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A D O P T A N E W S YS T E M O F T H I N K I N G T H E
RAP I D P LANN I N G ME TH O D (RPM)

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Are you frustrated that you have not been able to take 4
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ever wonder why you are working so hard and still not TO-DO LI S T
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attaining the achievement and satisfaction your efforts
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ever before, and many of us are struggling to stay Team Tony
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continue to nd ourselves spinning our wheels is that TO NY

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What you need to understand is that there is a big

difference between m o v e m e n t and a c h i e v e m e n t . R E WA R D
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The biggest problem with to-do lists is that focusing Team Tony
only on what you need to get done does not guarantee
that youre actually making any real progress. To-do
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certain sense of satisfaction you get from checking off DONE
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a series of tasks. But have you ever crossed off
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everything on your list and still felt like you had not
really accomplished anything?

The RPM system is different from any other time or life

management system out there. In fact, its not a time or
life management system at all. Its a system of thinking.
And it works by focusing you on the key results that
are most important in your life not on your activity or
to-do list.

To help you better understand the RPM system and

philosophy, we break it down to its three main
components:

YO U R F O C U S & C L A R I T Y

The rst component of the RPM system is focus. Too

often we forget what our real result or outcome is and
we start thinking instead that we have to write out a
to-do list to make it happen. You have to get crystal
clear about what it is that you want. The clearer you

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are about what it is you want, the easier it is to achieve

#it, because then you can design all of your activity
around making progress toward achieving it. Think of
your brain like a heat-seeking missile. Whatever the
outcome may be, you brain can gure out how to get
there and your behavior will adjust accordingly.

YO U R P U R P O S E

Once you know what it is you really want (i.e., your

result or outcome), you need to associate to why you
want to do it your purpose for wanting to achieve
this result. This is one of the most important parts of
the process because without it you lose your emotional
drive. Without it you have more stress, which can
cause you to give up when the inevitable challenges
arise. But if youve got a strong enough reason and a
strong enough purpose, you will nd a way to pull it off.

How many times have you been trying to achieve an

outcome, but for whatever reason you were unable to
get it? Have you ever had your plans interrupted?
Whether or not you keep trying depends on your
purpose.

The why is the most important thing to know because

thats where all of the emotional juice and fuel is to
keep you going when the challenges show up. And if
you have a big enough why, you will gure out a way of
how to do it.

YO U R M AS S I V E AC T I O N P L A N

Now that you have a clear, specic result or outcome

and a compelling purpose to drive you to follow

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through, you still need a plan to make it happen. Thats

#why the third component of the RPM system is about
developing your Massive Action Plan, or your MAP.

Your MAP is simply the specic steps, or actions, you

need to take in order to achieve your result. The
beauty of the RPM system is the exibility your MAP
provides!

First, you will discover that there are many ways to

achieve a result. And this also means that if one set of
actions doesnt work, then another will.

Second, you dont have to accomplish every single

action item in your MAP in order to achieve your result.
Youll nd that most often, a small number of actions
make the biggest difference in your ability to achieve
your result. This is the 80/20 rule where 20% of
what you do in life usually makes 80% of the
difference.

C O M M I T TO R P M

Now that you understand the building blocks of the

RPM system, its up to you to make the decision to
commit the time, energy and resources to master it. To
continue to manage your life by a to-do list only invites
the continuing imbalance and frustration that comes
from knowing youre working hard, but that youre not
making progress in all the areas of your life that truly
matter.

Working harder is not the answer. Its time to put your

life to work for you at a whole new level. With
consistent use of this time management training

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system, the Rapid Planning Method will provide you

#with the opportunity to not only manage your time, but
to consciously sculpt your life into the masterpiece you
deserve.

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