There's something that a looot of people overlook, Reader.

And that's planning.

It's the vision that excites us, and we know (or should know) that it's action that gets us there.

But planning? Ain't nobody got time for that, right?

That's mistake. Because it's planning that greases the wheels of action.

A few years' back, the book "The 12-Week Year" by Brian Moran was sent to my home as part of The Boardroom, where we read one book a month.

And in there, Brian talked about Olympic athletes.

Specifically (if I remember correctly), German athletes back in the 60s or 70s who were dominating the Olympics at that time.

They studied why they were so dominant.

For instance, the triathletes...

The German triathletes didn't co-mingle training on biking, swimming and running (all three) every day,

Instead, they'd get very focused on a specific skill in either swimming, biking, or running for a certain amount of time.

Allowing them to really hone and perfect that skill.

• So it becomes habit.
• So it becomes efficient.
• So it becomes muscle memory.
• So it becomes automatic, and they don't even have to think about it.

All that hemming and hawing, all that second-guessing, all that hesitation...all those things that slow you down...gone. Eliminated.

In fact, Bruce Lee also had something similar to say about this:

So, what the author Brian did is, he started to apply that concept to getting things done in work and life.

Breaking things down incrementally, in 12-week chunks, and executing those things really well.

In fact, Brian actually says to throw out annual planning. (Being that we just started the new year, bad news if you've already done it, good news if you haven't. 😅)

Now honestly, I don't know that I agree completely with that anyway. We still do an annual plan for our team.

But then, we take that annual plan and break it down by each quarter (i.e. 12 weeks).

It's so much easier to keep your eyes on the prize that way. Instead of looking at a far-off distant goal--running the marathon--you're doing short sprints.

Getting better and better every day. Stronger and stronger. Closer and closer to your vision.

Doesn't that seem like a better way of doing things?

Brian

PS - A quarter is actually 13 weeks. So imagine...what if you could execute so well, following your 12-week plan, that you got one week a quarter off?

That's an entire month per year added all together.

How cool would that be?

Whenever you're ready, there are 2 ways I can help you:

1. Work with me to transform your referral relationships. (Booking into Feb - let's talk)
2. Get your own board of advisors with ACCELERATE Boardroom (See if it's a fit here)

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