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The Goal Setting Framework: Annual Goals and a 90-Day MAP

Most goals die because they never get broken into the next 90 days. This framework starts with a short list of annual goals, each tied to a role in your life, a purpose and a deadline. Then it turns the year into a 90-day Measurable Accountability Plan, the MAP.

How to do it

  1. Write at least three annual goals. For each one, name the role it belongs to (CEO, parent, athlete, friend), why it matters, and a real deadline.
  2. Write your BHAG, the big hairy audacious goal that the next 90 days serve.
  3. Pick only three priorities for the quarter. If everything is a priority, nothing is.
  4. Under each priority, list the strategies and the action steps. Give every step a who.
  5. Mark each step for month 1, 2 or 3 of the quarter, then check them off as you go.
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