Dories's Clark books

Dorie Clarrk

Reading business books was crucial in accelerating my learning, and helping me

become a better entrepreneur. These are the books I consider to be foundational, and

which I refer to again and again. Hope you enjoy.

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams. A charming,

contrarian, and fascinating success ‘how to’ (or ‘how not to’) memoir by the creator of Dilbert. This is one of the best books of business stories I’ve read. His periodic allusions to “hitting the diversity ceiling” in corporate America make him sound like a whiner, but beyond that, the book is a gem.

Choose Yourself by James Altucher. This isn’t a business advice book, per se, but more an engaging memoir of business ups-and-downs. Altucher is a beautiful copywriter (study his writing style – you can’t put it down) and disarmingly honest about his life and struggles, which has served him very well in business.

Influence by Robert Cialdini. This is the classic on persuasion – beautifully written and chock full of blow-your-mind facts. Everyone needs to read it.

Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini. This is a companion volume to Influence, and a

substantial contribution to understanding how to make influence work for you in the moments before you make the ask.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. This is a classic for good reason. You’ll learn important and perennially useful concepts like “start with the end in mind” and the importance of “sharpening the saw.”

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. A fascinating look at future trends and why they’re so hard to spot. This has philosophical implications for all of our business ventures, as well.

Sell Your Book Like Wildfire by Rob Eagar. If you’re marketing a book, Rob’s advice is spot on, and smarter than what most in-house marketers at publishing houses will tell you.

Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi. The best book on networking I’ve ever read. Well worth your time.

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. The classic small business book, providing the useful concept of “working on” your business (i.e., systematizing), rather than “working in” your business (i.e., doing all the stuff yourself and getting overloaded so you can’t grow). I learned a lot from this book.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. This is the book that popularized Anders Ericsson’s

famous “10,000 Hour Rule” of expertise. It’s referred to so often in business circles, you ought to read it.

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Same goes for this one. It’s part of the cultural fabric now.

Made to Stick by Dan and Chip Heath. Consider this a follow-on or companion volume to The Tipping Point. The Heath brothers take Gladwell’s 30,000 foot perspective and try to make it actionable for business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Getting to Plan B by Randy Komisar and John Mullins. A look at how startups pivot by a well known Silicon Valley VC and a British professor. Chock full of interesting case studies you can learn from, both regarding your business and your overall professional life.

Ask by Ryan Levesque. A deep dive on survey methodology. That may sound dry, but it’s an essential skill when it comes to understanding your customers.

11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era by Nilofer Merchant. This short book is a great primer on the future of the economy and important trends like the sharing economy, crowdfunding, etc. It will make you look at your business, and your business model, in new ways.

Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don’t by Jeffrey Pfeffer. Pfeffer is

Stanford business school professor who provides a clear and smart roadmap for how to win at office politics and successfully navigate other people’s pettiness.

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. This book is read by every startup aspirant these days, and with good reason. His concepts, such as the ‘minimum viable product,’ have become a very useful framework in how to launch a product quickly and cheaply to establish demand, before you go all in. A nice companion to Peter Sims’ book below. 

Just Start by Leonard Schlesinger, Charles Kiefer, and Paul Brown. A great

entrepreneurship primer for when you’re overthinking things. They remind you that taking action of some kind, no matter how small, is the necessary ingredient.

Little Bets by Peter Sims. A look at how to experiment in small and strategic ways, without putting yourself or your company at too much risk.

The Education of a Value Investor by Guy Spier. It’s nominally a book about investing, but it’s actually about business ethics and what careers and lives should be made of.

Launch by Jeff Walker. If you plan to do internet marketing, Jeff Walker sets the

standard. Many people have copied him, with greater or lesser success, but it’s worth consulting the original and determining which pieces to keep or reject.

Forget the Resolutions — Write Your Personal Manifesto

Eric J. McNulty

It’s that time of year again. The pressure is on to make New Year’s resolutions: Lose weight. Get to meetings on time. Interact more with your direct reports. A few goals are put on a list…and are forgotten by January 3rd. While this annual ritual of reflection is well intentioned, it rarely changes behavior because it focuses on what you do (or should do), not the deeper question of why you do it.

I’ve discovered an alternative to New Year’s resolutions, one that addresses that disconnect between the what and the why and can spark real change. It’s the personal manifesto, and it particularly valuable for those who aspire to lead.

Michael Hess, founder of sales management firm Core 6 Advisors, introduced me to the idea. The manifesto is a tool that he uses with sales managers and salespeople to help them focus on their true personal and professional aspirations as well as what it will take to achieve success.

The genesis for Hess was a collection of quotes and thoughts he had written on Post-its and stuck on his computer monitor. As Hess began to spend less time at his desk, he put all those notes on a sheet of paper, kept folded in his wallet, so that could reflect on them wherever he was. Along the way, he realized what an essential compass these scribbled words had become. They weren’t just notes, they were the fodder for his personal manifesto.

A manifesto is a rigorous written account of where you are, where you would like to be, and why. Unlike New Year’s resolutions, the personal manifesto isn’t tied to the time of year or to specific acts. It is a way to keep yourself focused, thoughtful, and on-track through the ups-and-downs of a busy life. And it can be amended as needed.

A personal manifesto begins with an honest conversation with yourself. That’s not as easy as it sounds; honesty takes work — and guts. It also takes time.

 “A manifesto doesn't just pour out in 20 minutes,” Hess says. “Being honest with yourself is a process. You sit, think, write, and edit. Put it aside. Come back to it and revise until the words are exactly what you want. A good manifesto requires a depth of introspection that exposes vulnerabilities and helps you address them.” This is something for you and by you. It is not intended to be shared with anyone.

Start, as Hess did, by capturing quotes from others that resonate with you. Ask yourself why you find them compelling. Note your own thoughts about where you are, where you want to go, and what’s most important to you. Hess suggests beginning sentences with phrases that provoke honesty: “I am afraid that…,” “I am worried that…,” or “I feel vulnerable when…” to spark deeper reflection.

Then, articulate the principles that are most important to you and how you intend to act on them. For example, “My family is the most important thing in my life, therefore I will be home for dinner each night that I am not traveling.” The “therefore” statement is what brings the intention to life. These core principles are enduring guideposts of your life. They serve to explain what you wish to do, and also why you do it.

Next, reflect on the ideal life to which you aspire, what you want your life to look like. “These aspirations should be emotional, spiritual, and yes, materialistic if that’s the case,” Hess says. “Name what you want your life to be. So if you want to drive a Tesla, say it. If you want to retire early, put it down.” Most important, don’t include something because you think that you are “supposed to” want it. “We shackle ourselves with external expectations,” he notes. “The manifesto is a place to be totally, brutally candid about the personal and professional aspects of your life. It should be something you fight through.” This part of your manifesto helps keep you accountable to yourself.

Physically writing down the manifesto is critical. Hess feels that putting pen to paper engages the brain differently than typing, and a notepad doesn’t distract you with email notifications and other information clutter. Studies have shown that writing by hand helps you generate more ideas, reflect on them, and encode them in memory more effectively than typing.

Hess is on the eighth major revision of his own manifesto since he started about 10 years ago. “Keep the old versions when you make a major update,” he advises. “It helps you chart your growth.”

Just as writing the manifesto is a process, so too is living into it. “It has to be part of a regular diet,” Hess says. “You need to return to it and make it a habit, like going to church or attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Find a way to make it part of your routine.” He recommends reading it every two or three days, sometimes reading it aloud to provide a different sensory experience.

I also think that a manifesto is a valuable resource when you are confronted with a major decision. Read it to help you frame how you consider your options. Hess noted that the manifesto has been valuable to him through several life transitions. For clients, it has helped center them on deeper considerations and consequences when confronting a range of issues, including a job change and dealing with a difficult boss.

I’ve begun the process of creating my personal manifesto. As Hess predicted, it has not happened instantly. As a writer, words come easily for me. However, I am learning that the manifesto is less about getting the syntax right than using words to delve way below the surface. I now discard phrases and thoughts that come too easily. Each one is just a springboard to another with more significance. Being real is different than being perfect.

I encourage you to create your own personal manifesto as a way to illuminate the journey into the New Year and beyond. Further, while your manifesto itself is for your eyes only, I encourage you to share a core principle, or “therefore” statement, in the comments below. Or tweet us one with #ForgetResolutions. 

Fonte: strategy-business

7 TED Talks That Help You Start (and Maintain) Good Habits

You probably know it's a lot easier to create a good habit than to get rid of a bad one. Forming good habits is one of the few ways you can create better, healthier, or more productive behavior. But how do you start these great habits? And how do you get them to stick?

As with so many things, TED speakers can provide some answers. In a playlist oncreating better habits, half a dozen experts--neuroscientists, a psychologist, an economist, and people who've actually done it--ask just how human beings can create healthier habits, and offer some powerful answers.

1. Build a new habit in 30 days.

We know it takes about a month to form a new habit, whether it's eating salads, biking to work, or giving up watching the news. That's the message from Google engineer Matt Cutts, who says he "decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher Morgan Spurlock," by trying something new for 30 days at a time. "The idea is pretty simple," he says. "Think of something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days."

Simple and yet powerful. In his talk, Cutts explains how, as a result of his own 30-day challenges, he did things, like hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro and writing a novel (not necessarily a good one), that he never would have done otherwise. More to the point, he discovered that when he used the technique to make gradual changes to his routine, those changes tended to stick. 

2. Laser-focus on your goals.

How hard or easy something is to do depends a lot on your own perceptions, as social psychologist Emily Balcetis demonstrates in a thought-provoking talk. Through a series of experiments, she and her team demonstrated that our perceptions of distance, and of the difficulty of a challenging activity, changes dramatically according to our attitudes, experiences, and motivations.

Who has the easiest time completing a difficult walk? The person who focuses on the finish line at the end of the walk and tries to focus on nothing else. There's a lesson there for us all.

3. Don't get isolated.

National Geographic writer Dan Buettner has traveled the world examining "Blue Zones," places where people have much higher longevity than elsewhere. In this fascinating talk, he describes areas of commonality among them, and perhaps the most striking is this: They all live in tight-knit communities. It may seem like an odd idea in our increasingly mobile, work-at-home world, but having a community of people you share your joys and sorrows with really can make you healthier, happier, and longer-lived. (Here's more about Buettner's findings.)

4. Don't neglect your own emotional health.

Our society overvalues physical health over emotional health, argues psychologist (a.k.a. "not a real doctor") Guy Winch, in an illuminating talk. The result is that too many of us struggle with self-criticism, and loneliness--so much so that it is sending many of us to an early grave. In fact, he says, chronic loneliness and emotional hurt is as bad for you as smoking. But by changing your thought patterns and attitudes, you can reverse a lot of these effects. It's an effort well worth making.

5. Eating right really is worth it.

You know that eating a diet that's high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and "good" fats and proteins is good for your health. You may even know it can help prevent disease. But did you know that changing your diet can actually reverse cardiovascular disease and shrink tumors? In this very brief talk, UCSF clinical professor Dean Ornish shows how.

6. Never, ever go on a diet.

Diets almost never work, even if you call them "eating plans" instead. In fact, they can lower your metabolism and often cause people to gain wait in the long run. What should you do? Make peace with the fact that long-term weight loss is impossible for most people, says neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt in her highly honest talk. But healthy habits such as eating fruits and vegetables, not smoking, drinking moderately, and exercising at least three times a week can make you healthy no matter what weight you are.

7. Save your next raise.

You'd like to save, but you just can't figure out how when every penny you earn seems to be spent before it ever lands in your bank account? In his talk, economist Shlomo Benartzi offers a breathtakingly simple solution: Wait until your next raise, and then start saving all or part of that increase. It's a brilliant idea that Tony Robbins recommends highly and the best strategy for kicking a savings plan into gear I've ever heard of.

Fonte: Inc.

O que proponho para esse momento político

Estado de exceção... pensei agora a pouco com um áudio. Concordo, estamos em estado de exceção! Falta de bom senso, raciocínio, cooperação, interesses mútuos, visão de presente e futuro, pequenez. Liberação de áudio e informações privilegiadas, grampos da ABIN e da Polícia Federal, antecipação de impedimento da Presidente e congresso morno, Câmara e Senado em compasso de espera, economia em queda vertiginosa e a guerra política... Onde chegaremos?

É isso aí meus amigos, estamos em guerra. Ah, não é tudo isso! É sim. Não conseguimos conversar nem entre amigos e discutir o que está acontecendo. Não conseguimos convergir para um ponto comum. Ou contra ou a favor de um ou de outro. E você acha que não é guerra? Em todos os ambientes que vou ou todos são a favor de alguém e se começa a listar as informações recebidas nesse sentido, ou todos contra. Se tivermos no mesmo espaço um e outro, logo, logo, vem aquela frase: “política não se discute...”. Ora, e se faz o que com política?

E o que acontece na guerra? Existem os comandantes, os soldados, as regras e as sombras, os heróis e os covardes. Não há meio termo, não dá para meditar sobre as razões de cada uma das partes. Há muitas ações fora das regras do jogo. Mas, e guerra tem regra? Tem, mas na Teoria do Jogo quem vai esperar que sejam cumpridas? Então, não te parece similar? será que se tivermos uma guerra nas ruas você vai ser condescente com seu amigo que tem opinião contrária ou você vai denunciá-lo? Simule esse raciocínio!

Mas exceção mesmo foi aquela que fizeram com meu pai na Petrobrás da década de 1960. Foi forçado a ir a uma passeata e como não foi, passou um ano contando parafusos. Aí não tinha Direito, defesa, liberdade, vontade e nem cadeia. Tinha sim o Cumpra-se ou Torture ou mesmo Morra.

Agora, o pior não é isso. O pior para mim é a falta de lideranças... Qual o nome do líder do Vemprarua? Quais as lideranças empresariais que mobilizam seus pares? Quais as lideranças religiosas que falam? Muitos caíram no passado enfrentando a verdadeira exceção, alguns heróis, outros nem tanto, mas foi graças a eles que evoluímos 1 metro na democracia. Infelizmente parece-me que evoluímos somente 1 centímetro na cidadania.

Então eu peço: externe sua opinião, mas ouça, pondere, converse, avalie, aproxime-se do outro para entender seus motivos e vamos construir algo mais do que um Brasil 2016!

Velhas perguntas com novas respostas? Dinheiro compra felicidade?

  

Creating A Personal Masterplan

“Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgement; intelligence and application are not enough. There is no perfection without discernment and selection.”

Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and aphorist

To achieve what you want in life, you generally need to do three things:

1.     Identify what you really want. (Not what others want or what you think you should want.)

2.     Decide what’s most important, so you can start working on it.

3.     Act to make progress on your most important priorities.

Creating a “Personal Masterplan” is the best way I’ve found to stop dreaming about what you want and start making progress.

What Is A Personal Masterplan?

A “Personal Masterplan” is a short planning document that captures what you want to achieve most within the next three years, then systematically breaks down those goals into the most important actions you need to take this week in order to achieve them.

Once you’ve created your Masterplan, planning your day is a simple matter of choosing 2-3 things to accomplish today from your weekly list (your Most Important Tasks), then doing them before you do anything else that day. Why the three-year time horizon? Simple: it’s short enough to be able to visualize clearly, but long enough for you to be able to make drastic changes and accomplish major goals. It’s a good rough estimate for the “foreseeable future,” which makes it useful for this type of planning exercise. Writing down your goals and having a clear plan of action is critical if you want to make the best use of your finite time and energy. This process is the most effective means I’ve found to identify what I really want and focus on what really matters. After creating your Masterplan, you’ll be amazed at how clearly you’ll be able to visualize what you want to achieve and what you need to do right now to move forward.

Phase #1: Dreaming on Paper

First, you’ll need to spend some time thinking of all of the things you’d like to accomplish. The best way to do that is to write down everythingyou think you’d ever (even remotely) like to do, without editing or censoring yourself in any way.

It’s easier to prune your list of active projects than to feel vaguely uncertain if you’ve captured everything, so err on the side of completeness.

Also err on the side of being completely honest with yourself about what you want: if your lists contain things you’d be embarrassed about if someone else reads it, you can always destroy your notes when you’re done.

1.1: Gather Materials

For this exercise, you’ll need at least 5 sheets of paper, your favorite writing instrument, and at least an hour of uninterrupted personal time. (Depending on how deep you go in this process, it can take longer: 2-3 hours is typical. It’s a great process to go through over the course of a long lunch break or similar block of time alone.)

Label each piece of paper paper as follows:

·         Health / Fitness

·         Relationships

·         Skills / Personal Growth

·         Wealth / Career

·         Enjoyment

Resist the temptation to do this on your computer: there’s too much potential for distraction, and writing longhand will help you think in a more relaxed way.

1.2: Brain Dump

Pick up one of the papers, consider the topic area, and ask yourself the following question:

“What are all of the things I might want to accomplish in this area within the next three years?”

Write down everything that comes to mind - avoid self-editing as much as possible. Think and write as fast as you can, and fill all five pieces of paper with as many ideas as you can muster.

1.3: Apply the “Five-Fold Why”

Once you’re done, go back and read over one of your lists. Look at each desire you’ve recorded and ask yourself:

“Why do I really want this?”

When you think of an answer, ask yourself the question again. You should ask yourself this question at least five times or until you absolutely can’t come up with another answer. (That usually comes in the form of a reply like “because I want to.”)

When you’ve reached this point, ask yourself:

“Is the original wording of this goal the best way to capture the essence of what I actually want?”

The point of this step is to help you question your assumptions and focus on the true intent of each of your goals instead of getting caught up in arbitrary specifics or social conditioning.

For example, many people have the goal of earning an arbitrary large sum of money. (Let’s say $10 million.) After asking themselves why, they often find that it’s freedom or security they really want, and they don’t need need $10 million to achieve their true objective, making their desire attainable in a much shorter period of time. A better goal might be to find a reliable way to earn enough income to meet their financial needs using a minimum of time and energy, thereby giving themselves the freedom to invest their time as they see fit.  Once you know the root of your desires, you can go about pursuing them in a more effective manner.

1.4: Is it Positive, Immediate, Concrete, and Specific? (PICS)

To ensure your goals are well-formed and clear, ask yourself:

“Is this desire Positive, Immediate, Concrete, and Specific?”

Positive is something you can pursue vs. something you want to avoid. “I want to exercise every day” is positive. “I want to stop sitting on the couch all day” is not.

Immediate is something that you can pursue now vs. something that might happen in the future if other things happen first. “I want to land a lead role in a movie” is immediate. “I want to become a famous actor” is not.

Concrete is something that can be defined in objective terms. “I want to visit Russia this year” is concrete. “I want to travel the world” is not.

Specific is something that has defined parameters. “I want to earn at least $8,000 each month” is specific. “I want to make a lot of money” is not.

Rewrite your desires in Positive, Immediate, Concrete, and Specific language. If you can’t, discard that desire for now by crossing it off.

1.5: Is it Ambitious, Meaningful, and Exciting? (AME)

This step ensures you’re stretching yourself and engaging your emotions appropriately in forming your goals. Ask yourself:

“Is this goal Ambitious, Meaningful, and Exciting?”

Most of us are far too conservative when it comes to planning for the future. If your desire doesn’t push your limits and give you a strong sense of anticipation, reword it until it does.

Here’s an example of a well-formed goal:

Within the next three years, I want to write a book about {TOPIC} and sell 20,000 copies worldwide.

Phase #2: Focusing Your Efforts

2.1: Pruning Your Lists

As tempting as it is to try to accomplish everything on your lists all at once, it’s far more productive to consciously restrain yourself so that you can focus your time, energy, and attention on just a few important things at a time.

When you divide your efforts and attention across several projects, it’s difficult to achieve the critical mass of thought and action necessary to accomplish what you set out to achieve.

By temporarily eliminating non-critical projects, you’re freeing yourself to focus on the small core of projects that are most important to you right now, allowing you to accomplish more with less effort.

The goal of this phase of the Masterplanning process is to reduce your list of active goals to five:

1.     One health / fitness goal

2.     One relationship goal

3.     One skill acquisition / personal growth goal

4.     One wealth / career goal

5.     One enjoyment goal

By focusing on these five goals, you’ll enjoy the benefits of a productive, sustainable, and balanced life.

2.2: Choosing What’s Most Important

Pick up one of your lists and ask yourself the following question:

“If I could only accomplish half of these things in the next three years, which ones would I choose to accomplish?”

Cross out the goals that don’t make the cut.

2.3: Recursive Elimination

Apply the same selection process to your remaining goals:

“If I could only accomplish half of these things in the next three years, which would I choose?”

Again, cross out all of the goals that don’t make the cut. Continue asking this question until you have one goal remaining, hen move on to the next list.

2.4: Build Your “Someday / Maybe” List

Don’t completely discard the goals you decide aren’t important enough to focus on right now: they’re still useful, since they represent things you’d like to do at some point in your life. Place your items on a “Someday / Maybe” List so you can easily refer to them at a later date. (For more on “Someday / Maybe” lists, read Getting Things Done by David Allen.)

2.5: Finalize Your Most Important Goals

At the end of this phase, you’ll have five goals you’ve identified as the accomplishment that will make the largest positive difference in your life. These goals will form the basis for the next phase in the process: creating an action plan that will help you achieve them quickly.

2.6: Self-Check - How Do You Feel?

After making these edits, check your current emotional state - how do you feel? If you’re excited, happy, and relaxed, you’re on the right track, and the goals you have are well-formed. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, or apathetic, re-examine your choices before moving onto the next phase.

Phase #3: What Can I Do Right Now?

Now that you’ve identified your single most important goal in each of the five areas, it’s time to use them to build an action plan you can use to decide what to spend time doing right now. The process is simple: we’re going to break down your long-term goals into manageable steps you can accomplish immediately.

3.1: Define Objectives For This Year

For each of the five objectives, create a single goal that expresses the most important thing you can do to move yourself towards the accomplishment of the three-year goal in the coming year.

Example Three-Year Goal: “Within the next three years, I want to create a cash-flow positive business that allows me to earn at least $10,000 each month.”

Example One-Year Goal: “I want to launch my online waffle iron store and generate at least $3,000 in profit per month before January 1 of the coming year.”

3.2: Define Objectives For This Month

Once you know what you need to accomplish this year, define what you need to accomplish this month to keep you on track:

Example One-Year Objective: “I want to launch my online waffle iron store and generate at least $3,000 in profit per month before January 1 of the coming year.”

Example Monthly Objective: “I will launch the new WaffleMaster 5000 via an online and direct marketing campaign by the end of this month.”

3.3: Define Objectives For This Week

Once you know what you need to accomplish this month, define what you need to accomplish this week:

Example Monthly Objectives: “ I will launch the new WaffleMaster 5000 via an online direct marketing campaign by the end of this month.”

Example Weekly Objective: “This week, I will develop three drafts of sales copy for the WaffleMaster 5000 and pre-test response rates using pay-per-click advertising.”

3.4: Test Your Objectives

Examine your yearly, monthly, and weekly goals to ensure they pass the Five-Fold Why, PICS, and AME tests. Once all of your goals have passed, review the entire list and check your emotional state. Are you excited to get started? If not, re-examine your intermediate goals and adjust as necessary until you find yourself itching stop writing and start making progress.

Phase #4: Getting the Most From Your Master Plan

Your Masterplan is only valuable if you use it. Here are a few tips that will help:

4.1: Morning Routine

Make reviewing your Personal Master Plan a part of your daily routine. I review my plan every day, immediately after exercising, showering, and eating breakfast. By reviewing your plan every day, you’ll strongly reinforce what you want to accomplish, making it easier to stay motivated and on track. Establishing this habit is critical.

4.2: Most Important Tasks

Immediately after reviewing your Masterplan in the morning, write out the two or three most important tasks for you to accomplish that day, then commit to completing them by 11:00 am, before checking e-mail or working on less important tasks. To plan your day, I highly recommend using David Seah’s free “Emergent Task Planner” worksheet. Filling out an ETP each morning is a great way to plan your day’s tasks and visualize how your time will be invested.

4.3: Weekly Review

In Getting Things Done, David Allen recommends setting aside a few hours every week to do a thorough review of all of your outstanding commitments. A few minutes of review every week will help you keep yourself clear, calm, and focused. Using this time to review your Masterplan and make updates as necessary is an excellent way to ensure your immediate actions are leading to the fulfillment of your long-range goals. You can also use this time to update your “Someday / Maybe” list as necessary.

Create Your Personal Masterplan Now

Creating a Personal Masterplan takes a few hours, but they’ll be some of the most productive hours you spend this year.

Happy planning, and good luck.

Josh Kaufman