Last updated Unknown

Status: Tags: #writings/bookapplications Links:

{ The 12 Week Year Application

Top 3 Quotes

Our actions can only go as far as our vision, our boundaries, and motivation

Learning to do the things you need to do, regardless of how you feel, is a core discipline for success

greatness is not achieved when the result is reached, but rather long before that, when an individual chooses to do the things that he knows he needs to do

What I find profound is that the difference between greatness and mediocrity on a daily and weekly basis is slim, yet the difference in results down the road is tremendous

Don’t settle for anything less than the life you are capable of. Make a commitment to be great each day and watch what can happen in just 12 short weeks

In 2011, the average American spent 2.8 hours a day watching TV. That’s 12 percent of our lives—and that number does not include the hours spent on the newly available entertainment devices such as smartphones and tablets

3 Sentence Summary

1. The 12 week year breaks down the year into 4 “mini-years” with 12 weeks for work to provide urgency

   • The value of each moment is brought into sharp focus when there are only 12 weeks in your entire year

2. Having a vision, measuring progress, accountability, and process control are integral to accomplishing the 12 week year

3. Have a week in between each 12WY to reflect and plan the next one !

Author’s Purpose

• Make people be more intentional and productive in the moment, showing them that action can be taken at any time, not just the beginning and end of a year

Important Ideas

• The 12 Week Year
• 12WY Execution
• Lead Measures and Lag Measures
• Periodization
• The five emotional stages of behavior change
• Not Rejecting Mediocrity
• The importance of having a Vision for spiritual energy and “motivation”
  • Our actions can only go as far as our vision, our boundaries, and motivation
• Roles of long-term and short-term goals

Principles

• Reframing the meaning of Accountability and taking action through Commitment
• Measuring Data

Personal Revelations

• My current system is good, but I needed some help for implementing long-term projects like the 12wy does, so it was a good idea I read this book
• The bit on accountability made me remember the 7 habits idea of choice
• This kickstarted my vision again lmao

Principles

• Exhausting yourself to burnout is bad, but embracing temporary discomfort is something I need to always due to reach my potential
• How can you introduce monthly goals into the mix? Would it just be quarters of the whole thing?
  • I think I might drop monthly projects, as they were always too broad to be executed properly
    • Might turn them into guidelines like the 12wy

Actions

Possible Video Ideas

• !V How I’m creating my 12 week year goals for university

Further Reading

• Re-read GTD or atomic habits for implementation

Practices

• Steps included in the The 12 Week Year

Habits

• Always being mindful and engaged in the moment

Dailies

• Daily affirmations related to my long-term visions
  • Review each morning, make adjustments if needed to make it more meaningful
• Reflection question asking if I am working towards my vision

To Dos

• ~ Come up with project timeframes and actual projects

Created:: 2021-08-22