Since 2018, I have set a tradition of defining each year with a single mantra—one phrase that encapsulates my focus, direction, and aspirations for the year ahead. This statement has served as both a guide and a motivation, helping me stay on track with my personal and professional goals.
Let’s take a look at the journey so far:

• 2018: This year we plan
• 2019: This year we focus
• 2020: This year we grow
• 2021: This year we breakthrough
• 2022: This year we prepare
• 2023: This year we elevate
• 2024: This year we grow
• 2025: This year we transition

And now, for 2026, the mantra is clear:

THIS YEAR, WE TRANSFORM

When I was thinking about what my years mantra would TRANSFORMATION came to me via a dream. I believe it emphasized the subconcious need that I had to focus on transformation.

Transformation is not about small adjustments or surface-level change. It is about fundamental shifts—in how we think, how we work, how we lead, and how we create impact. If 2025 was the year of movement and positioning, then 2026 is the year where that movement takes form and produces visible, lasting change.

In 2026, we transform by turning hard-earned experience into mastery, ideas into systems, and momentum into outcomes that can endure beyond individual effort. This is the year of building structures that outlive projects, deepening influence rather than expanding noise, and choosing depth over speed.

This year is also about personal transformation. It calls for greater discipline, sharper focus, and the courage to let go of approaches that no longer serve the future we are trying to build. Transformation demands accountability—to our values, to the communities we serve, and to the standards we set for ourselves.

Professionally, we transform by moving from participation to stewardship, from advocacy to institutional change, and from innovation to scale. It is the year to embed impact into policy, systems, and culture, ensuring that the work does not depend on presence alone but is sustained by strong foundations.

2026 is not about becoming busy. It is about becoming intentional.
Not about doing more, but about doing what truly matters—better, deeper, and with purpose.

This year, we do not just evolve.
This year, we transform.