The monthly index with the important happenings consolidated in one place was SO handy for reference when trying to find a specific event. Franklin Covey was my first planning system and it has endured over time. ❤
When I entered the corporate business world in the late '70s, using (& carrying) a Franklin Planner for a woman was quite symbolic - a visible sign that you were a leader, a professional, & not a “secretary”. Similar to your areas of focus, I use the "Eight Dimensions of Wellness" as my foundation: Emotional, Physical (nutrition, activity, medical), Occupational, Social, Spiritual, Intellectual, Environment (home as well as community), and Financial. Looking forward to the results of your FP experiment.
I took one of the Franklin Planner classes all those years ago, it was AMAZING. The teacher of the class was excellent and to this day it taught me lifetime lessons. Thank you sooooo much for this reminder and updated video as a time trip and refresh lessons learned.🎉
I loved carrying my FP. I used the large Monticello 2 pg per day. I had a feeling of accomplishment at the end of my work day. Zipping it up at the end of the day was my way of telling myself “That’s it. We’re outta here.” Good memories.
I have tried many different planner systems. I have been using it since it was called Frank Quest when the name changed to Franklin Covey Planner. I have all of my storage binders from 1990 to this day. I have always used the Classic because it has always worked for me I have tried using my iPhone or computer. But writing it down still works for me better.
Forgot about the Franklin Planner until watching this video. With so many systems and tools one could be overwhelmed if they're new to task management. As you said, the principles never change. Learning the basics and sticking with it each week and day is what matters most. I do like the freedom analog offers. With one annual planner I can track appointments, tasks, expenses and light journaling. In the digital space that's three or four apps that don't always communicate with each other.
This is one of several great videos on RUclips about the Franklin system. I’m not referring to all the “decorating” nonsense, but the ones that actually explain the original Franklin system.
I was gifted a Franklin Planner class from work and it helped me so much. I tried going to the digital tools but they will never match the physical for me. Digital counts on reactionary. Physical makes you so proactive.
I'm beginning to see why pen and paper is still better than digital tools as I go through my experiment. What I've noticed is I am much more intentional with what I set out to do each day.
Wow! I started using the FP system in the early 90's and fell in love with it, I remember going into the store at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta to get my refills!! I have been using some form of the system ever since. It may not have been in an actual Franklin planner but the basics of the system, task priority, schedule, notes and most importantly the index. I may need to pull out the Monarch binder to see what's in it. Thanks for the video Carl, I look forward to the results of your experiment.
I learned the FP methodology directly from Hyram. He led a four-hour class for the executive staff of the company I was working for. His system literally changed my life, and I lived by it religiously. I have about 20 years of hard back compilations. I never understood why Covey didn’t transition the FP methodology to the iOS format.
Franklin Covey released a version of the digital equivalent planning system with Microsoft in the early 2000s. It was an add-on of sorts to MS Outlook. I tried it for a while with enthusiasm. It still wasn’t as effective for me as paper. There are a few reasons why for me this is the case. But just to say, there was a digital attempt and it didn’t seem to go very far.
The way you used past tense the whole time as I sat watching with my planner! So old. Was also trained 30 years ago, in Silicon Valley during the internet boom. Great system
Wow, what a FLASHBACK! I had the most gorgeous red leather case and it still sits on my shelf, sometimes I just open it and smile. I also had the Frankline red leather tote bag, gosh I loved going in that store!
Hahaha, Me too! The store selling the Franklin Planners here in Korea was a short walk from my apartment. I remember spending many an hour looking at the binders and pages.
Hey Carl, did you see the FP website still carries the Satellite little notebook?!? 😂 So happy to see this during the next 3 months, and I keep tons of notes and huge master task lists in ios Notes - and use paper planners with that -- eventually, if you end up discussing the blending of digital with FP (paper) and a great workflow for that, I would love to hear it, as you do this analogue experiment again. Thanks for the great info and videos you always produce!
@@Carl_Pullein Wow, that's a great idea! We (my husband and I) may do the same over here, thanks for mentioning it!! 😀. (Don't know if at some point you may show it on camera, we would love to see it, if you do...) - thanks again!
Still use the Franklin Planner on a daily basis. I've learned it sticks with me more if I can write it out. Hyrum was also such an incredible speaker and teacher. BTW, Carl, any chance of purchasing a signed copy of your book? I've followed you for years and love your content.
Hyrum Smith was indeed a groundbreaker and keen businessman. He was also a serial philanderer and was excommunicated from his Mormon church because of it… He pretty severely violated his own “governing values” that he wrote in that book about the sanctity of his family. I’ve read that book. There’s a lot of sanctimonious, quasi-religious stuff in it, along with the solid time management ideas. His book and company were solid contributions to the field of time management. But just be careful who you put on a pedestal.
0:16 Got my first Franklin Planners when they were available as hand size small spiral bound books. fit neatly in your pocket or pocketbook. He says six years, that book. But I had my planners back in the 1980s. Of course, I may have confused them with a competitor. Another comment makes me think Day-Timer, but somehow FP seems more likely.
I’m from Salt Lake, the home of Franklin planners. I won runner-up student of the year in middle school and got a planner, binder, and instructional tapes as my prize. The winner got to go to Disneyland, but I always felt like I got the better prize. I used the system from 9th grade (1994!) all the way through 2019.
Great video, I used the FP religiously for ten years.. recently trying a rocket book panda planner which has similar pages but is scanned weekly and erased to reuse
'About 27 years ago I was given 7 Habits by S Covey book and a Franklin planner'..... Carl, your video was a pleasant deja vu 😊. Great video reminding us on governing values.
Please do a video on how you would use the franklin planner and todoist. I need to use a paper planner but I would like to integrate todoist as part of my system with franklin planner. How can I do it?.
@@Carl_PulleinThank you, also please show us the leadership package and how you are setting it up in your binder. I am excited to watch the upcoming videos.
I love my FP system for work. During the pandemic I went back to it for work. I have to keep work separate. I don’t include all the 7 habits things. Just the lists, prioritization, and meetings, passwords, etc . I don’t have a work phone and don’t turn on my work computer when I’m off so I love being able to look at my planner to see what the next day or week looks like.
I'm embarking on a three-month experiment starting in October to use my FP only. While I will need to use my digital calendar, I will use that as a reference point, not as a way to manage my day's appointments. I'm really looking forward to the experiment.
@@Carl_Pullein can’t wait to hear about it! We have email and calendar on the work system but it doesn’t sync with my personal. I fail on the actual planning and sharpening saw and reflection in any system. I’m just pushing work forward and trying to jam in what I want to be doing personally and fall short.
Love my Franklin planner, and I always come back to it. (I commented below how I have simplified it - merging Franklin and GTD ways and others that I have made my own that I did not mention.)
I've spent many years distilling down my system, which is digital and paper with Franklin. I also have a thin (below 1-inch ring by Franklin) that I interact with, so it is not heavy or bulky. It narrows my focus, and I have everything I need right at my fingertips. I check my digital calendar daily, and I pull from Asana (or one can pull from Tododist) the next projects in line as needed. I love the Classic size because I can print off anything and place it in my planner. So, I heavily utilize the storage binder each week and the custom hole punch. As you mentioned, I use the page finder to list my main projects for the week/month. I then have a separate set of two-page planner pages just for my tasks that are signed explicitly for specific dates/deadlines for that week (5 Choices pages). That section includes another page marker that contains my context-based list of next actions. I placed this on their other page finder option called the Progressive Task List, which is already separated into 6 sections. My two-page spread is made of Carrara-style pages. I have all the pages I need in the binder for one week. Several weekly spreads. One for appointments, one for managing 3 other individual schedules, and one for tasks as already mentioned above. Then I have 7 daily spreads and my extra pages, goald for the month/quarter/references, etc. Because I have the Classic size I am actually able to add one single front-back page between the 2-page daily spreads that gives me everything I need for that day along with the page guide/marker. This allows me to manage my education, my children's education, my business, my husband's business, our domestic affairs (food, home), habits, routines, goals, etc., in one easy place. The "Carter Leather Binder" would be the closest current equivalent to my size. The Carter has 1' rings; mine is slightly smaller than this.
You may find Charles R Hobbs' "Timepower" book an interesting read. It predates Smith's book by several years or so, and (oddly?) uses exactly the same methods/stories. Yes, they had worked together, and yes, lawyers did get involved.....
At 8.25, Carl needs to show how to use the Monthly Index: Use Brackets(Six Reminders). Also use the paper Calendar of the planner--to place brackets in the Calendar(or, card catalog), to find instantly all the information you need, at any time, when you need it, that you have written anywhere. For instance, last week we were going to make a stew. I had written the recipe down in 1994, Oct. 15th. It took me less than 10 seconds to get back to that recipe, copy it, and bring to the person buying the ingredients. Faster than anyone can click through their phone apps and then locate that information, if they still had it.
"Faster than anyone can click" So you went through 30 yearly calendars working as notes index, from now to 1994, to find the location of a stew recipe and that in less time than a single digital search?
@@2adamast In fairness, when my grandmother was still allive she could find a recipe in her recipe book in seconds--way faster than I could ever do in a digital notes app.
Great video. I think the bullet journal can easily adapted to this system. Thanks for giving your insight from a veteran who live and breathe the fp system. Would be cool to go more in depth each part of the system especially useful these days of overwhelming information and tasks. Personal knowledge system, second brain are all current trend except the critical part of knowing why you need it thus knowing what to toss immediately vs storing for later.
I know many people who return to those systems because you said it is always in front of you. I agree that the methodology is best and wonder why no software developer ever created an app copying this system. Today, if you want to copy this system into digital life, you need to sit in front of three screens 🙂
David Allen had this problem when he tried to find a developer to develop a GTD app. For some reason, developers shy away from an all-inclusive system.
I would add them during my weekly planning session. Each week would be a reset. I'm embarking on a three-month experiment in October - to use a Franklin Planner to see how it works in today's predominantly digital world.
@@TheRealJohnnyCash That I'm not sure yet. That'll be part of my experiment. That said, I already kind of do this when I do my weekly planning. I always write out my recurring core work tasks on paper. While theoretically, I do these every week, I don't have to do all of them in some weeks.
Thanks for the wonderful memories. I started using my FP in 1994 when MCI ran us all through the training. Yes it was part of my life for over two decades. I still use the methods but now in a notebook that I create a three box grid for the tasks, appointments, and notes. I have yet to find a corporate online solution that brings these together.
Hi Chris, I've never found anything as straightforward or streamlined as the FP. While digital tools do have more convenience, they don't aid you in ensuring what you are doing is based on your values/roles.
Hyrum Smith was indeed a groundbreaker and keen businessman. He was also a serial philanderer and was excommunicated from his Mormon church because of it… He pretty severely violated his own “governing values” that he wrote in that book about the sanctity of his family. I’ve read that book. There’s a lot of sanctimonious, quasi-religious stuff in it, along with the solid time management ideas. His book and company were solid contributions to the field of time management. But just be careful who you put on a pedestal.
I don't think there's ever been a "perfect" human being in the history of human existence. Benjamin Franklin himself confessed he was unable to live up to his values. And not being particularly religious myself, I can skip over that stuff.
@@Carl_Pullein It went beyond just not being “perfect.” It was a serious betrayal of his wife, his children, and his faith - all of which he professed in his book to cherish. I think he should have dispensed with the religious/moral content and stuck with just the time management material. When someone holds themselves up as some model of great character - and bases his entire business around it - then severely violates his professed ethics, he loses credibility and looks like a hypocrite. Better he should have narrowed his scope to time management, and then his poor judgment and choices in his private life would not have tarnished his professional reputation.
❤ my Franklin Planner! Keeps me on track with a fast paced and high volume job. Tried many other systems electronically and analog, only using the Franklin Planner as its designed has worked. I check my FP before I accept an electronic meeting invite, add the meeting in my FP. Everyday I check both my FP & outlook calendar to ensure both match. Use FP as it’s designed to use to get the most planning benefits.
I’m trying to eliminate the use of the digital system. It doesn’t serve me. It doesn’t help me when i can’t see things at a glance. I would really prefer to use a physical system.
I'm about to start a three-month experiment using a Franklin Planner for the rest of 2024. I've just ordered a whole new setup and am looking forward to re-establishing my relationship with it. This will help to see where paper tools are advantageous over digital ones.
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The monthly index with the important happenings consolidated in one place was SO handy for reference when trying to find a specific event. Franklin Covey was my first planning system and it has endured over time. ❤
That is something I've found extremely helpful as I embark on this journey.
When I entered the corporate business world in the late '70s, using (& carrying) a Franklin Planner for a woman was quite symbolic - a visible sign that you were a leader, a professional, & not a “secretary”.
Similar to your areas of focus, I use the "Eight Dimensions of Wellness" as my foundation: Emotional, Physical (nutrition, activity, medical), Occupational, Social, Spiritual, Intellectual, Environment (home as well as community), and Financial.
Looking forward to the results of your FP experiment.
Doesn’t matter what I carry-in the stem field everyone automatically assumes I am a secretary 😂
@@MyLifeInTheDesert Well that sucks. I'm sorry that is still happening.
You’re so right.
I took one of the Franklin Planner classes all those years ago, it was AMAZING. The teacher of the class was excellent and to this day it taught me lifetime lessons. Thank you sooooo much for this reminder and updated video as a time trip and refresh lessons learned.🎉
They are timeless those lessons and still apply well today.
I loved carrying my FP. I used the large Monticello 2 pg per day. I had a feeling of accomplishment at the end of my work day. Zipping it up at the end of the day was my way of telling myself “That’s it. We’re outta here.” Good memories.
Love that, Lisa. Thank you for sharing.
I have tried many different planner systems. I have been using it since it was called Frank Quest when the name changed to Franklin Covey Planner. I have all of my storage binders from 1990 to this day. I have always used the Classic because it has always worked for me I have tried using my iPhone or computer. But writing it down still works for me better.
Me too. All my binders going back to 1992/3. Such a wonder resource of what I have accomplished over the years.
I love going back over my old FP notes and diaries! I do t think I’ve ever been as organised as I was when used my FP! 😊
Me too! I am always surprised what was important to me back then and observing how my priorities have changed over the years.
Forgot about the Franklin Planner until watching this video. With so many systems and tools one could be overwhelmed if they're new to task management. As you said, the principles never change. Learning the basics and sticking with it each week and day is what matters most.
I do like the freedom analog offers. With one annual planner I can track appointments, tasks, expenses and light journaling. In the digital space that's three or four apps that don't always communicate with each other.
That's so true. With the Franklin Planner, you have everything in one place.
This is one of several great videos on RUclips about the Franklin system. I’m not referring to all the “decorating” nonsense, but the ones that actually explain the original Franklin system.
I have built my Notion OS Using the best of Covey and GTD. THIS OVERCOMES WHAT OTHER DIGITAL TOOLS CAN NOT DO !
I was gifted a Franklin Planner class from work and it helped me so much. I tried going to the digital tools but they will never match the physical for me. Digital counts on reactionary. Physical makes you so proactive.
I'm beginning to see why pen and paper is still better than digital tools as I go through my experiment. What I've noticed is I am much more intentional with what I set out to do each day.
Began using my FP in late 80’s after taking a day long class. Still using and loving it!
Wow! I started using the FP system in the early 90's and fell in love with it, I remember going into the store at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta to get my refills!! I have been using some form of the system ever since. It may not have been in an actual Franklin planner but the basics of the system, task priority, schedule, notes and most importantly the index. I may need to pull out the Monarch binder to see what's in it. Thanks for the video Carl, I look forward to the results of your experiment.
Oh, you'll find it very nostalgic and see how far you have come over the years.
Using FP as my main control center for my digital planning life. It is awesome even in 2024!
I learned the FP methodology directly from Hyram. He led a four-hour class for the executive staff of the company I was working for. His system literally changed my life, and I lived by it religiously. I have about 20 years of hard back compilations. I never understood why Covey didn’t transition the FP methodology to the iOS format.
Me too. It seemed the logical thing to do, yet instead they decided to focus on Leadership. Strange decision
Franklin Covey released a version of the digital equivalent planning system with Microsoft in the early 2000s. It was an add-on of sorts to MS Outlook. I tried it for a while with enthusiasm. It still wasn’t as effective for me as paper. There are a few reasons why for me this is the case. But just to say, there was a digital attempt and it didn’t seem to go very far.
@@precisionmediamarketing6950 I remember they did try and create a digital version. Never tried it though.
Must, Should, Could, COD, Time Sector, Evernote, Task Manager, and my Full Focus Planner!!! THANX Carl!!!
The way you used past tense the whole time as I sat watching with my planner! So old. Was also trained 30 years ago, in Silicon Valley during the internet boom. Great system
Hahaha I have sitting next to me right now a brand new FP. It's no longer "past tense" to me.
One of Carl's best videos! Love it
Thank you, Alan.
Wow, what a FLASHBACK! I had the most gorgeous red leather case and it still sits on my shelf, sometimes I just open it and smile. I also had the Frankline red leather tote bag, gosh I loved going in that store!
Aniline leather 😂
Hahaha, Me too! The store selling the Franklin Planners here in Korea was a short walk from my apartment. I remember spending many an hour looking at the binders and pages.
I have found that the Franklin Method adapts well to the Day Timer one - or two-page per day formats
Hi Carl I hope you keep us informed about your analog experience. My biggest problem is certainly the portability of the physically bulky planner
I will. I'm planning on doing a series of videos over the next three months to show what I've learnt from the experience.
How does one carry around the Classic binder with 3 months' worth of planner pages? Examples?
@@robertgodfrey7535 I thought that would be a pain. Turns out with the zipper binder it's very easy.
You nailed it Carl! Loved this one 👏👏👏👏
Thank you, Mike.
Hey Carl, did you see the FP website still carries the Satellite little notebook?!? 😂 So happy to see this during the next 3 months, and I keep tons of notes and huge master task lists in ios Notes - and use paper planners with that -- eventually, if you end up discussing the blending of digital with FP (paper) and a great workflow for that, I would love to hear it, as you do this analogue experiment again. Thanks for the great info and videos you always produce!
I did. I've ordered the FP hole punch so I can use fountain pen-friendly paper as a satellite notebook .
@@Carl_Pullein Wow, that's a great idea! We (my husband and I) may do the same over here, thanks for mentioning it!! 😀. (Don't know if at some point you may show it on camera, we would love to see it, if you do...) - thanks again!
@@amyzimmerman9776 That's a definite. There's a lot of people who love writing with fountain pens.
Still use the Franklin Planner on a daily basis. I've learned it sticks with me more if I can write it out. Hyrum was also such an incredible speaker and teacher. BTW, Carl, any chance of purchasing a signed copy of your book? I've followed you for years and love your content.
Hyrum Smith was indeed a groundbreaker and keen businessman. He was also a serial philanderer and was excommunicated from his Mormon church because of it… He pretty severely violated his own “governing values” that he wrote in that book about the sanctity of his family. I’ve read that book. There’s a lot of sanctimonious, quasi-religious stuff in it, along with the solid time management ideas.
His book and company were solid contributions to the field of time management. But just be careful who you put on a pedestal.
0:16 Got my first Franklin Planners when they were available as hand size small spiral bound books. fit neatly in your pocket or pocketbook. He says six years, that book. But I had my planners back in the 1980s. Of course, I may have confused them with a competitor. Another comment makes me think Day-Timer, but somehow FP seems more likely.
I’m from Salt Lake, the home of Franklin planners. I won runner-up student of the year in middle school and got a planner, binder, and instructional tapes as my prize. The winner got to go to Disneyland, but I always felt like I got the better prize. I used the system from 9th grade (1994!) all the way through 2019.
Hi Jacob, thank you for sharing that. You definitely did get the better prize 😁
Carl - this is a great video. It brought me right back to my Day-Timer and Time Design days. Definitely nostalgic and yet those tools were so genius.
They were. I find many of today's digital tools forget the importance of know our values, and understanding what is truly important to us.
I have used these planners and system for decades. Thank you for stirring my emotions about this again!
You're very welcome, Alberto.
Great video, I used the FP religiously for ten years.. recently trying a rocket book panda planner which has similar pages but is scanned weekly and erased to reuse
'About 27 years ago I was given 7 Habits by S Covey book and a Franklin planner'..... Carl, your video was a pleasant deja vu 😊.
Great video reminding us on governing values.
Thank you. Going through all my old pages while I was planning this video was a wonderful experience. Some great memories.
Please do a video on how you would use the franklin planner and todoist. I need to use a paper planner but I would like to integrate todoist as part of my system with franklin planner. How can I do it?.
That's what I am currently looking at, Paula.
@@Carl_PulleinThank you, also please show us the leadership package and how you are setting it up in your binder. I am excited to watch the upcoming videos.
I love my FP system for work. During the pandemic I went back to it for work. I have to keep work separate. I don’t include all the 7 habits things. Just the lists, prioritization, and meetings, passwords, etc . I don’t have a work phone and don’t turn on my work computer when I’m off so I love being able to look at my planner to see what the next day or week looks like.
I'm embarking on a three-month experiment starting in October to use my FP only. While I will need to use my digital calendar, I will use that as a reference point, not as a way to manage my day's appointments.
I'm really looking forward to the experiment.
@@Carl_Pullein can’t wait to hear about it! We have email and calendar on the work system but it doesn’t sync with my personal. I fail on the actual planning and sharpening saw and reflection in any system. I’m just pushing work forward and trying to jam in what I want to be doing personally and fall short.
@@Carl_Pullein Fantastic Idea!
Love my Franklin planner, and I always come back to it. (I commented below how I have simplified it - merging Franklin and GTD ways and others that I have made my own that I did not mention.)
I've spent many years distilling down my system, which is digital and paper with Franklin. I also have a thin (below 1-inch ring by Franklin) that I interact with, so it is not heavy or bulky. It narrows my focus, and I have everything I need right at my fingertips. I check my digital calendar daily, and I pull from Asana (or one can pull from Tododist) the next projects in line as needed.
I love the Classic size because I can print off anything and place it in my planner.
So, I heavily utilize the storage binder each week and the custom hole punch.
As you mentioned, I use the page finder to list my main projects for the week/month.
I then have a separate set of two-page planner pages just for my tasks that are signed explicitly for specific dates/deadlines for that week (5 Choices pages). That section includes another page marker that contains my context-based list of next actions. I placed this on their other page finder option called the Progressive Task List, which is already separated into 6 sections. My two-page spread is made of Carrara-style pages.
I have all the pages I need in the binder for one week. Several weekly spreads. One for appointments, one for managing 3 other individual schedules, and one for tasks as already mentioned above. Then I have 7 daily spreads and my extra pages, goald for the month/quarter/references, etc.
Because I have the Classic size I am actually able to add one single front-back page between the 2-page daily spreads that gives me everything I need for that day along with the page guide/marker.
This allows me to manage my education, my children's education, my business, my husband's business, our domestic affairs (food, home), habits, routines, goals, etc., in one easy place.
The "Carter Leather Binder" would be the closest current equivalent to my size. The Carter has 1' rings; mine is slightly smaller than this.
Brilliant. Thanks.
Thank you for watching.
You may find Charles R Hobbs' "Timepower" book an interesting read. It predates Smith's book by several years or so, and (oddly?) uses exactly the same methods/stories. Yes, they had worked together, and yes, lawyers did get involved.....
I do want to migrate from all analog to digital, but have a concern that a digital service provider that I use would go out of business.
Nd that happens more often than it should.
At 8.25, Carl needs to show how to use the Monthly Index: Use Brackets(Six Reminders). Also use the paper Calendar of the planner--to place brackets in the Calendar(or, card catalog), to find instantly all the information you need, at any time, when you need it, that you have written anywhere.
For instance, last week we were going to make a stew. I had written the recipe down in 1994, Oct. 15th. It took me less than 10 seconds to get back to that recipe, copy it, and bring to the person buying the ingredients.
Faster than anyone can click through their phone apps and then locate that information, if they still had it.
OOh, thank you for sharing that James. I will add those extra features to a future video.
"Faster than anyone can click" So you went through 30 yearly calendars working as notes index, from now to 1994, to find the location of a stew recipe and that in less time than a single digital search?
@@2adamast In fairness, when my grandmother was still allive she could find a recipe in her recipe book in seconds--way faster than I could ever do in a digital notes app.
I love this transition you’ve made into the analogue world. I can’t wait to work with you again.
Looking forward to it, Martin.
Love my Franklin planner!!!! using it since the lates 80's... Yep... a classic.🖋📝📖🖋
A timeless, practical way to manage our days and lives.
Great video. I think the bullet journal can easily adapted to this system. Thanks for giving your insight from a veteran who live and breathe the fp system. Would be cool to go more in depth each part of the system especially useful these days of overwhelming information and tasks. Personal knowledge system, second brain are all current trend except the critical part of knowing why you need it thus knowing what to toss immediately vs storing for later.
Funny you should mention that. I'm about to begin a series in a hope to help people simplify their systems.
Excellent!!😊
I know many people who return to those systems because you said it is always in front of you. I agree that the methodology is best and wonder why no software developer ever created an app copying this system. Today, if you want to copy this system into digital life, you need to sit in front of three screens 🙂
David Allen had this problem when he tried to find a developer to develop a GTD app. For some reason, developers shy away from an all-inclusive system.
@@Carl_Pullein I use Notion to overcome this problem !
Carl, if you were using the Franklin Covey system today how would you deal with recurring tasks?
I would add them during my weekly planning session. Each week would be a reset.
I'm embarking on a three-month experiment in October - to use a Franklin Planner to see how it works in today's predominantly digital world.
@@Carl_Pullein would you refer to a paper list of those items and add to appropriate list while planning your week?
@@TheRealJohnnyCash That I'm not sure yet. That'll be part of my experiment.
That said, I already kind of do this when I do my weekly planning. I always write out my recurring core work tasks on paper. While theoretically, I do these every week, I don't have to do all of them in some weeks.
@@Carl_Pullein looking to forward to hearing more your upcoming experiment.
I have my recurring tasks written on the back side of the compass card. Each week I transfer these to the daily task list.
Thanks for the wonderful memories. I started using my FP in 1994 when MCI ran us all through the training. Yes it was part of my life for over two decades. I still use the methods but now in a notebook that I create a three box grid for the tasks, appointments, and notes. I have yet to find a corporate online solution that brings these together.
Hi Chris, I've never found anything as straightforward or streamlined as the FP. While digital tools do have more convenience, they don't aid you in ensuring what you are doing is based on your values/roles.
Hey Carl ,Thanks for this ,you can replicate same in app like Xtiles ,some limitations may there but planner can be replicable.
Is there a closeup of the bookmark anywhere? I'd love to take a look at it and can't seem to find it on the Franklin Covey site. ⚡
It is included in their starter package.
Are there any differences between the Franklin Planner and the Filofax Planner? If so, what are they?
I don't know, myself. I presume there must be as there would be copyright issues if either copied the other.
I’m really enjoying your videos of late. Great stuff. (Would you ever consider doing a video on your lighting? It always looks great.)
Thank you. I've nver considered doing a "studio set-up video". I'll add it to my video to-do list. 🙂
Hyrum Smith was indeed a groundbreaker and keen businessman. He was also a serial philanderer and was excommunicated from his Mormon church because of it… He pretty severely violated his own “governing values” that he wrote in that book about the sanctity of his family. I’ve read that book. There’s a lot of sanctimonious, quasi-religious stuff in it, along with the solid time management ideas.
His book and company were solid contributions to the field of time management. But just be careful who you put on a pedestal.
I don't think there's ever been a "perfect" human being in the history of human existence. Benjamin Franklin himself confessed he was unable to live up to his values.
And not being particularly religious myself, I can skip over that stuff.
@@Carl_Pullein It went beyond just not being “perfect.” It was a serious betrayal of his wife, his children, and his faith - all of which he professed in his book to cherish. I think he should have dispensed with the religious/moral content and stuck with just the time management material. When someone holds themselves up as some model of great character - and bases his entire business around it - then severely violates his professed ethics, he loses credibility and looks like a hypocrite. Better he should have narrowed his scope to time management, and then his poor judgment and choices in his private life would not have tarnished his professional reputation.
Thank you, I now have my own COD thanks to you. You're awesome 👍
Thank you.
GTD the worst methodology possible - drags folks into the weeds. FP a genius format
I agree, John. GTD pulled me away from focusing on what was important.
Nicely done Mr. Pullein.
Thank you.
❤ my Franklin Planner! Keeps me on track with a fast paced and high volume job. Tried many other systems electronically and analog, only using the Franklin Planner as its designed has worked. I check my FP before I accept an electronic meeting invite, add the meeting in my FP. Everyday I check both my FP & outlook calendar to ensure both match. Use FP as it’s designed to use to get the most planning benefits.
@@hccf4442 I've just ordered a new FP set. Really looking forward to experimenting with this for the rest of the year.
I had to come read the comments to see who else still had their old FP’s 😂
It's nice to see so many people who grew up with a Franklin Planner.
Filofax?
Thanks Carl, great video, very helpful. By the way, will your book be available as an Audiobook as well?
I'm recording it this month. If all goes well, it should be ready by the end of October.
Awesome, I will be waiting for it!
You created areas of focus?????? Doubt
Sharpen the axe! What a great memory. Thank you for the trip down memory lane
You're very welcome, Rodney
Here in lines the problem - how to be able to flip flop between analogue tools.
Ah, the Franklin Planner solved that for us. It contained everything that was/is important to us in one book, divided into sections.
I’m trying to eliminate the use of the digital system. It doesn’t serve me. It doesn’t help me when i can’t see things at a glance.
I would really prefer to use a physical system.
I'm about to start a three-month experiment using a Franklin Planner for the rest of 2024. I've just ordered a whole new setup and am looking forward to re-establishing my relationship with it. This will help to see where paper tools are advantageous over digital ones.
The mindfulness part of an analog system is proving to be a key for me. Of course a hybrid system will always be needed for my day job.