Beginning in December, I start gearing up for what I hope the next year will bring. In the past, I would make a list of all of the goals I wanted to keep, all of the resolutions I wanted to accomplish. I'm a firm believer in self-development, in constantly trying to be a better version of you.

And, like just about everyone else -- every year those goals and resolutions pass unmet.

Until 2016. From then on, I've been focusing on one word. One. My intention for the year, which I reflect in as man...