The world will never be changed by the things you’re going to do later.
For the last five years, one tool more than any other has helped me plot adventures, keep commitments, finish projects and accomplish things I care about. Can you guess what it is?
Hint: If you’re waffling between a forged anvil or a 32-ounce ball peen hammer, you may need to reacquaint yourself with my skill set.
Give up? It’s this calendar.
The reason I keep using a NeuYear Calendar is simple: it works.
If you plan when and where you’ll work on your goals, you DOUBLE the chances you’ll actually accomplish them. That’s not an empty motivational statement, that’s what study after study has proven.
(The book Succeed by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. details a great study in Germany where a group’s success rate went from 32% to 71% just by writing down when and where they would work on their goals.)
A great example of the power of planning time to work on your goals is the DO Summer Challenge we just finished. Over 11,000 of you participated, and the results were pretty amazing. We polled 125 of you last week to see how much time you spent honing a skill, and the result was over 200,000 minutes! That’s an average of over 26 hours per person this summer spent improving a skill or learning a new one! People didn’t just talk about doing something later, they actually did it in the moment.
The world will never be changed by the things you’re going to do later.
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Of all the responses, my favorite was from Juanita S., a woman in her 70s who spent 4800 minutes this summer learning Spanish, mastering chess, and studying for the bar exam! That’s 80 hours of focused work on some amazing goals, all because she was planning and measuring her time!
If you’re ready to get serious about chasing a dream and launching a Do Over in an area of your life, you will love the Do Over Calendar. Here are 3 reasons why:
1. It’s big and beautiful. 25″ x 36″ with a tall orientation on one side and wide on the reverse.
2. We’re offering two versions this year! A traditional paper version and a dry erase version for people who need more flexibility.
3. It includes 12 challenges/encouragements from my NYT Bestselling book, Do Over . Each one is designed to help slingshot you into a great month of dreaming and more importantly, doing.
2016 is going to be an amazing year! Give yourself the best shot at being awesome with a fun calendar to help along the way!
Get yours today: The 2016 Do Over Calendar.
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