Coaching practices for 12 Week Year Weekly Plan

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  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Every Monday I open a calendar that other people have already filled, and I just react to it all 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. Drive it from a weekly plan
    Translate each 12-week goal into the specific actions for this week.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  3. Hold a weekly accountability review
    Spend a short, fixed weekly session reviewing scores and planning the next 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. 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
  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. Compare ideal and actual week each Friday
    Review the gap between the week you designed and the week you lived, and pick one structural change.
    Ideal Week Design
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Do a weekly review every Friday afternoon
    Review last week's time log and set next week's priorities while context is fresh.
    The Time Audit

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