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Reference: From the Movie Horton hears a who

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Why do you need a plan? A: the same reason we need a business plan. Although we may not use it the thought process of vetting through all the criteria for creating a business that leads us toward better decisions about our time and money. Without it youre lost, with it youre not and are better prepared for the future.1

But People DoA new revolution for managing data

Your GoalsProfessionalPersonalActionPart I: Setting GoalsPart II: Staying FocusedPart III: Execution of ActionsQuestions11/28/2015

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PLANNING VIA QUICK LISTSYour Daily Plan is on one sheet of paper

Plan by entering Quick Lists on your Daily Plan

Capture new important informationBe careful, theres lots of important information

Do this consistently, every day

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We all have different levels of expectations.3

TeristicsSoAPerformanceThought CaptureThought ProcessingThought Execution2. Science-of-ActionDeliberate PlanningContinuityCogitationContinuous ImprovementCreativityStrategySimplicity and Reliability1. Thought Incubation2. Capture Important Information1. Thought Discipline1. Situational Awareness2. Decision Making3. Locus of ControlSelf EfficacySelf Esteem4. Automaticity5. Expectancy Determines Outcome3. Codify as you captureThoughtful Intelligence3. Mental Practice

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PART I: SETTING GOALSSetting a goal is different for everyone

Your probabilities of success greatly increase when you write your goals down

They are typically a major undertaking

You always start with a detailed plan

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We all have different levels of expectations.5

Goals are really more like defining a missionCreate a roadmap (your detailed plan)MissionVisionGoalsObjectivesStrategiesTacticsTasks11/28/2015

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Mission: A top level and unique special assignment, reason or purpose given (that which you believe or are assigned to believe). Mission is a one-to-one relationship with Vision.Vision: Significance of the mission once realized (statement noting that when achieved, what difference will it make and what are the images of the mission youre seeking to create). Vision is a one-to-one relationship with the Mission.Goal: Distinct top level goals of the mission. One or more targets that the mission intends to accomplish based on an analysis of Mission and Vision.Objective: Measurable top level steps of each goal. One or more measurable steps supporting each goal defined (what top level steps should be taken to achieve each of the goals). Strategy: One or more approaches chosen to achieve each objective defined (list the different approaches possible to achieve each of the objectives).Tactic: One or more activities that supports each of the strategies defined (list the activities required to achieve each strategy). Task: One or more discrete, achievable steps that are apart of achieving each tactic.

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MissionWhy are you setting your goal (mission)?

A mission is a top level and unique special assignment, reason or purpose given (that which you believe or are assigned to believe).

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VisionBegin with the end in-mind and visualize achieving the mission.

State the significance of the mission once realized (statement noting that when achieved, what difference it will make and what are the images of the mission youre seeking to create).

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GoalsYour mission may actually have many goals

List out each distinct top level goals of the mission. One or more targets that the mission intends to accomplish based on review of Mission and Vision.

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ObjectivesWhat level of performance is required?

List out any measurable top level steps of each of your goals. One or more measurable steps supporting each goal defined (what top level steps should be taken to achieve each of the goals).

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StrategiesWhat options or strategies are available to you?

One or more approaches chosen to achieve each objective defined (list the different approaches possible to achieve each of the objectives).

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TacticsWhat has worked best in the past?

One or more activities that supports each of the strategies defined (list the activities required to achieve each strategy).

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TasksList out all known actions that will be executed on (over time).

Tasks are one or more discrete, achievable steps that are apart of achieving your mission.

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PART II: STAYING FOCUSEDYou now have a roadmap. How do you ensure that it gets achieved?Stick to your planImprove your plan as you goCapture important information as you goExecute your plan when the time is right

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Remember ThisWhats ImportantInformation thats important to your goals

Whats NextStuff that you should, shall and want to do next.11/28/2015

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As you go about each day you need only think about that which you feel is important. And, from that which is important, think about whats next to do. Always keep an ear out for whats important. Always be thinking about Whats next for you to do.15

Whats Important? (Wi:)Its any information that:

you wantyou needhelps you get your stuff doneif you dont have will cause delayhelps your thinking and reasoningyou know youll forget, but shouldnt.11/28/2015

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As you go about each day you need only think about that which you feel is important. And, from that which is important, think about whats next to do. Always keep an ear out for whats important. Always be thinking about Whats next for you to do.16

Whats Next? (Wn:)Task/actions that you should, shall and want to do next.11/28/2015

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As you go about each day you need only think about that which you feel is important. And, from that which is important, think about whats next to do. Always keep an ear out for whats important. Always be thinking about Whats next for you to do.17

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ElectronicPerson to PersonIdeasExpectations

DSheetReticular Activation System

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Whats Important? Wi: Whats next? Wn:Mt:Due item List (Due:)19

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Due:Whats Next list (Wn:)Meeting list (Mt:)

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Defining Your Today ListMt:20

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Important Information21II: =

Wn:Due:Your Lists,Any List:

YesNoReview DailyReview DailyReview As NeededMt:Review DailyRc:Review FrequentlyFutureValue?Discard, do nothingReviewFrequency?

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Setting PriorityAny way you wantYou could set just by changing QLi.e., Wn:111 or Hot:113 1s = high priority2 1s = medium priorityEtc.

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As you go about each day you need only think about that which you feel is important. And, from that which is important, think about whats next to do. Always keep an ear out for whats important. Always be thinking about Whats next for you to do.22

ProblemStatistics show that if you dont capture important information within 24 hours you have only a 5% chance of accurately recalling it in the future.

Lost information costs you time, money, creativity as well as opportunity.11/28/2015

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Statistics show that if you dont capture important information within 24 hours you have only a 5% chance of accurately recalling it in the future.

Lost information costs you both time and money as well as an opportunity.

At any moment in your life important information happens. If you dont capture it then your chances of recalling it in the future is slim. What if you had a very simple system for catching the information within seconds, while it happens. What if your system was also a planning system that automatically generated your plan for you?

Equally challenging in our world today is information-overload. Communication between individuals and in any organization is always challenging and today it is compounded by an endless array of distraction. Distractions in the form of email, voice mail, phone calls, text messages, sms, im, voip, etc can pull us away from focus on our important initiatives. Individuals and organizations need a common method for maintaining focus and continuity with their top-level initiatives. As technology is also not reliable Dsheet offers convenient and redundant method which is better and cheaper than anything else on the market today?

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Heres How to Solve it

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Science of Action (SoA)Deliberate PlanningContinuityCogitationContinuous ImprovementCreativityStrategySimple and Reliable

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DSheet is a daily planning system based on a newly developed concept called the Science-of-Action (SoA). SoA was developed to help overcome a few of the social challenges facing us today and brought about by the Information Age which distract us from our main goals and initiatives causing us to be less effective. One main challenge SoA deals with is in limiting the amount of distraction from our top level initiatives by enabling better attention and focus on what we want to achieve in our personal or professional lives. Distractions, in the form of email, SMS messages, instant messaging, Internet, phone calls, as well as many other things, all contribute to information overload and may result in less focus on our initiatives pulling us away from the important things in our lives. They can however be limited with a better understanding of the SoA. The principles of SoA are: 25

Deliberate PlanningCommit to planning your initiatives on a daily basis.Only a few minutes a day will focus your thoughts on what you feel is important.

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ContinuityLearn how to stay continuously connected to that which is important right nowThis will help you maintain your perspective and focus with your important information over time.

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CogitationPersistent review of your important information (over time)This means concerted thought, reflection, meditation and contemplation on your important information on a daily basis.

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Continuous ImprovementImprove your existing important information as you goImprove your existing thoughts and important information such that they become useful resources to you now or at some point in the future.

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CreativityAggregate your important information within unique lists which, when recalled, enable, posture and facilitate creative thinking while you're executing the necessary actions required to achieve specific initiatives.

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StrategyDeploy strategy to your important informationensures that each relates to a top level initiative and can be recalled within seconds when needed forexecuting tasks related to the initiative.

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Simple and ReliableDevelop a system thats both simple and reliableAs technology often isn't reliable having a daily planning sheet, something to record your thoughts on, offers a simple and reliable method toward managing your important information.

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To become effective this sheet should be with you at all times and quickly accessed when an importantthought occurs. SoA principles have been incorporated into the DSheet software application available exclusively from this Web site. 32

Decision: The right momentTimingIs it too early to execute on the action?

Clear MotivationIs your motivation for executing the action clear?

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These are the ingredients required for a good decision. Each time you find yourself making a decision ask yourself these 3 things. If youve captured relevant important information within your system review it if you need to before making a decision.33

Method to the madnessEach moment provides a potential opportunity within it. Be ready to capture Whats Important.

Develop excellent organizational skills. Develop a system that lets you always be ready, prepared, informed, on the ball.

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Strategic VernacularClear Structure for PlanningTop level planning within Mission Plans List GeneratorQuick Action VerbsKeyword DrivenData Sheet or DSheetDaily Plan 11/28/2015

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Day List (any day)Call List

Calendar List

Buy List

Gift List

VIP List

Any List You Want

On Your PC, Your Phone or this DSheet

Three main components of Dsheet are the Vernacular, the List Generator and the Dsheet.

Vernacular Planned for B2B in version - With it all know and have a common organization for planning, have clearer picture of the mission/vision, all goals, main objectives, strategies, tactics down to every task that needs to be completed. All can see how big picture relates to the given task from top to bottom.

The List Generator users very quickly enter their important information using Dsheet QAVs or verbs they define. To increase effectiveness, the use of the QAVs automatically group like information together allowing the user to quickly call up the information when needed and execute, improve or close the action. There is only one common interface and all functionality of Dsheet is generated from one field, the Action field. Simply by quickly classifying your information as you capture it, you can immediately group the information for future use. Any of your lists can be generated on-the-fly then sent to wherever you want it, when you need it to your email, your phone, your printed sheet.

And Key to Dsheet is the sheet. It is the guaranteed medium for transition from the mind to your permanent record when your PC or phone isnt convenient to capture the information. While anyone could simply carry around a piece of paper or post it notes that they write on, the paper alone is not an automatically generated plan composed of all your important information within lists organized so that you know whats important and whats next in the next several days. With Dsheet you always have a plan, youre always prepared you have a strategy for executing on your important information.

[Queue the Lists by clicking thru and stating what they are, first the lists, then the phone, the UI, then the hardcopy sheet] [Queue Dsheet printed copy]

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Why do you need a plan? A: the same reason we need a business plan. Although we may not use it the thought process of vetting through all the criteria for creating a business that leads us toward better decisions about our time and money. Without it youre lost, with it youre not and are better prepared for the future.36

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Why do you need a plan? A: the same reason we need a business plan. Although we may not use it the thought process of vetting through all the criteria for creating a business that leads us toward better decisions about our time and money. Without it youre lost, with it youre not and are better prepared for the future.37