Notion "Alignment Zone" Master Dashboard (Life OS)

[@augustbradley]

I made a slight mistake and forgot to come back to the "Milestones" toggle in the video. But not to worry, the reason I forgot it is that it's the simplest of them all - ""Milestones" contains chronologically sorted table views of two databases: "Achievements" and "Disappointments". During my weekly review (video coming very soon), I enter any noteworthy Achievements and Disappointments along with notes on why I succeeded or failed (respectively to each DB). By keeping these in databases like this, it's easy to connect and roll up weekly documentation of successes and faultless into Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual views where such a record can be quite revealing. 2 NEW Programs just announced here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZnNeX93n9t7pac ⭐ My brand new Notion training program: www.FastTrackNotion.com 🚀 Info on the "Notion Life Design" course with PPV: www.NotionLifeDesign.com Get my NOTION TEMPLATES⚡ and join the NEWSLETTER📰 at: www.yearzero.io/notion-templates And join me on Twitter at twitter.com/augustbradley - my most frequent discussion is there.

[@4viruz]

Thank you, August. 5👌

[@MeandMops]

Hey August, thank you for all your videos. You got me hooked on systems thinking, and notion. I was wondering, where would those databases life? I assume in one of the vaults, but which one?

[@tomcrehan]

@@MeandMops A few months ago August shared a video on his revised Command Center: "New Command Center V2 for Notion Life Operating System." In it he showed how all of his databases now live in a stack on that Command Center page. It's great. Clean, simple, logical. I find it more aesthetically pleasing and functionally (for me at any rate) it works much better. (FYI, the databases used to be "orphaned" over on the sidebar.) Here's a link to the video. Around 5:46 is when he talks about the database collection move: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5TZYat9ep2ZqLc. Note: the vaults are themselves databases and they live under that same stack.

[@phoenix71991]

At 7:10 you talk about various self-reflection processes we could do, that you'd link in the description. Can you post those? I'd really love to do them.

[@thegeoster]

@@phoenix71991 I inquired about this and August said "I had some references in there to other guides, but people came back and found them disappointing so I removed them (wish I could upload an edit to the video) - they were very abstract and soft without concrete actionable elements." - I was wondering the same thing as you. I guess this is left as an exercise for the viewer now. I'd love to hear if anyone else finds processes for coming to one's own Alignment Base, covering most of what's important.

[@amandafees8525]

Came for the notion tips, left with the feeling that I need to do some self-reflection on my life.

[@augustbradley]

Amanda Fees: it’s all interconnected.

[@daiyrbekartelov6518]

Same here. I just googled: "Notion goal" in order to find some videos on how can we set goals in Notion and here I am, watching all the videos on the channel. Excellent content

[@augustbradley]

@@daiyrbekartelov6518 Ha! That's awesome. Notion is just the support tool, the real system and enhancement comes as part of your life.

[@daiyrbekartelov6518]

@@augustbradley Yes indeed.

[@marialorca6612]

August, I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm a high school student that's watching how to make her life better, I've always thought that playing games all day or just wasting time is useless and I prefer being productive but I have been having problems when trying to start a new project because there's so much to look into, etc, even when I'm stuck at home whit more time than I'll ever have I still told myself I just didn't have time, and I've tried a lot of methods but none of them seemed to work until I stumbled upon your videos. I get really anxious if I feel overwhelmed, everyone does, and when I started using Notion that's exactly what I felt, everything was scary but now that I understand how it works I enjoy waking up at 4 am so I can drive forward my goals and organizing my life is one of the steps I'm taking. I can't tell you how grateful I am for this series, I feel like I'm slowly, making my life better and for the first time ever I feel like I can achieve anything.

[@sonalibishnoi6583]

I wish I started this when I was your age!! You’re going to achieve big things

[@barspinoza]

This is truly inspiring. I wonder how things are going with you two years later.

[@marialorca6612]

@@barspinoza god it’s been tooo long… I actually realized that I don’t need so much automation in my life and got pretty burned out about watching so many videos and never really doing something for my goals. I spent like 40+ hrs just setting up everything just so I could start working on my goals when in the end I could’ve started working on them since the first hour. It didn’t work for me and I returned to the clasic journal

[@danielemoyon9044]

I'm barely halfway through thoroughly implementing your LOS and I can firmly say my productivity has increased tenfold, I now execute client's projects faster without any of the anxiety (and occasional bouts of depression) that comes with chaotic living. Words cannot explain how grateful I am to have come by this evergreen course/training. Thanks August, From here, it is onward and upward!

[@mozartted]

At this point, I know I am going to watch every single video from this channel, Thanks August.

[@solidusthehunter]

First, I want to give your subscribers some props. I typically don't read the comment section because of the vitriol that's left, but your viewers were very kind and thankful for what you provide. Kudos to them! Their humanity brightened my day. Last but not least, thanks for putting out a more concise version of your Alignment Zone. I attended the crowd cast and thought it was great in it's own right. It was great to see my two favorite Notion/productivity experts together. Thanks for all the great content. We truly appreciate it.

[@augustbradley]

Great point Richard. The viewers and subscribers here are amazing -- mind-blowingly amazing. The quality of their thinking and dedication to growth and learning is remarkable. And as you point out, the respect for others in the community is uplifting. This is not normal on KZbin (or the internet). This is something special. 🙏 And thank you for the kind words. I agree, a more concise presentation of the Alignment Zone was needed 🙂, but it sure was fun talking and exploring ideas with Marie -- she's awesome.

[@msevgi]

Hi Richard and August! I agree the comments are all so instructive for how amazing these series are. Is there a link for the crowd cast as well? I'd like to see it

[@solidusthehunter]

@@msevgi, Good evening! Certainly! Please see below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inOQanqNorWfnLM Best wishes in your Notion endeavors.

[@GuitareAvecSly]

I'm used to receiving comments of people saying ''Oh my God I can't believe how much value you bring'' but I think it's the first time I'm on the receiving end of so much value from a KZbin series. Thanks to you August, I now understand how people feel when they leave me such comments. I had no idea my mind could be blown so many times in a row... in a way that the dots reconnect themselves the way I always tried to connect them but couldn't. This is amazing and should be taught in schools. Big time.

[@aserejee]

I've always been an overachiever and have been doing a lot of effort to progress further and faster in my life for the past 15 months. I made a self-assessment and got to the conclusion that alignment with strategic goals and a great organization were necessary cornerstones to getting to the next level. This system is probably the best management system I've ever seen. I believe this can also be used to manage larger and complex organizations. Thank you for taking the time to share this with the community. I can tell you that you are really creating value and being useful. Words can not describe how good the systems and the series are. Wow!

[@augustbradley]

Thank you Alejandro! It means so much to me to hear this. Yes, there is also a team/organization version of all this that I implement for my business consulting clients. It takes team dynamics into account, but works on the same fundamentals. I'm super happy to hear that it has been valuable to you! Lots more to come, keep us updated on your progress, I love hearing this.

[@adriannatrowsdale5142]

Where are the recommendations for self-assessment you'd mentioned would be in the show notes?

[@raminshaikhi4257]

You are a rockstar for sharing this!

[@anastasias7777]

The most awesome and, in my view, a super efficient and a very wisely structured system I have ever seen. I am literally rebuilding my whole Notion based on this thoroughly thought-out design. August, many thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge! This is a real treasure.

[@augustbradley]

Wow, incredible to hear this. When I started I just hoped it would be helpful to people, but to hear it has made this much of an impact is just incredible. It had a similar impact on my life when I implemented it too. More tom come!

[@proexcept]

Exactly the same story))

[@augustbradley]

@@proexcept Nice! great to hear that. Appreciate the feedback,

[@whattenidid8980]

Анастасия Солоницына yes, I discovered @AugustBradley last night, and I have not done anything but notion, not even sleep. But I am building my Life OS. Fantastic content🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@augustbradley]

@@whattenidid8980 Ha! Awesome Teni, but please get some sleep 😴💤. The system works better on sleep!

[@stephentassell3531]

After a month since learning and implementing this part of your excellent LifeOS, I am finding it to be one of the most transformational processes, this far. I now update it on a daily basis and have recently renamed it from "Life Alignment" to "Life Augmentation". The changes that I am now benefiting from are simply profound, and I am so grateful for you sharing your super-awesome system with us. Onward and upwards!

[@augustbradley]

Amazing to hear Stephen! Hearing things like this is what drives me. Super excited for your growth and forward progress.

[@mozartted]

That's the Emergence. The system that changes everything about who you align your purpose vision and success. I'm really enjoying this series on building an all encompassing system.

[@StudySessionYT]

August, this system is brilliant my man. Im a working engineer and I have this KZbin channel and organizing everything in my life was a mess. But, I absolutely love the way this system is teaching me to be better in life. Im creating more action oriented goals, have written down goals I want to achieve and am trending towards them. I, along with thousands of other people truly appreciate all the time you dedicated to this series and your business in general

[@augustbradley]

Fantastic, congrats on your progress! I know what you mean, it changed my life too 🙂

[@ticonmedia512]

This is the most in-depth, amazing content I have ever seen on Notion - and so much more than just the app. I've done so many goal and personal development programs, from Tony Robbins to Brenden Burchard. While good I found them too abstract a lot of the time and lacking a system I resonate with. You sir, have change that. The amount of value you are sharing here is certainly worth thousands of dollars. Once I get the hang of this I will most certainly be purchasing your course and joining your community. Thank you so much for this series, it is changing my life.

[@omna-g]

You put yourself in a vulnerable position revealing all this. Hats off!

[@kocariku]

"You can be and you are on your way of becoming the person that can achieve your goal and aspiration" - 19:25 that spiel on goals and aspiration, being and becoming, that was so powerful. Ultimately, the system is only tools for us towards self and life mastery. August showcased Notion as his tool of choice, but August real strength is his clarity of himself today and who he wants to become. Transparency. Prioritization. Focus.

[@Gilly103221]

I feel like I am age 7 again and learning to knit. You wake up and you understand how it all fits together. I also feel like I am 35 again and discovering Covey after serious PND. I really like the philosophy of PILLARS PIPELINES AND VAULT. It is a SYSTEM that resonates with me. NOTION is the tool to do it, to get your life on track with the train running on those tracks. It is a great system to help keep anxiety and depression at bay. More on that later, as I am going to build my business on what I have learned to combat serious depression and anxiety. Learning both, PPand V plus NOTION, is a serious time commitment but like Covey says REAP what you SOW... The natural Laws. This video series is like undertaking a subject that lasts a term you read or watch, you take active notes, you practise, you use sectional learning, and then you review again. I have gathered many templates and tools but as my guiding principles are based around Covey thinking, I have decided that this system and tool is the most useful for me at the moment.

[@anaespiral3265]

I genuinely shed a pair of tears with this video. So inspiring. And so hard to ask those questions to oneself. So much to regret, but the future is ahead :) Thank you again, August.

[@anaespiral3265]

Aaaaaand here comes another two. :_)

[@anaespiral3265]

If you toggle first the toggle below, then you won't have to move that much the mouse, because the first toggle is still in it's place ;) just a sec, but a sec is still a sec.

[@augustbradley]

Awesome Ana!

[@karinamack]

Yes!! Bringing it all together! Took me ages to get through this video as I set my notion up side-by-side. And since I'm new, I'm searching up notion how-to's at the same time. Can't move through these quickly enough to get set up and flowing! Everything so relevant and pertinent and right where I'm at and what I've been searching for. Thank you!

[@augustbradley]

You got this! Congrats on your progress Karina.

[@apotheo5082]

August hiiii, i'm a viewer from China, just wanna say thank you, thank you so much for providing these powerful insights. You inspire me in a significant way. You are part of the reason that makes me feel like life is wonderful.

[@augustbradley]

Thank you, it really means a lot to me to hear this! I greatly appreciate the feedback. Keep up the great work and make things happen!

[@enacausmembrane]

August, I can't express how grateful I am for this episode. You are truly going to be the next Napoleon Hill, and if you don't worry, you'll become the next Tony Robbins atleast.

[@varrentnathanielwoodrow8291]

They're con-mans, are they not?

[@frankiec9094]

I don't usually leave comments because English is not my first language. I just want to show my gratitude that the system you are presenting has made a great positive impact on me. I am sure your system can inspire a lot of others as well. Thank you so much! I hope you can keep your passion and go forward. again Thank you August!

[@jacobmierendorff1833]

My guy, I cannot understate the value of this video! This is personal productivity to a whole other level, God bless you Sir! 🤩

[@ChrisBeaumontPhoto]

I'm a few weeks into building my life system using your frankly incredible notion system and it's been a supremely rewarding experience so far. It feels like I'm taking the many different threads of self-improvement, life and business management that I've been dabbling with for years, and weaving them into something cohesive. The dots are starting to connect in a way that I don't think they have before and it feels really amazing! Thank you for putting this out there in such detail, it's really great. One thing that I definitely screwed up is with not watching all the videos in sequence, which has led to me building the system kind of randomly based on the order I watched them in. This has had the effect of feeling like I'm building the airplane while we're in the air and is at once terrifying and exhilarating!

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Chris. If the dots are all scattered, it's hard to comprehend and grasp them. We need structure to see and interpret the patterns to make sense out of them. And there are patterns, we just have to find them. That's where discovery happens. Awesome to hear that your are progressing in putting things together in a way that works for you!

[@kevinelyas5315]

Hey August Bradley, first of all I want to say I’m grateful to know u through KZbin, u have become a very important mentor for me and this KZbin channel is a gem. I wanted to ask if you can make a video on life pillar advice more of what kind of questions to ask ourselves to find goals to focus on, foundations to help us with life and how to integrate new life aspirations and how to research topics that can help us with obstacles on our progress thanx

[@augustbradley]

Hi Kevin, thanks for the feedback! I'm really happy to hear it's been helpful. I'm glad our paths have crossed. Great questions, and I'll consider those in future videos - though a lot of past videos cover those topics. In fact, the entire PPV system addresses foundations to help with life - how to integrate new life aspirations and research topics that can help with obstacles. All of that is inherent in the PPV system. You make a good suggestion on looking at the kinds of questions to ask oneself when defining goals - though really, that flows from the value goals that we set, which again is inherent in the PPV system. I would encourage you to consider joining the Notion Life Design Program, where we do all of these things in a much deeper way, and with a lot more support and access to me and the team. We can address specific questions you have, and you'll benefit from the direct conversations we have with other members and their questions. We go much deeper in the NLD program, which will be launching again in the next few weeks at notionlifedesign.com. Regardless, there's an awful lot covered in the KZbin videos here on exactly those topics, so I encourage you to dive into that as well. Hope that helps!

[@gymaholicTV]

From Germany: A few days ago I wrote into my BJ how grateful I am for discovering your YT-channel. You remind me on myself (I'm 25 and I've been taking responsibility for my life now since 1 year) and show me some really useful and inspiring ways to structure and align my life and reach for my goals. Keep the good work up August, I will definetly follow you along the way!

[@augustbradley]

Thank you! It's so awesome to hear this. Wish I had done this when I was your age 🙂, you're off in a very strong direction. Onward!

[@mariefranceartdesign]

I'm really loving this series of videos and have been really enjoying setting up my system. I love how this system aligns with my Lifebook, which is a lifestyle design system that guides you through defining what you want in all 12 categories of your life. Setting up Notion in this way is exactly what I needed to make sure that I stay on top of my most important goals, bringing me closer to living my ideal life vision. Thank you August for sharing your knowledge and wisdom!

[@augustbradley]

Great to hear, Marie-France! Thanks for sharing this - keep up the awesome work 🚀

[@notmaxlxxiii4910]

You're an amazing person.

[@mohamedhamdy404]

Hi August, i wanna tell you your sessions became one of the highest priority tasks on my day to Rearrange my life and became the person I want. I started from the first video on your channel and going one by one taking the main ideas of your system, thinking, and generating my own personal system and I am sure that after completing this system and following it I will be a different person.

[@eggvelyn]

I am in awe at the quality of these videos. Thank you so, so much August!! I am working on building my Life OS in Notion with your videos and it has been so fun and insightful. I'm excited to see your channel grow and come to change more peoples' lives!

[@augustbradley]

Excellent to here this Evelyn, really appreciate the feedback. Congrats on your progress! Lots more to come.

[@seangove8285]

I was already doing something similar with my life and was looking for topics to cover during daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly meetings and came across one of your videos. I thought I was going to find something that was 100% business management related, but here I am looking at someone that is doing exactly what I had planned, for the purpose that I intended, but doing it much better. I'm now on my 4th video and taking detailed notes. Really good stuff...thank you for making this available to us.

[@suryaprabhatpali3013]

THIS IS JUST AMAZING! I've read 7 Habits of highly effective people multiple times, but I've felt that the principles taught there could be manifested into a system for daily life, something that the book lacked. But your videos, in a super efficient way, are translating those principles into a beautiful actionable system! It's just great! ❤️

[@rbp365]

the more i think about your system, the more i feel i can apply this to build my startup company, not (just) my life

[@malhotravarun3126]

besides making a great system you are also telling life valuations techniques and how we can accompalish..!! Dude loving this series .. I am binge watching this and very excited to create a sustem for myself

[@augustbradley]

Right on Malhotra - More to come!

[@TylerSmith]

I feel compelled to thank you for putting in the work your entire life that has enabled you to share this knowledge in this format at this time. I’ve been building my own understanding of focus and alignment in my personal life and career as a manager for years, and I have been struggling with the problem of how to bring it all together. I’ve tried everything from paper and pencil to task management apps to Notion and Roam. I actually tried building a Notion system of my Objectives and Key results but couldn’t quite understand how to align everything with relational databases. I sincerely believe your video series is filling in some gaps that have been preventing me from making the next steps in optimizing my life and consolidating my ideas. Honestly, thank you! This is such a blessing.

[@augustbradley]

You make a great point Tyler, this is the culmination of a lifetime of learning. Thank you so much for this feedback, really means a lot to me. Very happy to hear that it's been sop helpful to you!

[@mozartsjournals9918]

Hey August, lately I've been achieving some really big goals and this system has help me in so many ways that I can't imagine, I'm currently doing my weekly cycle review and preparing for a new month. so I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for this, Since I created my notion system, I've been able to catalogue and retain so much information and knowledge. And lately I've begun to feel the true emergence of this system.

[@augustbradley]

Excellent, keep up the great work!

[@stephentassell3531]

Another super-awesome video that shows how to take both Notion and your life to the next level. Very well explained and so many powerful ideas. Very well done, yet again August!

[@augustbradley]

Thank you Stephen! 🙏

[@victorwongyk]

Look, I have binged the whole series up until this point. I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm already SO EXCITED. Just wanted to channel this enthusiasm into appreciation for you and your work August! It may be premature to say this (I only discovered your work yesterday), but I strongly believe that your methods have changed the way I will be processing information and tasks in my life. I'm 28 this year; and through high school and uni I've always thought that my capabilities could have expanded if I took better advantage of technology around me. Now, coming across Notion and various life OS such as yours, I'm really excited to get started! This is the first time I've religiously liked every single video from a creator. Please consider starting a patreon :) You deserve a lot for the amount of time and effort you put into these videos, which are of superb quality.

[@augustbradley]

Thank you so much Victor, it means a lot to me to hear this has already been so impactful for you. I'm working on creating a community that will be better than patreon, members will get a lot more out of it. Hopefully within a few weeks it will launch. Thanks for your support!

[@marcschinkel3935]

**Video Summary** 0:00 Intro This video will cover the alignment zone dashboard which is one of the two most important dashboards in the system. The other being the Action Zone dashboard. The design of the system is to emphasize focus and alignment Focus so that as you're working hour to hour you are dealing exclusively with what matters, this is what the action zone dashboard works with. Alignment is all about making sure that the task or action you're working on is the right thing to be focused on relative to your larger aspirations and goals. The whole purpose of the alignment zone is to ensure the tasks you've set as priorities are advancing the projects, goal outcomes, life pillars, and ultimately the guiding principles of your life. The other part of the alignment zone is the review sessions, these will be covered later. These are essential for making the alignment zone work. This video will be a big picture overview of the alignment zone with future videos going deeper into the various components that make it up. Weekly/Monthly review Projects Database Goals Database Pillars Database 2:25 [image] 2:40 Command Centre Update The focus zone was renamed the focus and alignment zone. 3:01 Overview At the bottom are quick links to various databases and dashboards under 'Execution Dashboards'. These are just quick links for ease of navigation. At the very bottom are the Action Items this is the task database. As we go up the pillar to pipeline pyramid we go through the execution pipelines, goal pipelines, Life pillars. The pillars are the narrowest items that everything below is in support of. They are also the fewest. The action items are the most numerous as they are the smallest units of work broken down. Projects are the next smallest units of work but are more consolidated than tasks and action items. The goal pipeline has two components The Goal Outcomes are the measurable results you want to achieve and complete. The value goals are softer and more aspirational. The Life Pillars are the ongoing elements that keep the roof up, lights on, and keep things functioning. If these collapse your life will be in chaos. Every one of the goals, projects, and by extension action items is in support of at least one of the pillars. Typically you will want to link them through relations. At the top of the Dashboard is the insight area which is the pinnacle of the self-reflection you do at the outset to understand who you are, where you want to go, and who you want to be. 5:40 Guiding Principles These are the results of a process you go through where you really reflect on what matters to you, what you want out of your life, what you want to become, what your aspirations are etc. You need to go through this reflection because this is the North Star that will guide everything else. If you don't have a very clear sense of what matters to you, what's important, what you want to achieve, and why you want to achieve it, then the system is operating without any direction. This is the result of a process, the way you get to this very clear, tightly articulated endpoint is by going through a reflection process. The system has to be aligned to your identity to be effective. If you haven't done any type of major self-assessment recently then before you build the system you go through this process. To give a sense of what you are trying to achieve with that process there are four elements the are the culmination of August's self-assessment process. At the top is the sharpest, most pointed, definite, at the bottom they are more abstract and foundational to who you believe you are and what matters to you. If any of the elements below speak to your authentic self, USE THEM! People will resonate with a lot of these items and that's ok. The guiding principles are colored in orange as are the life pillars, goal pipeline, and execution pipelines to denote the pyramid, with the other supporting elements colored in yellow. 7:40 Central elements Ultimately come to a single word which August refers to as the state of being, in his case the word is 'rising', to improve, climb and grow in his life and relationships and business through the process of focus and alignment. He has prioritized the areas of Family, business, and health in his life to achieve this state of being. For each of these areas, he has specified more precisely what he wants to improve in each area. 10:10 Drive and motivation What drives you? August's examples are Personal and Family, Deep satisfaction of creating something worthwhile, Thrill of discovery, curiosity, desire for elegant design, and intrinsic fit. 11:12 Purpose and Why Why do you do the things you do, what's the why and purpose behind your actions and aspirations? August's examples are personal and family, have an impact on others at scale through life-enhancing ideas and inspiring aesthetics, life experiences that touch the root of being. 12:33 Foundational Core This goes to the essence of who you see yourself as, it's the bottom and possibly the most important. You write out a few lines of what defines who you are. This changes periodically, perhaps once a year or so, part of your reviews will be checking in on these things. Augusts examples: Experience the deepest forms of life through the most capable mind and body I can create. Maximally love and support the people I'm closest to. Empower broader circles of people with as much impact as possible. Embrace, foster, and champion mindful, thoughtful, caring, and artistic values. Be courageous. Stay true. Create maximal value. Be useful. 15:24 Life Pillars The pillars are what everything is in support of, you want to have a fairly small, tightly defined group of them that covers everything in your life that's important and require ongoing maintainece and work. August has organized his by three categories, these are represented in the command center near the focus & alignment category: Growth Business Home/life A question that was commonly asked: If you are organizing by pillars, pipelines, and vaults why are they not sorted this way? PPV is about the assets and organizing the databases and pages in Notion. It's a practical implementation to keep the side dashboard organized. What matters are the life pillars and these are the three categories of them in August's system. The specifics of the pillars in August's system will be covered later, but the key takeaway is that everything is in support of the pillars and is in some way tagged in relation to them. 17:10 Pillar support These are the things in your system that are delivered on the pillars but are not tasks or projects ( these are pipelines). Not everything is in a pipeline and these are just the habits and routines that support the pillars. Health and fitness MindsetMindset and identity sculpting This is part of the morning routine when the Notion system is started up each day. This is a page that is a collection of things that inspire or provide wisdom from many pieces of wisdom to internalize. Remember Identity; about becoming the person who can achieve the goals you want to achieve. Goals You could add a nutrition database if you wanted to. 20:50 Goal Pipelines This is in the middle of the pyramid, there are 2 kinds of goals and a video will cover this in detail later. With the layout, you can open any 2 toggles and see how they connect and relate to one another Goal outcomes are what you need to track results and progress to hold yourself accountable or not. August found that if he simply started to think of goal outcomes it would feel very shallow and transactional. This is why he creates value goals first which are a little softer and more abstract. Value goals Example: I want to have a thriving business; this is quite abstract and difficult to define, but you nonetheless have a sense of what it means Every one of the goal outcomes has a value goal linked and vice versa 23:13 Execution Pipelines These are on the bottom of the pyramid where you make things happen. The projects are designed to help us move towards our goal outcomes, every goal outcome must have a project or it's not progressing. In this table, you can see whether or not every goal outcome has projects laid out and connected with relations to tell you that it's moving forward. If you see one without any projects or tasks then you have a problem and it's clear you need to add projects or turn it to an inactive state. Each goal outcome has a status assigned 23:50 Projects have statuses assigned as well 24:30 In every case, a project is serving a goal outcome and every goal outcome needs a project assigned to it to move it forward. Projects attach to action items Every single project that is designated 'in progress' must have action items If you see an empty cell for action items for an 'in progress' project you know it's stalled. Action items do not all necessarily link to a project, goal outcome assigned. They are a bit more discretionary, but all of them are serving a pillar, but sometimes it's not worth the time to enter the tags into the database. Bigger tasks are assigned a pillar and a project so when you go to the projects page it will have all the tasks for it listed. 27:07 Review Cycles The cyles toggle at the top of the pyramid is the last important element of the page to cover You must have at least weekly and monthly reviews to make the system work. At the end of the week (Fri-Sun) you will do your reviews This process can be done quickly (under a half-hour). You check the projects, goal outcomes, pillars, and guiding principles also other things that need to be done on a weekly basis like pay bills, clean downloads folder, etc. There will be videos covering these in more depth. In the process of quarterly and annual reviews is assigning fields that you can track over time. There is no redundancy between the weekly, monthly, etc. reviews; they are unique processes. 31:06 Outro

[@charliestarrett3900]

Thank you

[@g-ann3527]

Timestamps Index 0:00 Intro 2:40 Command Center Update 3:01 Overview 5:40 Guiding Principles 15:24 Life Pillars 20:50 Goal Pipelines 23:13 Execution Pipelines 27:07 Review Cycles 31:06 Outro

[@augustbradley]

Brilliant G-Ann -- THANK YOU!!! Just added.

[@g-ann3527]

@@augustbradley I also commented timestamps of other videos last week. 😊 The least I could do for sharing your system for free on KZbin.

[@augustbradley]

@@g-ann3527 I'll look for them, I've fallen impossible behind on reviewing all comments -- too much :). But will hunt for your timestamps! In the future, might be safest to email them to me at this email address: moretimeperday.com/contact -- I won't miss them that way. THANK YOU!!!

[@g-ann3527]

@@augustbradley Got this! I have all of them saved, will send you a copy.

[@augustbradley]

@@g-ann3527 Amazing, thank you!

[@donna_ring]

August thank you so much for sharing your Notion system. The paradigm shift it has inspired in my own set-up has been monumental, and I am truly grateful. I look forward to the next videos :-)

[@augustbradley]

Donna Ring: Thanks Donna! It’s great to hear that, really appreciate the feedback. Onward!

[@michaelniemann8840]

I find so much joy in watching your tutorials on "how to structure life". Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom of a variety of aspects or pillars of life and how our actions serve towards them. Thank you for opening yourself to a platform where everyone can benefit from it.

[@augustbradley]

Incredible to hear this Michael, thank you for the feedback. I didn't know how this series would be received, and it's just amazing to see the incredible response. More to come.

[@karliegaskins1629]

I didn’t expect this one to be one of the most inspiring of your Notion series! But it was! As always looking forward to creating this and moving forward!

[@augustbradley]

Super happy to hear it resonated with you!

[@Talooooooong]

I came here to learn about the concept of Pillars to Pipeline pyramid, and after watching the video I've felt this deep philosophical question on the meaning of my life as a whole HAHAHA, but thanks for the tip Mister August!

[@augustbradley]

Absolutely John! The software is just the tool, the ideas and concepts go much deeper.

[@Talooooooong]

@@augustbradley It is really cool sir how you implemented those deep questions into your system, it does not only give guide but it also illuminate the user as well on what to do, why should they do it, reasons, etc. You are indeed amazing sir! Looking forward to learn more about your system sir!

[@ningxu3174]

First of all, great videos with profound knowledge and wisdom. Thank you very much for sharing. I really learned a lot and am building a similar life OS with Notion for myself. For this episode, I find the “Value Goal” and “Goal Outcome” concepts are very similar to OKR,. O stands for Objective, which is essentially the “Value Goal”, and KR stands for Key Results, which is “Goal Outcome”. The OKR management system is very popular among tech companies, and your Notion system just nailed it in linking the tasks/projects with OKR. That’s great!

[@davidscott9697]

7:15 Did I hear that there are resources in the show notes to help users go through a self-assessment process?

[@vtechie2194]

Thank you, August All your Notion videos are so well explained & ignited me to start analyzing my systems. I have just started building the Notion System based on your valuable videos. It gets deep as i dive in more. Thanks once again for sharing templates. You are definitely an inspiration to Notion community. Looking forward to the coming up videos..

[@augustbradley]

Thanks! Awesome to hear this was helpful. Lots more to come, working on some cool new things for the channel and the community growing around it. Glad you've joined us!

[@rg6427]

Hey you don't seem to have the resources for the self assessment process in the show notes? where could I find these resources! Thanks

[@rickreihl6193]

Seconding this. I'd love to see his resources for this.

[@k.a.3877]

Me too 😪

[@hieu-zf6qq]

@@k.a.3877 ​he took them down because people didn't like them. (copied from my other comment) it took ~a year of reading, research, trial and error to find a way to craft my own guiding principles after first coming across august bradley's PPV system last summer. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@314ng1e]

Thank you so much, August! I was struggling with creating a meaningful system for life and business, but what you are sharing here is amazing! Already using the Action Zone Dashboard for two weeks and my things are getting done truly!

[@augustbradley]

Glad it was helpful! Congrats on your progress 🚀

[@ianheptinstall9041]

Thanks August for the material you share here on KZbin. Great work, and you have given so much more than the common sales-teases you see. It has been very helpful in not only getting to grips with the power of Notion, but more importantly in linking my system to my work to my time to my goals.

[@augustbradley]

I'm holding nothing back, and putting it all out there! :) I help clients in plenty of ways, this is for sharing with the community and anyone show wants to learn and grow. Thanks Ian, very happy to hear you are finding this all valuable.

[@ryparks]

This playlist is amazing. I just downloaded Notion a couple days ago, and started looking at what's possible with it. Some how came across thi series, and I'm inspired. It's a lot to implement, but I can see how pivotal it could be for my life if I applied this whole system.

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Ryan! Awesome to hear this was helpful. Lots more to come. Glad you've joined us!

[@adhistie1694]

August, thank you for creating this series! You infused hopes to your viewers lives... Hope more people discover your content x

[@PaulDickson7]

I started with the Second Brain template then found your channel. Now I'm slowly pivoting to your system. I'm not a fan of Goals though. After reading James Clear Atomic Habits I'm a strong believer that it's much better to focus on Systems. The Problems with Goals = Winners and Losers have the same goals, Achieving a goal is only a momentary change, Goals Restrict your Happiness, Goals are at odds with long-term progress. Goals can provide direction and even push you forward in the short-term, but eventually a well-designed system will always win. Having a system is what matters. Committing to the process is what makes the difference.

[@augustbradley]

That's a common mistake and misconception. It is not Goals vs Systems, it is both - they enhance and complement each other. Obviously, I massively advocate for systems, this entire thing is a system. But a system without clear direction is a waste. It is better to inefficiently work in the right direction than to efficiently work in the wrong direction. And GOALS are the compass, they set the direction. The goals can change at any time, they adjust as you do, but thoughtful reflection and setting of goals have you and your system driving in the right direction. A compass is super valuable.

[@baynesun]

Hi August, thanks for the video. I am learning from the series and found this episode particularly helpful.

[@arturkot1343]

Much love man, your work transforms lives!

[@jannikneuwirth2243]

You're awesome August. It's so important that people with values and knowledge of this degree share their wisdom with others. Hoping to get there in the future as well. Best wishes for you.

[@clarafung8904]

Hi August, I am truly grateful for the work you do to spread your expertise and knowledge for the betterment of others! I've had Notion for a handful of months but have not properly dedicated the time it deserves to build a meaningful and robust system until now. I'm thoroughly enjoying this process and journey of learning about this incredible system that you have developed and how I can create one for myself, but one thing I find quite special is how intimate and unique of an experience it is to gain such profoundly deep insights into one's thinking and personal processes, so thank you for being open to share your wisdom - you seem like a great guy :-) Could you direct us to resources on self-assessment and visioning as mentioned @7:09? I can't seem to find them in the show notes. Thanks!

[@amariusz]

'Rising' like a star... This is all amazing. Thank you for sharing!

[@youhavetogotheretocomeback]

August, deep thanks from me, this is exactly what I've been looking for. I've watched every video and built my own system - pretty much a replicant of what you've shown us thus far. My next step is to use the annual planning guides you highlighted to build my pyramid and to fully migrate to this as a LIfeOS. I did honestly consider going back through your videos to check your production timeline so I had an idea of when the various videos are to be expected :) If you are able to give us any idea when to expect the next components of the system, particularly the review function, I'd appreciate that. And apologies for my eagerness. You are now aware of what it is like to have expectant and impatient fans!!

[@augustbradley]

Great to hear it's been so helpful and that you've committed to building serious performance system! I'm working to release on Mondays and Thursday (2x a week). Things can change, but the current plan is the following videos in this order: Project Database (just released today), Goals Databases early next week, Pillars DB next Thursday, then Weekly Reviews the following Monday or Tues, then hopefully the Monthly/Quarterly review video that Thursday. Hopefully 🙂. Client projects and other things can come up and change the entire schedule at any time, but working hard to get them out asap!

[@youhavetogotheretocomeback]

@@augustbradley You're doing a great service, thank you again August, stay well

[@godsrikanth]

@August pls share the process to use for articulating the guiding principles. Do you use Any template ?

[@YolandeduPlessiswriter]

An extraordinary video! Thank you so much for sharing your processes and systems. Your deep desire to grow and be mindful in every aspect of your life is a true inspiration and resonates with an awakening that I am sure is happening all over the world to change who we are for the better, for a more meaningful and intentional life.

[@boujeedagoat8397]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart i'm grateful

[@kellybarr2352]

Love your entire series, August. Not sure if this is on the horizon, but would absolutely love to see more about your Mindset & Identity Sculpting process. I recognized a quote from Atomic Habits, which I'm reading now, and hoping to start building some better identity-sculpting habits myself. Thanks for the work you do!

[@hieu-zf6qq]

it took ~a year of reading, research, trial and error to find a way to craft my own guiding principles after first coming across august bradley's PPV system last summer. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@ltbaxter]

I've been looking at software to track OKR's (Objectives and Key Results) as well as Project and Task Management software and frustrated they are completely separate in virtually every other tool. I'm glad I randomly stumbled into your videos, they are gold :) Unless I'm misunderstanding, the OKR model would map Objective as your Value Goal (aspirational qualitative goals) and the Key Results as your Goal Outcomes (measurable results which are ways you will measure whether or not you will move the objective forward). The PPV pyramid mapping lowest level tasks to highest level priorities is great. I hope at some point you will get more into how to use your system (and Notion) in a Team framework.

[@augustbradley]

Fantastic Larry! Thanks for the feedback here. It's funny, I'd heard of OKR but didn't know how it worked. When I did read about it more fully, I was surprised to find that it mapped pretty much exactly to my Value Goals and Goal Outcomes as you described. So I guess I've been a fan of OKR for longer than I realized. Though I prefer my titling over OKR. Will have more on the PPV system coming up, and great suggestion on covering teams usage more fully -- I've been doing a lot of that with clients so much to discuss there. Awesome to hear this was helpful. Lots more to come, working on some cool new things for the channel and the community growing around it. Glad you've joined us.

[@brianjwong00]

And with this video... I've completed all of your Notion videos in this series. Now I'm anxious for the next videos ;) August, did you share any links that you mentioned we could do an insight/guiding principles assessment? I didn't see any in the summary area. Thanks.

[@augustbradley]

I'm working in the new episodes now! Forgot to post those links, here they are : Self Assessment/Insight Links -- good for any time of year (though here they're described as "Annual Reviews"), particularly good when starting a new system: Office Hours on Annual Planning: www.crowdcast.io/e/new-years-planning Susannah Conway's Unravel Your Year: www.susannahconway.com/unravel/

[@augustbradley]

And congrats on going through them all up to this point! 🌟

[@amandad8899]

Thank you for this! This type of layout was what I have been looking for in my own Notion setup. I was struggling hardcore with setting up the planning portion in a way that worked with my brain. I've tried several, and have adopted several ideas from others generally. But I think your overall layout and goal focus (both concepts) seem to 'resonate' with me. Looking forward to getting back to my database here in a bit after my meeting to revamp some things. Appreciate you putting this on KZbin and sharing.

[@augustbradley]

Awesome Amanda, makes me really happy to hear this. Thank you for sharing the feedback! Means a lot to me.

[@insomniumtale]

Ahh, finally! Couldn't wait for this one ^^

[@augustbradley]

It's an important one for sure. Thanks!

[@insomniumtale]

@@augustbradley are you planning a video on how to define / narrow down the pillars? It's so easy to get lost in a never-ending list of things one wants to do or become...

[@augustbradley]

@@insomniumtale Will discuss that in the Pillars video. it's all about selecting priorities in life :)

[@jicaffo]

Hi August, thanks for all this great content!. You mention some resources for the self assesment on minute 7:08 that I couldn't find in the description, could you point to some of them?. Already a huge fan of your system and way of thinking! Extremely well thought of from start to end! Following every video!.

[@hieu-zf6qq]

he took them down because people didn't like them. (copied from my other comment) it took ~a year of reading, research, trial and error to find a way to craft my own guiding principles after first coming across august bradley's PPV system last summer. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@otterbyte]

@@hieu-zf6qq Thank you! This is what I came looking for after watching this video.

[@napster222]

@@hieu-zf6qq your comment helped me a lot. thank you

[@carlisia.campos]

Hey August, I have a fully functional version of your system! I am loving it! After watching all your videos + the office hour Reboot Your Life I was able to piece together my Pipelines. I am having a hard time though distinguishing Goal Outcomes from Projects. They seem the same thing to me, what am I missing? I have clarity with the Value Goas and with the Action Items.

[@augustbradley]

Fantastic Carlisia! Well done 🙂. The two operate similarly, but Goal Outcomes are higher level than Projects. Projects are designed to move you toward the Goal Outcomes, you could have several Projects needed to get you all the way to the goal outcomes (or could be just 1). Projects are an undertaking (what you are actually doing/executing), Goal Outcomes are, well, an outcome -- a measurable end result. I just recorded a video on each that will come out this week, that should help clarify.

[@carlisia.campos]

@@augustbradley This makes sense and I so appreciate your explanations. I'll be watching today's and that video as well! Thank you.

[@augustbradley]

@Elaine Vyolett Tasks and "Action Items" are exactly the same -- tasks is the generic term, Action Items is my preferred term. Same thing. Projects are larger efforts comprised of numerous tasks. Hope that helps!

[@Rad_Danny]

Yay! Have been waiting like it’s Xmas! Thanks for posting August.

[@augustbradley]

Awesome Nick! More to come :)

[@EvertTaihuttu]

Another excellent video! Thank you so much for sharing your insight! ❤👌👍 Working my way through your Full Notion Learning (in Order) Playlist 😊

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Evert!

[@MoltenImaginings]

So cool to discover you are an artist 1st. Have been watching these and trying to implement them into my own life. Are the header images for your dashboards your own art?

[@MaieMahmoud]

Hello August! Thank you so much for the incredible value you're offering here! i subscribed to the newsletter but i can't find this template. Is it available somewhere else?

[@augustbradley]

I'm very happy to hear you're finding it valuable! The free template pack includes the full Action Zone dashboard as a starter kit to get going. The Alignment Zone is part of the full Master PPV templates, which is included in the Notion Life Design membership and masterclass which will re-launch again soon at www.NotionLifeDesign.com

[@absoluttchamp]

Great content August, and quite overwhelming! It would be great if you could make a video on how you structure your databases inside your toggles (private section). You rarely open them and most of the focus are on dashboards, so I am curious to see it :) I have watched your videos a few times, but I feel there is one video I miss here. "Where to start building and pitfalls to avoid" Personally I think I will have my hands full with linking all the relations together, and it would be great to have some kind of road map on how you should start out and perhaps use of templates.

[@augustbradley]

After this video I go into each section/DB individually. Check out the videos that followed this one Hope that helps!

[@anaalcaraz2596]

Your videos are so, so, so interesting and useful!! Awesome, really. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!!!! Looking forward for the next videos 😊

[@augustbradley]

Ana Alcaraz: Thanks Ana! Great to hear you’re finding them valuable. Lots more to come!

[@proexcept]

It's a pity thing that I can't like your videos more than once)) August, much appreciate your effort, I hope this channel is going to be huge. I can't wait for a cycles review video.

[@augustbradley]

Thanks a ton, the most helpful thing is to spread the word and share them to whomever might benefit. Thanks for your support. The cycles review video is coming soon! (will probably split it into to videos)

[@proexcept]

@@augustbradley Perfect! Thanks a lot!

[@DanielChohfi1]

Amazing Bradley, it already helped me so much. Can’t wait for the next one!

[@augustbradley]

Awesome Daniel! Greatly appreciate your feedback here.

[@kevinkrieg99]

Fantastic video(s) August, Just curious if you can point to some resources you think are valuable for self-reflection/year-end review (you briefly mention this at 7:12)? Cheers!

[@hieu-zf6qq]

he took them down because people didn't like them. (copied from my other comment) it took ~a year of reading, research, trial and error to find a way to craft my own guiding principles after first coming across august bradley's PPV system last summer. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@edricoon2325]

Thank you for sharing such valuable content, August. I'm a property developer, deal with lot different consultants architect, engineer, surveyor etc. and also different government authorities. I find it hard to differentiate the Goal Outcome and Project, like whether to put it as Goal Outcome or Project. Are there any good guideline for the difference between Goal Outcome and Project?

[@mtracerz]

Great videos, watched from the first one to now. Amazing work. How do you manage to select a color for your text, on top of a colored background? I seem to be able to only chose one or the other?

[@fotomania79]

Hi August, can you please tell me what is under the "Milestones" tab? Thank you for a huge dose of inspiration.

[@augustbradley]

That section has two simple databases: Accomplishments and Disappointments. In each weekly review I add entries to those for the week, in monthly, quarterly and annual reviews I review those entries over time to learn and identify patterns.

[@fotomania79]

@@augustbradley Thank you very much, greetings from Poland.

[@avandewater1]

Thank you, August for sharing so generously this incredible system. I've subscribed to your newsletter and am on the waitlist for your course! I didn't see a template for your Alignment Zone...is this available somewhere and I'm just missing it? Thanks again!

[@bibo5095]

Hi August, again such an inspiring video! I've been following you since almost the beginning of your series and am so impressed with your concise and insightful style of teaching! The way you pack so much information into just a few sentences. I really concentrate on each of your sentences and rewatch videos often 2-3 times in order to understand all of it (but also English is not my first language). Can't wait for the next videos! You are truly among my favorite KZbin channels :D One question though: at 07:06 you mention resources for figuring out your purpose/identity/who you want to become. I can't find them in the shownotes. Could you kindly point us to where to find the resources you meant? Thank you!

[@augustbradley]

Thank you so much for this feedback Corinna, means a lot to me, We should have the captions. subtitles working very soon if that helps. Ah, my mistake. Forgot to add those big personal review references. Here are some good ones. I'll talk more about this int the Review cycle video coming up: Susannah Conway's Unravel Your Year: www.susannahconway.com/unravel/ Office Hours on Annual Planning: www.crowdcast.io/e/new-years-planning

[@bibo5095]

@@augustbradley Thank you, August! I will work through both of your recommendations!

[@vishalllllll]

Hey August, can you please do a video on Identity Sculpting? I’m curious to explore that further. Thank you!!

[@augustbradley]

Definitely! It's on the schedule, working our way to it.

[@jonk2489]

Hi August, Thank you for putting this series together. I am very much enjoying it. Do you have a template already made up for the alignment zone?

[@joaogomes7000]

Did you share the resources to write the principles that govern our life, and write down our purpose? I don't find them in the show notes and you said that you'll put them in the show notes.

[@hieu-zf6qq]

he took them down because people didn't like them. (copied from my other comment) it took ~a year of reading, research, trial and error to find a way to craft my own guiding principles after first coming across august bradley's PPV system last summer. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@sandrinem.-z.6115]

Woohoo, a brand new video !! On my way to watch it :) !

[@augustbradley]

Awesome Sandrine!

[@YelenaSharonina]

Thank you SO much again for sharing your wisdom, your system is truly a fantastic life operating tool! August, could you please explain what is the difference or nuance between Guiding Principles on Alignment Dashboard and Mindset & Identity Sculpting page?

[@jvfontenele]

You're a productivity god on earth

[@energyeternal]

Great videos! I would love to take a look at your 'Mindset & Identity Sculpting' notes! :)

[@DanielBryn]

Hey August - currently setting up my own personal OS which is great for someone that does his own thing and has been ignored systems thinking and organising tasks for 41 years. Weird questions, but where do you get your icons from?

[@jasonkramer3284]

August! This is great stuff! I'm very excited to start constructing my lifeOS! You mentioned that there would be some additional resources about the self reflection process one can go through to create their Guiding Principles in the links and notes, but I don't see them. Can you share?

[@hieu-zf6qq]

he took them down because people didn't like them. (copied from my other comment) it took ~a year of reading, research, trial and error to find a way to craft my own guiding principles after first coming across august bradley's PPV system last summer. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@keenanburkepitts]

Hi August -- loving your content on this channel! QQ - What are you doing with the "Milestones" toggle here?

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Keenan! I made a slight mistake and forgot to come back to that in the video. But not to worry, the reason I forgot it is that it's the simplest of them all - ""Milestones" contains chronologically sorted table views of two databases: "Achievements" and "Disappointments". During my weekly review (video coming very soon), I enter any noteworthy Achievements and Disappointments along with notes on why I succeeded or failed (respectively to each DB). By keeping these in databases like this, it's easy to connect and roll up weekly documentation of successes and faultless into Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual views where such a record can be quite revealing.

[@keenanburkepitts]

@@augustbradley Love it! Ty and looking forward to learning more about how you leverage your weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual reviews!

[@augustbradley]

@@keenanburkepitts That's coming soon! My top priority for the channel.

[@jaswati]

Really thrilled about the "Mindset & Identity Sculpting" dashboard! When is it coming August?

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Jaswati! Coming likely in a few weeks.

[@erensuzer260]

Could you please make a video on annual reports and how we can come up with our Guiding Principles. I checked out the links you shared but they weren't very helpful, I think a video on this topic made by you would be very beneficial. Thank you by the way, for the amazing playlist that you are working on and for making me start using Notion after a year of creating an account!

[@augustbradley]

I'll probably do a 2 day live video workshop on this at the end of the year.

[@hieu-zf6qq]

hey eren, here's how i found my guiding principles. i read most of the top books, watched the podcasts & videos by gurus and bestselling authors on living with purpose. i'll share my learnings on path to "find myself" here with you. :) i recommend a few free "tests" to help you get an overview of your personality, beliefs, values, tendencies. who you are now will get to who you want to be. you can then build your life mission statement from a position of strength, your foundations for guiding principles. if it's listed here, i think it's an important angle/perspective on who you are that will help in crafting something as big as your life's guiding principles. these are things that hit me particularly hard but led to deep acceptance, love for myself, renewed sense of purpose, pull myself out of decades long depression. keep taking the tests over time as you grow and change, your answers may change and you can adjust accordingly :) - enneagram test for another view of your strengths, weaknesses, how you can improve: - ★ www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test - these people study character strengths across cultures: www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths - TypeFinder (similar to Myers Briggs) 16 personality types: www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - the ways you move in life that bring you meaning, alignment. this one was a big game changer in self-acceptance for me. to choose and commit to personal projects that align with these strengths instead of running from them, that they aren't "good enough." its you! you are good enough! - ★ sparketype.com/sparketest/ - fantastic article on "GATES" strengths to make your projects easier: - ★ www.productiveflourishing.com/gates-make-your-project-easier/ - you will meet resistance when some of these truths come up. it's hard to admit that we are who we are, especially the parts we don't like. i do this one regularly 1x month. here's a kick in the butt to get you going to who you are becoming. tim ferris' fear setting exercise based on stoicism: - ★ tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ - what are the beliefs that cause you pain? could you let them go? here's another exercise all the top "life guidance" folks recommend. foundational moving forward work: - ★ thework.com/2017/10/four-liberating-questions/ - year compass is a long "journaling" exercise to guide you on reflecting on your past year and crafting your next year. - yearcompass.com/ - this is an important one. if you aren't ready to dig super deep, just start here. from the 7 habits of effective people, build your life mission statement: - msb.franklincovey.com/. i hope this helps you. commit to yourself, you're important. who you are, what you want matters. i believe in you. let me know how it goes or if you have any questions :))) i support you on your journey.

[@renbotha]

August, I'm trying to find some material for setting my guiding principles but can't find any links in the description. You mention that you will share some links to set us on the right path - have I missed something?

[@mikethelma]

Hi August! I'm still binge watching these. Whew! The trouble is that as I work through these and put my own data in it grows exponentially and I'm underwater before I understand the point of what I'm working on. I really should have started with a "toy" system ... but then that has problems of its own. In any case ... Thanks for doing this. It is obvious that it has taken mountains of work to put it out. (I love the timing marks and especially the last one "Outro" ROTFLMAO ;-) What would be helpful is some kind of document listing tables and which fields link to which others. Yeah, I get that the templates don't carry links to tables with them, but a simple text file description might get past that. Maybe it will help if I try to draw my own as I work through these tables. Of course, I'll most likely need a new eye glass prescription if I do. I find myself stopping the video and holding up a magnifying glass to the screen to see the field names you are referring to. (Ah, first world problems. ;-) See you in the next video.

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Mike! I will be releasing the master PPV system template with the upcoming course, so that will show all the links and relations in the most thorough way possible.

[@ThePrinceRashad]

Hi August! I've recreated the Alignment Zone and it has been SO effective! However, I am struggling with understanding how to incorporate and delineate between Goal Outcomes and Projects, and how to relate them back to Value Goals. Could I walk you through a specific example for guidance? Value Goal: Become an Effective Teacher Goal Outcome(s): Develop firm understanding of key concepts; become a good orator; provide clear/organized expectations Project(s): The different courses that I am teaching The projects tie better to the Value Goal. If each project is a course I'm teaching, then they would incorporate and include ALL of the goal outcomes which seems redundant. However, some goal outcomes may have action items that are outside of a project (and in addition to). e.g., I might aggregate student survey feedback which won't tie back to a project, but it does root back to a goal outcome. Does that make sense? Am I doing this right, or is there a gap in my understanding? Sorry for the long comment! To help visualize, here's my expectation vs reality chart: imgur.com/a/p7ZbPnI

[@augustbradley]

Some Goal Outcomes are advanced by Habits & Routines, rather than Projects -- but most are advanced through projects. The Goal Outcome in you rt example is not a Goal Outcome, it's not quantifiable and measurable, not clear when it is finished. That;s more a definition or explanation of your Value Goal. Hope that helps!

[@ThePrinceRashad]

@@augustbradley This is very helpful - thank you!

[@energyeternal]

How does the Habits & Routines table relate to the Life-Data & Habit Tracking Table?

[@tejasrao5372]

Hey can we get the template to Alignment Zone as well? Love your videos and in just less than a week, I've gotten more done than I had over a month. I'm organized thanks to your Life Operating System

[@augustbradley]

Thanks Tejas! Means a lot to me to hear this. Very happy that it's been valuable to you. Lots more to come! The Alignment Zone is many different embedded databases, several or which already exist in the Action Zone and/or in the Pipelines Folder. Templates don't allow links to external databases, so all the links to the other databases and their relations would break. So need to build this one yourself, but it's easy to do. The video shows what should be assembled. Soon I'll be launching a course that will take people through building all the key pages like this from scratch.

[@tejasrao5372]

​@@augustbradley Great, the course is exactly what I'm looking for. I'll be enrolling in it for sure!

[@augustbradley]

@@tejasrao5372 Excellent, working hard to get it ready!

[@petere7396]

@@augustbradley That explains my question too. Can't wait for the course that walks through building all the pages from scratch. I'm very new to Notion and whilst using templates makes implementation quicker, building them yourself gives deeper understanding which has longer term benefits. Do you have an ETA for the course? Thanks so much for the KZbin series, it's life transformational. Would love to see this taught in schools and universities.

[@augustbradley]

@@petere7396 We're looking at a couple months for the course, the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned! I'm launching a full learning platform. It will be great! 🚀