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May 29 - June 30, 2024
The fact is every week counts! Every day counts! Every moment counts! We need to be conscious of the reality that execution happens daily and weekly, not monthly or quarterly.
And just like you do at the end of a calendar year, every 12 weeks you take a break, celebrate, and reload. It might be a three-day weekend or a weeklong vacation; the important thing is that you take time out to reflect, regroup, and reenergize. For success-oriented people it’s easy to look at what lies ahead and not fully appreciate the ground already covered. The 12 Week Year presents, at a minimum, four times as many opportunities to recognize and celebrate your progress and accomplishments.
“All my life I wanted to be somebody. Now I see I should have been more specific.” —Lily
The good news is that you can change your brain simply by what you think about.
but vision without action is just a dream.
Consistent action on the critical tasks needed to reach your goal is the key to getting what you want in life.
“There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” —Jack Welch
Your vision should be big enough that it makes you feel at least a little bit uncomfortable.
“If you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”
If you think that something is impossible—it is. The most important thing is to believe that you can reach your goals.
Sometimes we are superficial in crafting our vision. We capture what we think we want—what we think we are supposed to want—rather than capturing what is meaningful to us. Visioning takes time. Keep working on it until you have something that connects emotionally.
A plan between your ears is not nearly as effective as a plan on paper. In our experience, you are 60 to 80 percent more likely to execute a written weekly plan than a plan that is in your head.
The first is that it is okay to say no. People would rather you say no than break a promise.
