Weekly Review That Changes Something
A review that ends with one changed behaviour rather than a tidy list and the same week repeated.
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Running it, start to finish
- Record what you planned and what actually happened, including how it felt.
- Make a decision on every three-week carry-over.
- Implement the single change on Monday.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Diagnoses the shape of the planned-versus-actual gap rather than just measuring it.
- Forces a decision on anything carried three weeks, which is where lists rot.
- Ends with exactly one change, because a list of improvements is how reviews change nothing.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Be honest about section 3. The proportion of the week that touched your actual objectives is usually uncomfortable, and it is the most useful number in the review.
- Act on the carry-over verdict. Something on the list for three weeks is telling you it is either not important or not correctly scoped. Both are decisions.
- Do not expand section 6. One change, implemented, beats five recorded. Next week's review will offer another.
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