8,760 Hours: How to get the most from the next year

by Alex Vermeer

Genres: Self Help, Productivity, Nonfiction

18 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 2012

Reviews

[نهى خالد · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just Awesome! I love how he cleared everything in a very formal way.
The way he focused on how brainstorming is important in your plan. I love how he cleared the possible 14 areas of life I should think about. I love how he gave example questions for each area. The way he strengthen the idea of evaluating/reviewing the plan in a way that will make sure the plan would work for longer time.

It was just quite awesome, and I love how he cared about gathering this in an ebook!. :)

[Mati Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Download it for free here: http://alexvermeer.com/8760hours/

[Rob Sanek · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this in late 2015 and it gave me really valuable ideas like the compact calendar (http://davidseah.com/node/compact-cal...), as well as encouraging a bigger push into quantified self. This time, I spent a bit more time on it and found the 'life areas' to contain some really incisive questions. The idea to use a Likert scale + Google Form to rate areas that don't easily lend themselves to direct data was also an intriguing one. Some of the things don't work for me (mind maps), but Alex Vermeer encourages picking and choosing what works for you, and ultimately this guide has a very high signal-to-noise ratio. I would also recommend his Anki Essentials if you're unfamiliar with anki.

[Hayel Barakat هايل بركات · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a guide for planning the next 8,760
hours—one full year—of your life. More
importantly, it is about creating a detailed
plan and optimizing for success, based on an
understanding of what works. Great!

Recommended !

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used this manual when I was doing my end-of-year review for 2015. It had some interesting suggestions, but for the most part was pretty standard.

[Simmo Simpson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best life planning tool I've *ever* come across

[Martin Duncanson · Rating 5 out of 5]

No fluff concise approach to understanding what you want to accomplish and then planning to get it done ✅

[Jeainny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful ideas and review tools. I have a hard time being as particular and thorough about review processes so I struggled with applying Vermeer’s tools in practice.

[Rosemary]

Excellent look at how to do an annual review

[Chris Regan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use this guide each year to evaluate my progress. It's absolutely invaluable.

[John Wanga · Rating 3 out of 5]

was good

[Harish Sankar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short Booklet on planing your next year and optimizing for Success.

I absolutely love the title: 8760 hours in an year.
How much we can potentially get done, if only we make proper plans and stick to them?

[Shivani Gupta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most wonderful book to plan your year ahead. Set your big picture, your goals for the next year, your priorities and make it happen.

Must read....highly recommended. Read and create those mindmaps and plans to conquer your year ahead. Thanks Alex Vermeer for this wonderful creation.

[Emanuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This definitely has its use cases.

However, I doubt it can be used effectively right out of the box. The division of ‘life areas,’ so to speak, likely needs to be adjusted to your needs. Still, it was fun to see how Alex’ categories fit in under mine (he has quite a few).

[Teo · Rating 4 out of 5]

2015.08.18–2015.08.18

Vermeer A (2012) 8,760 Hours - How to get the most from the next year

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[Yomna Elsayed]

it is very awesome!!
هو بيتكلم عن ان عندك 8760 ساعه ف السنة ازاى تستغلها
مبيقولش هعمل ايه ف السنه الجاية لا ده انت معاك 8760 ساعه وقت طويل جدااا تقدر تعمل حاجات كتير!

ازاى تخطط لسنه قدام ، فكرة انه عمل تقسيم لجوانب الحياة اللى ممكن تتقسم غليها اهداف كل واحد دى هايلة وهو ساردها بشكل رائع حقيقى.

بعد التقسيم الهايل مدى كمان اسئله تقيم بيها موقفك انت عملت ايه فات وواقف فين وعاوز ايه بعدين لكل جانب من دول

اهداف اهداف وتحقيقات بجد طريقو حلوة جدا ف سرد الحاجات اللى جربها وشرحها وطرق الاستفادة

مش بيقولك انه هيعمل معاك خطه لا هو هيعلمك تفكر ازاى عشان تعمل خطه وتنجح ✌

[Rox]

I do lots of review-type activities so I figured this wouldn't change my actions much. It defied my expectations and helped me set more targeted and operationalized goals than I would have otherwise. I'm a lot more confident that I'll follow through with my aims for this quarter (if not this whole year) as a result.