Hi entrepreneur,
Right now, you probably feel pretty good about the year ahead.
You've got goals.
You've got momentum.
You've got a clear sense of what you want this year to look like.
And yet…
If you're like most founders, by about February 1, something familiar starts to happen.
Your calendar fills up.
Meetings multiply.
Requests pile on.
The business starts happening to you instead of the other way around.
It's not because you lack discipline.
It's not because you don't care enough.
It's because hope is not a planning strategy.
Here's the uncomfortable truth I've learned the hard way:
Show me your calendar, and I'll show you your priorities.
Not your intentions.
Not what you say matters.
What actually gets time.
Most annual planning focuses on goals.
But your results aren't a reflection of your goals.
They're a reflection of how your time is allocated.
That's why, every year, my wife and I go through the same simple exercise.
We pre-load the year.
Before the chaos.
Before the requests.
Before the business starts grabbing whatever time is left.
We decide (in advance) what actually matters and reserve time for it first.
Family.
Profit.
Rest.
Not perfectly.
Not in detail.
Just intentionally.
I put together the exact planner and walkthrough I use so you can do the same.
Get the Pre-Loaded Year planner + short walkthrough here:
https://scalable.co/preloadedyear/
You don't need to finish it today.
You don't need to know every detail.
Just start by seeing your year clearly... before it gets hijacked.
Talk soon,
Ryan
P.S. If reading this made you think, "I know I need to do this… I just don't trust my business to run without me," that's not a calendar problem.
That's a structure problem.
If you want to see what it looks like to build a business that actually supports your priorities instead of competing with them, I wrote it all out here.
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