Define the change.
Write the first action so clearly you could follow it on a tired morning. If one word still needs interpretation, the plan remains under review.
Readiness review · Scheduled for tomorrow
Tomorrow,
everything changes.
A good plan started on a bad week looks like a bad plan. Use today to remove anything that could make the first seven days inconclusive.
Prepare to beginReadiness after today
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The method
IIProtect the first week.
Find seven consecutive days in which travel, deadlines, poor sleep, and recovery will not distort the result.
Remove avoidable friction.
Settle the time, place, tools, and backup plan. The first morning should begin with no new decisions.
Understand the last attempt.
Review every previous beginning. If one failure remains unexplained, a new attempt would add evidence before the old evidence has been understood.
Beginning standard
Give the plan
a fair first week.
If the first attempt collides with travel, bad sleep, or missing equipment, the result proves only that the week was badly chosen.
Final conditions review
IIIBefore the first day, settle the first week.
Move the date before you lower the standard. A postponed beginning costs nothing. A failed one has to be explained.
- The first week is free of travel
- Under review
- The equipment is adequate
- Upgrade planned
- The backup plan has been rehearsed
- Not yet
- The previous attempt has been fully reviewed
- In progress
The final readiness review
TomorrowYour place is held. Nothing is required of you today.
Think of one change you have meant to make for at least a month. Five questions compare it with the conditions required for a beginning that can be judged fairly.
QUESTION 1 OF 5