Coaching practices for How to Plan with Purpose
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I tend to figure out my plan the same morning I’m supposed to start, in a rush to just get going
- I’m efficient and on top of my tasks, but I’ve lost the thread of why any of it matters
- I’ve got a perfectly good plan sitting there, but the important stuff never has an actual slot on my calendar
- My goal is something fuzzy like "work on my business" or "get healthier," so I’m always doing things toward it but I’d never actually know when I’d arrived
- I have a goal but no path to it, just a mountain of things I could do that all feel equally important
Practices that may help
- Separate the planning session from the execution day
Do your planning in a dedicated session, never on the day you intend to start.
The Planning Fallacy — Why Your Estimates Are Always Wrong - Anchor the week to your personal mission statement
Before weekly planning, briefly re-read your personal mission statement to orient priorities.
Big Rocks First - Chunk and schedule time for key results
Block specific chunks of time for the actions in your MAP and protect them as non-negotiable.
Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical - Define the result before listing tasks
Before planning any action, write a single clear statement of the specific outcome you want.
Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical - Build a Massive Action Plan (MAP)
Brainstorm every possible action that could move you toward the result, then ruthlessly prune to the ones that actually will.
Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical - Write when, where, and how plans for every behavioral goal
Specify exactly when, where, and how you will act — not just what you intend to do.
Action Planning - Combine mental contrasting with an if–then plan (MCII)
Fantasize about success, then vividly imagine the key obstacle, then write the if–then — the sequence matters.
If–Then Planning, Made Practical - Steelman objections to your own plans
Before committing to a plan, state the strongest case against it in its most compelling form.
Steelmanning - 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 - 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
Related concerns
- Role Based Planning
Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
Plan from roles and goals, not from tasks
- Weekly Planning Values
Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
- When Rapid Planning Method Chunk Time For Results
Block specific chunks of time for the actions in your MAP and protect them as non-negotiable.
Chunk and schedule time for key results
- Action Plan For Goals
Break long-term goals into short-term action plans with specific behavioral targets for this week.
Decompose distal goals into proximal action plans
- Action Plan Goal
Break long-term goals into short-term action plans with specific behavioral targets for this week.
- Action Planning Cadence
Action planning — specifying when, where, and how you will execute a goal-directed behavior — is one of the best-supported techniques for closing the intention-behavior gap. Orbell and Sheeran’s research, along with Peter Gollwitzer’s work on implementation intentions, shows that forming specific plans reliably increases behavior over vague intentions alone, with meta-analytic effect sizes in the small-to-medium range.
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