Franklin Covey Planner: Step-by-Step to Define Values, Set Goals, and Prioritize Tasks

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[@kait-hanrahan]

I have more videos on productivity concepts here: kzbin.info/aero/PLyJokUp2tLypTF1QNm6QEXb9kwwP6_Ka9

[@RyanPatrickOwens]

I've been using Franklin Covey for a little over a year now and it has changed my life completely. It has allowed me to be organized not just in my day-to-day life, but in my overall life. I'm acutely aware, now, of my saw being sharpened; I know I'm spending my time on Q2 activities every day and becoming significantly better on a weekly basis. I couldn't recommend it more.

[@kait-hanrahan]

Awesome! I have my own system, but I'm very influenced by Franklin Covey since that's what I used through school. Since making this video, I switched from adding a star by three "must do" tasks to using the ABC123 method. And that small thing has been a remarkable game changer in moving my focus from urgent to important!

[@Marie-um6uk]

Same here! Game changer. I've tweaked and added my own printables and such, but the base is always fc. Thanks for sharing! Love finding franklin covey videos.

[@vanlifebayou]

Love FC! Have used for decades. Whenever I leave, I always come back to it. Im ADD so it’s perfect!!

[@kait-hanrahan]

Yeah it's so good! I have my own system, but I stole ABC123 after making this video and just that small thing really helps with prioritizing the stuff that matters.

[@calisongbird]

Consider saying “I have ADHD” instead of “I’m ADHD.” You are not your condition, you are a person WITH the condition. It’s called human-first language, because the language we use really does make a big difference. I also have ADHD. 😉

[@drewconway7135]

Re. SMART goals: the R stands for Relevant, not Realistic. I’m not quite sure how “Realistic” crept in; it is a synonym for Achievable, so would be redundant.

[@calisongbird]

I’ve taken many trainings at work and elsewhere that use SMART goals, and there really is no one single definition of the acronym. I’ve noticed variation in what each letter stands for, depending on who’s doing the training. But the overall meaning is generally the same.

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

1:16 Eisenhower matrix 1:40 Continuum of control 2:06 Prioritizing tasks 2:35 Productivity pyramid 2:58 Values and virtues 3:22 examples 3:43 prioritize 3:57 Setting goals 5:03 Weekly planning 5:32 Compass cards 6:01 Card image 6:30 Daily planning 6:54 Daily planning steps 7:10 Daily planning page image 7:29 digital planner offer 7:43 process of daily planning 7:48 making your task list 8:10 A, B, C method 8:50 symbol system

[@calisongbird]

I love your characterization of the FC system as “mature.” That is the perfect description, as it’s so time-tested. Also, there are spiral bound and now even traveler’s notebook binding options on the Franklin Planner website - not just ringbound.

[@SydneyRoc]

This is one of the best summaries of Franklin Covey I've encountered. Thanks!

[@kait-hanrahan]

Thanks so much! 💜

[@polishedandpoisedplanner]

I found the Eisenhower matrix in college and it was a game changer because I thought everything was important

[@calisongbird]

Great video! I’m considering getting back into the FC method. I used it in the late 80s/early 90s when I discovered it through one of their time management books called First Things First. btw, Covey is pronounced KUH-vee. 😉

[@ArchtopBill]

Your video is a nice overview of the Franklin Planner. As an FYI, the Franklin Planner is not the “original”. Hyrum Smith was doing seminars using the DayRunner to teach executive how to manage their time. He asked DayRunner to make some slight modifications to their planner pages, but they declined. Smith decided to do it himself and the rest is history.

[@kait-hanrahan]

Ahh yeah. "Original" was probably too bold a language choice. I feel like Franklin has been the biggest influence on the planners on the market now. But I try to be more objective and keep my biases to myself in this style video :) Thanks for the note!

[@GailFuhlman]

I have been an FC when it was Franklin Quest. @ArchtopBill, thank you for sharing the history because a lot of people don't know how it all began.🙂

[@ArchtopBill]

@@DarlingPepper23 y You may be right, but his autobiography gave the account I cited.

[@AuthenticJVJTR3Y]

Hyrum W. Smith worked at The Day Timer Planner company under Charles R. Hobbs, (Author of the Book “Time Power”), who was the owner of The Day Timer Planner Company, not Day Runner. Hyrum split with the Day Timer Company and along with Richard I. Winwood (Author of “Time Management,”) I believe. Began The Golden Eagle Mountain Company (GEM Co) which failed, and then Started Franklin International Institute, which became Franklin Quest in 1984 and then after a Merger in Approx. 1992 or 1997 Merged with a different Company, “The Covey Leadership Center,” which was directed by Dr. Stephen R. Covey to create the Franklin Covey Company. After that, Franklin Covey kind of split into two divisions in 2001 or 02 or so, and closed all physical Locations that sold Paper Planners and related supples, except The current USA Salt Lake City Utah Location and some international Locations in India, Japan and the UK, and created the “Franklin Planner Division of the Company. The “Franklin Planner divison of the Company handles the Paper Planner Printing and shipping and related supplies, etc. While Franklin Covey (pronounced “Cuh-Vee”) deals with Book Publishing and Leadership Training materials and Seminars, etc.

[@david_matheny]

Great video. Very informative and helpful. Thank you for producing this video. 😊

[@kait-hanrahan]

Thanks David! Glad it was useful 😊

[@david_matheny]

@@kait-hanrahan You're welcome!

[@mai_world]

Thank you!

[@kait-hanrahan]

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[@corbykrick]

The content of this is good, but I wish I could hear you better.

[@kait-hanrahan]

I know! I've bough so much audio gear trying to fix this. Even spent some time on the phone with an expert. My newer videos I brought the boom in frame with the mic an inch from my mouth; that's a little better. I think I'll have to sound insulate the office walls. But that project needs buy-in from my other half :)

[@calisongbird]

@@kait-hanrahanyeah the echo/reverberation is due to the sound waves bouncing off the hard surfaces in your room. I’m a singer, so I have some experience with these kinds of sound issues. 😉

[@thebusinessfirm9862]

Buy an external microphone and place it close to your mouth when recording videos. Pity, the audio spoils the good information.

[@elizanh123]

The audio is not great, kind of an echo, annoying.

[@bobholland1608]

Please pronounce Covey correctly. It’s not a long O. Think Dove-y but with a C

[@johnnyquest5727]

We used to have FRANKLIN PLANNERS in the Army when I was a young officer in the 1980s. You ordered them from the Supply Room and they worked great. They were simple and effective. Then Steven Covey came along with his "7 Principles" BS and the CULT known as Franklin-Covey was born. The method is great for bored older ladies who own many cats . . . bored young ladies who spend their time "journaling" about whatever nonsense happened to them that day . . . and effete, highly neurotic people who love pastels. FOR THE REST OF US . . . it's much too broad, too foo-foo, too me-me-me and overly complicated. BTW . . . the hardy Franklin Planner is gone and the Franklin-Covey Planner/System was ubiquitous in the Army at around ten times the cost when I retired. Overall improvement? None. We used to throw out BOXES of unused planners every year. What a scam. Not a single successful leader that I know used it. (I certainly didn't.) So what works? 3x5 cards. If you can't contain your "goal setting" and "time management" in a simple stack of 3x5 cards that you can carry in a pocket . . . you're grossly over-thinking it and you're wasting time. Your 3x5 cards are backed up by a simple calendar so you don't forget birthdays and important meetings. You maintain files for the paperwork that accompanies most projects in our "digital information age" and you toss out the files as soon as the project is complete. Finally, you should maintain a simple diary of daily events so you know who's been naughty and nice and who to send Christmas cards to that year. K.I.S.S.