🁢 Domino Cascade Planner | Study Template

for the one whose five-year goal never seems to connect to today's to-do

Goal

Map one unbroken domino chain from your someday goal down to today's single next action.

The Domino Effect: priorities cascade, so line them up from big to small rather than listing them as equals. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.

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0:00-0:05
Settle. One blank page, pen. Today you build one chain.
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0:05-0:10
Write your someday goal at the top. One sentence.
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0:10-0:20
Work backward 5y. Where must you be in 5 years?
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0:20-0:30
Work back 1y. The domino for this year.
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0:30-0:40
Work back 1mo. The domino for this month.
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0:40-0:45
Work back 1 week. The domino for this week.
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0:45-0:50
Write today's domino. The one action that topples the next.
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0:50-0:55
Write today's domino on an index card. Place it where you'll see it before bed.