Tyson Dirksen’s 2026 Goals: From Projects To Platforms

Tyson Dirksen’s 2026 Goals: From Projects To Platforms

Over the last few years, the work has expanded from individual buildings to ecosystems: healthier multifamily, mass timber mixed-use, and a long-term coastal resort and town development in Nicaragua anchored in surf, wellness, and walkable, human-scale urbanism. In 2026, the focus is on converting those concepts into platforms with clear capital stacks, repeatable playbooks, and measurable outcomes for partners and residents.​

The meta-goal is to design systems—around capital, product, health, and mindset—that can compound for the next 10 years, not just the next 12 months. Every other goal exists to support that one idea.​

Business Goals: Resort, Energy, And Capital

1. Capitalize The Nicaragua Coastal Resort & Town

The long-term coastal resort and town development in Nicaragua is about more than buildings; it is about surf, wellness, and walkable, human-scale urbanism over a 30-year horizon. The 2026 goal is to move it from “vision with momentum” to “fully capitalized first phase” with clear proof-of-concept.​

Concrete targets:

• Close the initial equity raise for Phase 1 with aligned JV partners who understand both the long-term horizon and near-term exit paths.

• Lock in the core operating concept: wellness-focused hospitality plus for-sale and for-rent product that showcases high-performance building, healthy materials, and resilient infrastructure.

2. Continue And Scale The Energy Network Engine

Energy procurement is already a successful engine through The Energy Network, and 2026 is about expanding its impact in a market where electricity dynamics are shifting quickly. Data center and AI demand are contributing to rapidly rising electricity rates and grid constraints in many markets, while incentives for certain renewable and low-carbon sources are evolving or being reduced.​

Against that backdrop, The Energy Network’s role is clear:

• Continue a successful energy procurement engine that helps key manufacturing facilities in unregulated states secure energy at reasonable, predictable prices, so rising power costs and AI-driven demand do not erode margins or derail growth plans.

• Support green buildings and volumetric/panelized modular plants in those same unregulated states with tailored procurement strategies that balance cost, risk, and decarbonization—even as policy and incentive structures shift.​

• Keep the process frictionless: it remains easy and free for energy consumers to work with The Energy Network for procurement, and operationally simple for the team at The Energy Network to onboard, analyze, and execute, so both sides can navigate a more volatile energy landscape without adding complexity.​

3. Deepen The Capital And Operator Bench

Resilient real estate businesses are built on relationships and track records, not just deals. A key 2026 goal is to expand the circle of capital partners and operators who want exposure to healthy, high-performance, lifestyle-oriented assets.​

That means:

• Hosting a small number of targeted investor/operator roundtables around themes like eco-resorts, high-performance multifamily, and energy resilience.

• Documenting results and lessons in public: LinkedIn posts, long-form articles, and select media placements that show how these strategies reduce risk and enhance returns.​

• Treating every project as a case study in predictable outcomes, not just a one-off.

Physical Health Goals: Move Like A Founder-Athlete

The operating system for the next cycle needs a stronger engine. At 6’3” and 240 lbs, the combination of high-protein, very-low-carb nutrition and structured training is designed to drop fat aggressively while preserving muscle and performance.​

Key 90-day and 2026 goals:

• Fat loss: Lose roughly 15–30 pounds of primarily fat over the next 90 days via a high-protein, low-carb plan (~150–200 g protein, ~20–25 g carbs per day) plus daily lifting and a mix of Zone 2 and HIIT.​

• VO₂ max: Improve VO₂ max by ~10–20% over the same window with structured Zone 2 volume and 1–2 honest HIIT sessions per week, and then maintain or build from that level through the rest of 2026.​

• Strength and muscle retention: Run a push/pull/legs split with daily bodyweight work to keep muscle stimulated while the energy deficit pulls fat off, not lean mass.​

Supporting habits:

• Sleep as a non-negotiable training tool—aiming for consistent, high-quality nights to support recovery, hormones, and cognitive performance.​

• Regular lab work or tracking (HRV, resting heart rate, VO₂ estimates) to validate that the system is working, not just relying on feel.​

Mental Health & Focus Goals: Protect The Decision Engine

Healthy projects require a healthy decision-maker. For entrepreneurs, the mental game is often the bottleneck, not the business model. 2026 goals focus on structured practices that support resilience and clear thinking.​

Core practices:

• Daily mindfulness/breathwork (10–20 minutes): Short guided meditation or breathing sessions to reduce stress, improve focus, and create a buffer between stimulus and response.​

• Weekly digital sabbath: A defined block—half a day or more—away from email and social media to think, write, and reset, aligned with the “slow media” movement and digital wellness research.​

• Monthly coaching or therapy check-in: A regular space to process stress, refine priorities, and address patterns before they become problems, using modern digital mental health and coaching tools where helpful.​

The goal is not to opt out of intensity, but to manage it deliberately so that energy and attention are directed at the right problems.

The Meta-Goal: Build Systems That Compound For A Decade

All of these sit under one meta-goal: build systems that scale, not resolutions that fade. In practice, that means:​

• Business systems: Repeatable capital stacks, product standards, and operating playbooks for the Nicaragua coastal resort and town, The Energy Network’s procurement engine, and high-performance multifamily.

• Health systems: Training and nutrition structures that can flex with travel and deal flow but still drive VO₂ max, strength, and body composition in the right direction.

• Mental systems: Boundaries and rituals—mindfulness, digital sabbaths, coaching—that keep burnout at bay and preserve the ability to think clearly over long cycles.

If there is one filter for 2026, it is this:

Does this decision make the system stronger 10 years from now?

Check out Alden Mills’ Goal Setting for 2026: A Journey to Building Your Best Year Yet to create your own.