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Where this planner came from

This is the episode the planner grew out of. It's the story of the notebook in the closet, and it walks through the Six Fs and SMARTER goals, the same framework on the first pages of your planner.

Episode 26

How to Set Goals That Actually Change Your Life: The SMARTER Framework

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Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

Your planner gives you the pages. This guide walks you through the thinking behind them, the same framework Emily and I use every year.

  • The Six Fs: finances, family, friends, faith, fitness and freedom (the one most people forget)
  • SMARTER goals, which add Exciting and Risky to the usual SMART
  • Worksheets that turn the big picture into no more than three goals at a time
  • Why your goals don't have to match your spouse's, and other things we learned the hard way

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