A review by r_reads2winnie
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington

3.75

The 12 Week Year replaces the annual goal setting and planning system with the 12-week system the author created. The author argues that there is no urgency with the annual goal setting and planning because the deadline is so far into the future. Instead, he suggests you break down your goals and plans into a series of 12 weeks. Doing so creates more urgency and intensity to achieve the goals. The point is by concentrating your efforts on fewer goals each quarter rather than many goals over the course of a year, you are focused more and therefore will accomplish more and faster. It also teaches you how to improve execution by having visions and connecting them to your monthly, weekly, and daily actions and how to be accountable by reviewing your plan and scoring your actions against your plan. The book is about goal setting, planning, and executing the plan to achieve your goals, but it focuses more on the execution. I found the idea helpful and started implementing the system, but the book needs serious editing. It was too repetitive.