Coaching practices for 12 Week Year Planning

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  • Every January I set these big goals for the year and then coast for months because the finish line is so far off it isn’t real
  • I have a big goal but no idea what to actually do about it this week, so my days fill up with whatever lands in front of me and the goal just sits there, never broken down into anything I can pick up today.
  • I’m chasing a dozen things I want to change all at once, so my effort gets spread paper-thin and everything stalls half-finished
  • I never actually stop to look back at how the week went before barreling into the next, so the same drift quietly compounds week after week
  • My whole week is just a pile of work tasks, and the parts of me that matter

Practices that may help

  1. The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
    The 12 Week Year, from Brian Moran, replaces annual goals with a 12-week “year”: you set a small number of goals, then execute against a weekly plan with a hard deadline at week 12. It is a practitioner execution framework — not a research program — but it leans on real principles about deadlines, focus, and tracking leading behaviors.
  2. Treat 12 weeks as a full year
    Replace the distant annual deadline with a 12-week one that creates urgency now.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  3. Drive it from a weekly plan
    Translate each 12-week goal into the specific actions for this week.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  4. Commit to only a few goals per cycle
    Choose one to three goals for the 12 weeks so effort concentrates instead of scattering.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  5. Hold a weekly accountability review
    Spend a short, fixed weekly session reviewing scores and planning the next week.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  6. Plan from roles and goals, not from tasks
    Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
    Big Rocks First
  7. Identify and schedule big rocks at the start of each week
    On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
    Big Rocks First
  8. Create an ideal week template
    Design a blank-canvas week that shows where each type of activity should live, before any specific week's demands arrive.
    Ideal Week Design
  9. Run a quarterly life audit, not just an annual one
    Review all four quadrants of your life every 90 days while the feedback loop is still tight enough to correct.
    The Eisenhower Life Audit
  10. Design your ideal week before you fill it
    Draw the week you want to live, then defend it from the week that arrives.
    Lifestyle Design, Made Practical

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