Coaching practices for Long Term Goal Planning

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I’ve got this big goal way out there but no idea what I’m supposed to actually do this week to get closer, so it just sits there as a someday thing and I never move on it.
• 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
• The finish line for this goal is three months out and it feels so far away that none of my weeks feel like they matter
• I keep planning by staring at the huge faraway goal and feeling stuck, when what I actually need is to look at what I already have right now and ask what that makes possible this week.
• My list of dreams is just one long undated jumble, and because nothing on it has a "when," it all feels equally far off and equally deferrable

Practices that may help

1. Decompose distal goals into proximal action plans
   Break long-term goals into short-term action plans with specific behavioral targets for this week.
   Action Planning
2. 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
3. Break the WIG into 30-day milestones
   Map the 90-day WIG into a sequence of 30-day targets so progress feels real before the end date arrives.
   The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
4. Map your current edge: what is one step away from where you are?
   List everything that is genuinely accessible from your current skills, relationships, and resources — your adjacent possible is defined by what you already have.
   The Adjacent Possible, Made Practical
5. Categorize list items by time horizon
   Sort items into near (this year), medium (this decade), and distant — then schedule the near-term ones immediately.
   The Bucket List Method
6. Drive it from a weekly plan
   Translate each 12-week goal into the specific actions for this week.
   The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
7. Set a big goal, then work backward
   Aim high long-term, then derive the ONE thing for the year, month, and today.
   The ONE Thing, Made Practical
8. 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
9. The future life line
   Extend your timeline forward and sketch the peaks and turning points you want to create — then work backward to today.
   The Life Line Exercise
10. Set if-then implementation intentions for goal behaviors
    Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
    Hyperbolic Discounting — Why Future You Always Gets the Short End

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