Episode Summary

Podcast: Your Daily Real Estate Podcast with Tristan Ahumada
Host: Tristan Ahumada
Episode: 719 – Plan 2026 in 30 Days: The Simple System That Works
Date: November 18, 2025
Theme: Laying out a straightforward, actionable plan for real estate professionals to assess priorities and set a 2026 game plan in just 30 days, focusing on four key life and business areas.

Main Theme and Purpose

Tristan Ahumada guides real estate agents, teams, and brokers through the first steps of effective annual planning as they head into 2026. The episode centers on breaking down life and business into four core “buckets”—health, relationships, work, and growth—and using three essential questions to clarify priorities, identify what’s working, and determine high-impact actions for the next 30 days.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Four Buckets of Priority

• Health
• Relationships
• Work
• Growth

“Start with four buckets. I want you to start with health. I want you to start with relationships. I want you to start with work. And I want to start with growth. So simple.” (01:04)

The Three Reflective Questions

For each of the four buckets, Tristan suggests asking these:

1. What feels off right now?

   • Self-check across health, relationships, work, and growth.
   • No judgment; answer honestly for each area.

   “Don't try not to filter or judge. What feels off right now.” (01:20)

2. What is already working?

   • Identify strengths to double down on.
   • Example: Daily walks with spouse contribute to both health and relationship.

   “What's already working? Well, for me, Tristan, looks like I'm already walking almost daily with my wife, and I love it. Right? So that hits two buckets.” (02:13)

3. What would make the biggest positive impact in the next 30 days?

   • Pinpoint singular actions for quick, meaningful change in each area.
   • Emphasizes immediate action versus waiting until January.

Concrete Action Examples

• Health:

  • Start workouts without delay; outline daily plans.
  • Track everything eaten daily for 30 days.
  • “I'm not waiting until January 1st to start working out. Daily. 20 minutes a day… I'm going to start tracking daily the next 30 days, every single thing that I eat.” (03:31)

• Relationships:

  • Spend 30 uninterrupted minutes daily with spouse or partner.
  • “For the next 30 days, every single day, I'm going to… invest 30 minutes a day with my spouse, uninterrupted, just focused.” (03:52)

• Work:

  • Proactively reach out to past clients—"the five daily things" (calls, social connections, note cards, etc.).
  • “Outlining who my past clients are and reaching out to them… That would be good.” (04:12)

• Growth:

  • Read one business book and listen to one relevant podcast episode each week in December.
  • “I'm going to finish one book this month of December, and I'm going to listen to one podcast a week that has to do with growth.” (04:44)

The System in Practice

• Living Document:

  • Encourage writing down answers; evolves into a dynamic, update-able plan.
  • “Because all of this, you're going to write down… you start creating a plan for this.” (05:05)

• Masterclass Resource:

  • Longer, detailed version (free on YouTube).
  • “It was a masterclass, and it's free. I just posted it up last week or a week before that on YouTube. Go find it. It's 2026 planning. It's got my name on it.” (05:21)

• Looking Ahead:

  • Episode 720 will go deeper, breaking down the process for turning these insights into sustainable habits and systems.
  • “This is part one of two, because tomorrow we're talking about the process. We're gonna take one of those things and we're gonna break it down so you can understand how this will look longer term.” (05:46)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Don't try not to filter or judge. What feels off right now.” (01:20)
• “What's already working? Well, for me, Tristan, looks like I'm already walking almost daily with my wife, and I love it… Right? So that hits two buckets.” (02:13)
• “I'm not waiting until January 1st to start working out. Daily. 20 minutes a day… I'm going to start tracking daily the next 30 days, every single thing that I eat.” (03:31)
• “For the next 30 days, every single day, I'm going to… invest 30 minutes a day with my spouse, uninterrupted, just focused.” (03:52)
• “Outlining who my past clients are and reaching out to them… That would be good.” (04:12)
• “This is part one of two, because tomorrow we're talking about the process. We're gonna take one of those things and we're gonna break it down so you can understand how this will look longer term. It's a living document.” (05:46)

Important Timestamps

• 00:00–01:04 Introduction; episode context & purpose
• 01:04–02:00 The four priority buckets
• 02:00–03:06 The three key reflective questions and their importance
• 03:06–04:27 Applying the questions—examples for health, relationships, work, growth
• 04:27–05:21 Importance of taking action now; avoiding the “wait for January” trap
• 05:21–06:07 Writing down the plan; free masterclass reference; preview of next episode

Final Thoughts

Tristan’s message is clear: effective planning for 2026 starts now, with honest self-assessment and simple, targeted action steps across all key life and business areas. Write it down, stay consistent, and come back for part two to build sustainable systems.