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I use to be a horrible annual planner. Then I read everything I could find on planning, spent thousands on workshops, and iterated my process over ten years. Now, I\u2019m badass at this.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to teach you everything I know about annual planning. This won\u2019t be easy. This is designed for overachievers. I\u2019ve held nothing back.<\/p>\n

So, why go through this process? It\u2019s a major time commitment. I\u2019m investing four days into mine.<\/p>\n

First, it lets me zoom out and see the bigger picture<\/strong>.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard for you to see the bigger picture when you\u2019re stuck in an endless loop of emails and zoom meetings.<\/p>\n

I reached a crossroads last year. I was no longer excited about running affiliate marketing campaigns or creating courses. The feeling was lingering for years. So last year, I spent a significant amount of time confronting this feeling.<\/p>\n

And then I realized I needed to move on from this industry. I wanted to move on to projects that I could be obsessed<\/strong> about.<\/p>\n

Second, it helps you connect the dots<\/strong>. There was a lot of pain this year. None of our years went according to plan. What lessons can you learn so you don\u2019t repeat the same mistakes again?<\/p>\n

Finally, you\u2019re infinitely more likely to achieve your desired outcomes.<\/strong> I believe that a successful life comes from doing hard things<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Talking about teamwork is easy. Firing your employee because you realize they\u2019re not a great culture fit anymore is hard.<\/p>\n

Declaring your goals on Facebook is easy. It\u2019s hard to think, analyze, and reverse engineer how you\u2019re going to achieve your goals.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my mantra for 2021 \u2013 \u201cDo hard things.<\/strong>\u201d Everyone wants to take the path of least resistance. You won\u2019t have much competition when you choose the harder path.<\/p>\n

Many people won\u2019t bother with annual planning because life\u2019s too unpredictable. Look at how 2020 went for everyone. I get it.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing: the discipline of planning means you\u2019ll react better.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know the business plan won\u2019t survive its first encounters with reality,\u201d he says. \u201cBut the discipline of writing the plan forces you to think through some of the issues and to get sort of mentally comfortable in the space. Then you start to understand, if you push on this knob, this will move over here and so on. So, that\u2019s the first step.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Jeff Bezos<\/p>\n

Life is like jazz. There\u2019s a score you could follow exactly, but you have permission to riff and make the music bolder.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what 2021 has in store for us. But I promise you that your year will be better if you invest the time into annual planning.<\/p>\n

You bring the energy \u2013 I\u2019ll give you my exact blueprint.<\/p>\n

Some Notes Before You Start<\/u><\/h2>\n

There are a few things you should do before you get started.<\/p>\n

0<\/strong>.1 Be in the Right Environment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Don\u2019t do this in your home office. You\u2019re too close to the trenches. You need an environment that inspires<\/strong>\u00a0you.<\/p>\n

Look at how Muhammad Ali trained for his fights. His original training camps were in Miami. He had to leave Miami. Too distracting. He built a new training facility in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania. It was called \u201cFighter\u2019s Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

It gave him complete focus to train for his big fights.
You need to find your \u201cFighter\u2019s Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my formula:<\/p>\n