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plan your year
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d e s i g n yo u r d ay s
achieve your biggest goals
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To accomplish our goals we must distill our dreams into daily actions. m i c h a e l h yat t
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goal statement | Write your annual goals here.
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G O A L D E TA I L goal summary | Write your smarter goal.
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next steps | List the first few actions you need to take to reach your goal.
your reward | Decide how you will celebrate once you achieve your goal.
streaktracker ™ | Check off your progress as you go (helpful for habit goals). M1
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G O A L D E TA I L goal summary | Write your smarter goal.
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k ey motivations | Write then rank your key motivations.
next steps | List the first few actions you need to take to reach your goal.
your reward | Decide how you will celebrate once you achieve your goal.
streaktracker ™ | Check off your progress as you go (helpful for habit goals). M1
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M O N T H LY C A L E N D A R MONTH
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ste ph e n r. cov e y
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D A I LY R I T U A L S morning ritual
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activities | Write down each item in your ritual.
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The key to victory [is] creating the right routines. charles duhigg
workday shutdown ritual
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activities | Write down each item in your ritual.
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evening ritual
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I D E A L W E E K™ mon
Stage Themes
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M O N D AY D A I LY B I G 3 List your three most important tasks.
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Don’t count the days, make the days count. muhammad ali
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W E E K LY P R E V I E W | List 3-5 major accomplishments from the past week
STEP 1
MY BIGGEST WINS
STEP 2
A F T E R AC T I O N R E V I E W
| Refer to your last Weekly Big 3.
How far did you get?
What worked? What didn’t?
What will you keep, improve, start, or stop doing?
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Review what happened. Preview what’s going to happen. Now create your plan. m i c h a e l h yat t
STEP 3
LIST SWEEP
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d e l e g at e d ta s k s
d a i ly n o t e s
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Process tasks and action items.
Add any Big 3 or Other Tasks you didn’t complete to your task manager.
Add unassigned tasks or desired status updates to your task manager.
Add any assignments or action items to your task manager.
S T E P 4 M A J O R E V E N T S , D E A D L I N E S & TA S K S this coming week? Use weekly view on next page if helpful.
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S T E P 5 W E E K LY B I G 3 | Refer to Step 4. List three items you must accomplish this week to advance your goals or projects.
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Q U A R T E R LY P R E V I E W S T E P 1 M Y B I G G E S T W I N S | List your top accomplishments from the past quarter.
S T E P 2 A F T E R A C T I O N R E V I E W | Refer to your goals for this past quarter. How far did you get?
What worked? What didn’t?
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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality. malala yousafzai
What will you keep doing?
What will you improve?
What will you start doing?
What will you stop doing?
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S T E P 3 L I F E P L A N R E V I E W | Connect with your long-range vision. If you have a life plan, read through it. Is there anything you need to revise, remove, or replace? If you don’t have a life plan, skip this step for now. If you want to learn how to create a life plan, read Living Forward by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy.
S T E P 4 A N N U A L G O A L R E V I E W | Connect with your annual goals. Check your Annual Goals. Do you need to revise, remove, or replace any? Rewrite your goals, along with any adjustments, on the Annual Goals page of your next planner. In your new planner, indicate which goals will get your quarterly focus. Limit yourself to two or three per quarter. Complete your new Goal Detail pages. Rewriting ensures you internalize your goals, stay connected to your why, and improve the likelihood of achievement.
S T E P 5 M O N T H LY C A L E N D A R R E V I E W | Schedule next quarter’s “big rocks.” Turn to the Monthly Calendar pages of your new planner and write in the following items, focusing on the “big rocks.” Then, if you want, do the same for the Rolling Quarters. MAJOR EV ENTS
MAJOR DEADLINES
MAJOR PROJECTS
REJUV ENATION TIME
S T E P 6 I D E A L W E E K R E V I E W | Tweak your Ideal Week based on your experience. Turn to the Ideal Week pages of your current planner. Is there anything you want to revise, remove, or replace? If so, do that in the Ideal Week pages of your new planner.
S T E P 7 D A I LY R I T U A L S R E V I E W | Tweak your Daily Rituals based on your experience. Turn to the Daily Rituals pages of your current planner. Is there anything you want to revise, remove, or replace? If so, do that in the Daily Rituals pages of your new planner.
S T E P 8 N E W D A I LY P A G E S | Enter the dates into your new planner. Enter the dates on the Daily Pages in your new planner for the first week or two of the new quarter.
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