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    The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

    Brian Moran, Michael Lennington, 2013

    In one paragraph

    Brian Moran and Michael Lennington's system for achieving more in 12 weeks than most people do in 12 months. Introduces a structured approach to goal setting, planning, and execution that creates urgency and focus by treating each 12-week period as a complete year. Used by world-class athletes and adapted for business.

    Also tagged

    Productivity
    Goal Setting

    Where this sits in the operating system

    Time Blocking Protection

    Focus & Essentialism

    Single-Point Focus

    Focus & Essentialism

    Regular Review Rhythms

    Systems Over Goals

    Key insights

    Twelve weeks is a year. The annual horizon creates the illusion of time and postpones urgency to December.

    Measure lead indicators, the actions you control, not just the lagging result.

    Weekly scoring at 85% execution is the mechanism. Without the score the shortened horizon changes nothing.

    Recognise it early

    The failure and the correction sit side by side deliberately. Read the left column asking whether any of it is already true of you.

    What goes wrong

    Setting too many goals and losing focus

    Focus disciplinelimit to 2-3 major goals per 12-week period

    Tracking only results instead of actions

    Measurement drives resultstrack leading indicators daily

    Skipping weekly planning meetings

    Weekly planning is non-negotiable - it maintains execution discipline

    Getting discouraged by slow progress

    Lag between actions and resultsmaintain discipline during execution gap

    Treating 12 weeks like annual planning

    Create urgency - 12 weeks should feel compressed and actionable

    The same idea, argued differently

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    The full breakdown

    Before you close this

    Naming the specific moment you will act roughly doubles the odds you do.

    Reference

    Author
    Brian Moran, Michael Lennington
    Published
    2013
    Category
    Business
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