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Quarterly Planning
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Set goals and review on a thirteen-week rhythm - short enough to feel real.
Key Concept
- Zoom out every ninety days so weekly noise does not eat the year's aim.
- Level 1: Every three months step back and ask whether daily noise is eating your big goal for the year.
- Level 2: Every three months, step back and check whether daily distractions are eating your big goal for the year.
- Level 3: Ninety-day zoom-out - weekly noise versus annual aim, on purpose.
- Level 4: Because urgent tasks compound daily, a quarterly reset reclaims the year from the inbox.
- Level 5: Zoom out every ninety days so weekly noise does not eat the year's aim - the calendar block is the guardrail, not a slide deck ritual.
- A year-long goal hides slippage for months; thirteen weeks cannot.
- Long enough to actually finish something, short enough that slipping is still visible before it is too late.
Examples
- First Sunday of the quarter we picked three outcomes - not twenty wishes that drowned the month.
- The clinic's ninety-day huddle moved one backlog project to done instead of adding a fourth starter.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Slow Productivity | when the opposite frame fits better |
| extends | Measure Then Iterate | Thirteen-week rhythm needs a number you would actually track |
| extends | Periodic Knowledge Review | Ninety-day zoom on the same review rhythm |
| extends | Purpose and Vision | Named outcome on a rhythm that stays visible |
| extends | The 12 Week Year | Thirteen weeks is short enough to feel real |
