There’s a common mistake a lot of people make when it comes to planning. They make big plans. Big plans aren’t bad; they’re just like a sneaky form of procrastination.
A big plan means that you’re putting off action until you’re finished coming up with the plan. You want to get all the details right and set up this perfect scenario that plays out weeks or months from now. Things take a while to set up and are usually leading to a big lunch that is months away.
What you should do instead is think of ways how you can pull the future forward. How can you simplify that great idea, so you can test it out and see what happens? What’s something you can do today that makes progress towards that end future?
Naturally, many of our great ideas are not that great when they get in contact with reality. Having a high bias for action helps you avoid falling into the trap of making big plans.
The One Month, One Hour framework consists of asking:
1. What's your big plan that would take months to build?
2. What's the one week version of that?
3. What's the one day version of that?
4. What's the one hour version of that?