your twenties. It's good to make changes for your health but I hope you don't feel like you need to change how you look in any way ❤

[@JeanVoronkova]

thanks! Yes I'm generally happy with how i am and my appearance so very grateful that it's not an issue. My weight does affect my surfing too however, so I wd like to maintain my status quo from 2 years back and generally not slide down the hill lol!