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How to Review Your Year in 90 Minutes

Published about 5 hours ago • 2 min read

My new book, Life in Perspective, comes out in less than two weeks, on Nov. 3.

More than 600 of you have already claimed your pre-order bonuses, from 52 countries.

Thank you to every one of you!

Half of the 1,000 Essential seats in The Annual Review® 2027 program are now claimed. Pre-order 2 or more copies and you get one seat per copy, up to 4.

Of the 50 Premium seats, only 12 remain. Those come with 5+ copies and include three small-group coaching calls with me.

Already pre-ordered? You still qualify, so submit your receipt before Nov. 8, when all bonuses close.

How to Review Your Year Like a Screenwriter

You don't have to wait for December to look back on your year. My wife, Lauren, never finishes hers by Jan. 1. She does it when she has the time and space for it.

Lauren shares the 90-minute version she created in 2020, with a newborn at home and her dad in the hospital.

You write your year like a screenplay, in three acts, and you write about yourself in the third person.

​Get all 20 prompts from Lauren, free here.​

How I Write a Book: The 7-Stage R&D Process Behind Life in Perspective

Every book I write is a delivery mechanism for a method. And a method has to be tested before it can be called proven.

In this post, I walk through the seven stages of R&D behind my new book, Life in Perspective.

From 17 years of my own annual life reviews and 500+ beta readers to 4,500 years of year-end rituals.

You’ll also see why I brought in AI only at the end, and why a book is still the best medium for a method meant to change your life.

Book Recommendation: Ultraproductive by Eric Partaker and Dr. Christian Poensgen

My friends Eric Partaker and Dr. Christian Poensgen just released their new book, Ultraproductive (named one of the Financial Times' books of the month). It offers a simple method for focusing better and recovering well.

One idea from the book is the Rule of 90. Their research shows that focus rises and falls through the day, so expecting eight hours of deep concentration isn’t realistic. Instead, they suggest protecting 90 minutes a day for your most important work.

It’s a fantastic book, and I highly recommend it.

Order your copy, and you’ll also get 9 cheat sheets covering the book’s core methods, plus a free seat in their live Ultraproductive Accelerator program (available to the first 10,000 readers).

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