Productivity Hack: The 53-Minute Master Plan

“You were born to win, but to be a win­ner, you must plan to win, pre­pare to win and expect to win.” - Zig Ziglar, author See You at the Top

I’m always look­ing for pro­duc­tiv­i­ty hacks – more effi­cient ways to run any­thing – from strate­gic plan­ning and train­ing and edu­ca­tion pro­grams to 360 reviews – and I’ve cre­at­ed a new one to share with you. It’s about cre­at­ing your Mas­ter Plan in an hour or less.

Even though we all know good plan­ning is a vital step to being pro­duc­tive and suc­cess­ful, most peo­ple have a time carv­ing out the time to do it. So I cre­at­ed this one for the mod­ule we teach on Plan­ning and Productivity.

Our Mas­ter Plan frame­work is a spec­tac­u­lar, con­cise doc­u­ment that inte­grates every impor­tant area of Work, Self and Life, as well as core val­ues and sweet spots.

It gets to the heart of what you want to achieve in life and what real­ly mat­ters, how to be twice as good in three years, your goals for the year and an exe­cu­tion plan to get you there.

In our Plan­ning and Pro­duc­tiv­i­ty ses­sion, we walked par­tic­i­pants through the two-page doc­u­ment and gave them between 60 and 120 sec­onds to com­plete each section.

In less than half an hour, we had com­plet­ed a reflec­tion of a whole year – great­est accom­plish­ments and learn­ings, Pas­sion Ratios and Goals, and what need­ed to change — and had cre­at­ed a Mas­ter Plan for Work, Self and Life. The Quar­ter­ly plan for short term goals was then com­plet­ed in anoth­er 20-ish minutes.

Of course, in a one-on-one set­ting you can do a more thor­ough, con­cise job — I’ve done it in 53 minutes.

– or you can spend a day on it.

The infor­ma­tion is already in your head so it’s about tak­ing the time to focus on what’s most impor­tant to you, to crys­tal­lize your thoughts, and then you can get into action to bring your plan to life.

When you ded­i­cate time to sit still, you can do amaz­ing work, with great clar­i­ty in a very short time.

The Chal­lenge

• If you want to do this on your own, com­plete the tem­plate in Chapter17 of Your Oxy­gen Mask First or down­load it here
• If it helps, grab a bud­dy to do it with you.
• Set the clock and focus. Just make sure your Mas­ter Plan gets done.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Join Us for the FREE 53-Minute Mas­ter Plan Webinar:

Tues­day June 25, 2019 at 12:00pm PT

One-hour webi­nar – recorded

Can’t make the live event? Reg­is­ter and we’ll send you a link to the webi­nar record­ing to watch at your convenience.

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If you want help with one of our coach­es, we guar­an­tee a rea­son­able draft in under an hour — and can pro­vide addi­tion­al sup­port every month to keep you on track.