Getting Aligned with Your Goals for 2026

First Half: Success doesn’t happen by accident—it’s built through clear goals and intentional decisions.
In this engaging and practical presentation, Otis DiCerbo explores the importance of both short-term and long-term goal setting and how effective decision-making drives meaningful progress. Attendees will learn how to set Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Sensitive (SMART) goals and apply a structured process to decisions in both their personal and professional lives.
This session will cover:

• Why goal setting is critical to success
• The benefits of clearly defined goals
• Short-term vs. long-term goals
• A practical goal-setting process
• A framework for effective decision-making

Participants will leave with actionable tools and the motivation to wake up each day with clarity, purpose, and direction toward what matters most.
Second Half : Applied Goal-Setting Through Radical Accountability.
How Three Leaders Use a Personal Mastermind to Move the Needle
Most people don’t fail because they lack goals.
They fail because they lack accountability, clarity, and follow-through.
In the second half of ACRE’s January main meeting, ACRE’s own President, Vice-President, and Past President will pull back the curtain on a private weekly accountability group they formed over a year ago—one that has quietly become one of the most impactful disciplines in their personal and professional lives.
This session is not theory. It’s not motivational fluff. And it’s not a highlight reel.
Instead, you’ll hear a candid, real-world account of how a small, high-trust mastermind—meeting just once per week at 6:00 a.m.—has helped three leaders:

• Identify what’s actually holding them back
• Cut through self-deception and surface-level goals
• Make uncomfortable but necessary decisions
• Stay accountable between meetings, not just during them
• Consistently move the needle on what matters most

With only three members, each meeting allows just 10–15 minutes per person—forcing clarity, focus, and honesty. These conversations work precisely because they require trust, vulnerability, and the willingness toset ego aside. Feedback is not given in judgment, but in respect—and always with the shared goal of growth.
This session is designed to show what applied goal-setting actually looks like when paired with radical accountability, and why small, intentional groups can outperform larger, less focused ones—especially when participants are at similar stages of life and investing.