Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months - The 12 Week Year

for nearly a decade I was caught in an endless  cycle each year would begin with a burst of energy   and ambition Grand goals and dreams only to have  forgotten about them 3 months later ultimately   time and time again I would end the year in  exactly the same place that I had started   but last year I decided to try a completely new  approach to setting goals I used evidence-based   strategies implemented advice for some of the best  experts on the subject and analyze case studies on   what works and what is simply a waste of time and  by the end of year I had hit every single goal so   as I plan my goals for this year I wanted to walk  you through exactly what this new approach is   and how you can set goals that you will actually  achieve the first thing you want to do is attach   a so that I can to the goal let's take the goal  of reading more a vague statement like I want   to read more it's not very helpful because a it's  not specific so you wouldn't really know where to   start or what to do to achieve it and secondly  it's not connected to a reason and that has a   huge impact on the motivational element of it  let's change that goal around and redefine it   to I want to read 30 non-fiction books by the end  of this year so that I can increase my knowledge   and be able to talk to others about various topics  now not only have you made it specific so you know   exactly what to do and what you're working towards  but you've also attached a personal meaning to it   it makes you so much more motivated and inclined  to work on that goal the same goes for money   rather than thinking I want to make more money  how about writing down I want to generate 10K in   passive income by December so that I could look  to retire early and spend more time doing things   I love or so that I don't need to worry about how  much the bill is going to be when I'm out with my   friends or if I'm on Holiday by doing this you've  created a personal connection to it once you've   thought about a specific goal and attached a  meaning to it the first thing you want to do   is write it down and research shows that there is  a correlation between writing down your goal and   earning more in 1979 Harvard MBA graduates they  were asked about their goal setting habits and   the different approach that graduates took had  a huge impact on how much they earned later on   in their life so 84% had no specific goals 133%  had goals but they hadn't written them down and   only 3% had both written down the goals and had  a plan to achieve them 10 years later those same   people were surveyed again so the 133% who had  goals even though they hadn't written them down   they were earning on average twice as much as the  84% who had no goals at all but most impressively   the 3% who had written down their goals and had  come up with a clear action plan on how they're   going to achieve them were earning more than the  combined income of the other 97% so this clearly   illustrates the importance of writing your goals  down but to take it one step further another study   that was done in 2015 by Dr Gail Matthews to test  the findings from the Harvard study confirmed two   things firstly that the same results if you  write your goals down you're likely to earn   more and Achieve those goals but the second thing  that that study found is that by adding another   step into your goal setting process it increases  the chance of success even further I'll come on   to what that extra step is in just a second but  first aim to take two to three big goals you have   and write them down you don't want any more than  three goals any more than that and they are just   a distraction and remember these goals are things  that you'll be working on on top of the everyday   things that you have going on in your life so keep  it small and keep it focused then you want to take   those big one-year goals and restructure them  with deadlines so to explain this a bit further   there is something in Psychology called delayed  discounting this is that people tend to Value   immediate rewards more than future rewards even if  the future reward is a lot bigger this is why you   scroll through social media rather than working  on a side hustle this is why you crave in and   eat chocolate instead of choosing a healthy  salad well I do when you apply this concept   to oneyear goals you can see why it's incredibly  challenging to stay motivated when you're working   with a time frame that is so far in the distance  there's virtually zero incentive so the aim then   is to break that goal up and bring parts of it  forward so for instance instead of saying I'll   say 5,000 by the end of the year what about having  the goal I'll say 500 by the end of this month the   former is easy to put off because it doesn't seem  urgent but the latter is a lot more immediate so   you want to take action straight away according  to the book The 12we Year the author recommends   breaking down your one- year goal into a 12we plan  so the idea is to think of the 12 weeks as a year   so now 12 weeks represent a year every week now  represents a month and every day represents a week   when you think of it like this you think about how  important every day is to hit your goals this 12we   plan it's proven to be the perfect Sweet Spot  which is long enough to see progress and make   any changes but short enough to create a sense  of urgency so if your goal this year is to make   10K and passive income break this down into what  you need to achieve in the next 12 weeks to feel   like you're on track maybe it's okay I'm going  to buy one rental investment property in the   next 12 weeks 12 weeks that shorter time frame  makes the goal feel immediate and it makes you   want to take action straight away I first read the  12we year 2 years ago when I started changing my   approach to goal setting and I wanted to refresh  my memory and take away the key bits 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check it out you can do it totally for free  using the link in the description and then if   you do enjoy it and go want to go ahead with  a full subscription you can also get 20% off   using the link shortform.com/nischa by now you  have a compelling vision and a plan most people   think that this is enough they sit back and they  wait for everything to happen to them and for the   universe to to give them their Vision but the  universe only responds to what you do not what   you think about that's where KPI tracking comes  in think of KPIs as outputs so bringing back the   goal you had of buying one investment property  in the next 12 weeks what are the KPIs that you   can use to inevitably hit that goal it can be I'm  going to drive around my local neighborhood every   day this week to see what is coming available  in the area it could be I'm going to visit 10   houses this week and put in at least three offers  it can be I'm going to call five estate agents and   build relationships or go for a coffee with them  and find out what's coming up in the pipeline by   doing this and outlining the actions you're going  to take every single week it will inevitably lead   you to your goal it's a kpis you want to spend  your time focusing on not on your goal the best   bit about using this 12-week plan guideline is  that it compresses what you would have achieved   in a year into 3 months and then you have  the chance to change the path every 3 months   instead of wasting a whole year on something that  doesn't work out for example if your one property   goal doesn't pan out in the first 12 weeks and  you think this it actually doesn't put me on the   right track then you can spend the next 3 weeks  focusing on something else that will move you   closer to the one-year goal there's one final  thing that has proved to take your goal setting   process even further in the 2015 study by Dr Gail  Matthews 267 participants were divided into five   groups so the first three groups were the same as  the one in the harbor study I spoke about earlier   the first group had no goal the second group  had a goal but no no plan to achieve it and   the third group had a written goal with a plan  he also introduced two more groups into this   the fourth group had the goals with the plan  and sent these to a supportive friend and then   the fifth group had the goals with the plan and  sent these to a supportive friend together with   a weekly progress reports and results show that  the fifth group who did everything and also had   a friend to hold them accountable accomplished so  much more than all of the other groups so the way   I apply I have a whiteboard in my office and at  the top I write down my main goal for the year   and the why that's attached to it below I'll  have my 12we goal and then below that I have   what I'm going to do every single week to get me  closer to that 12we goal so I have a list of the   actions that I'm going to take that week and then  tick them off as I go through it and then at the   end of every week so every Friday I'll sit down  with someone in my team and we go through that   list I tell them what I've ticked off and what I  haven't and why I haven't for me there's something   that doesn't feel good when you go to someone else  and you say yeah I didn't achieve my goals because   I was lazy I wasn't feeling motivated I can be  bothered so even if I have to work all day all   night on Thursday I always show up on Friday not  having everything ticked off for that week so that   is how I'm setting my goals for this year if you  like this video you may also enjoy another video   that I have on here on habits that have made me  more productive and make me stay focused to hit   the goals that I've set out for myself I'll  link it over here and I hope to see you there

Channel: Nischa

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Length: 9min 29sec (569 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 07 2024