BETTER MADE PLANS™
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BETTER TOOLS. BETTER PLANS. BETTER RESULTS.

Your goals and your life are uniquely yours. Your planning system should be too.

EXPLORE PERSONALIZED PLANNING SYSTEMS
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PLANNING CARDS

Portable. Durable. Premium without being precious and color-coded to work with how our brains work best. Purpose-built tools for the purpose-driven.

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PRINTABLE PLANNING TOOLS

Color or Monochromatic. Tabletop or folded. Choose your paper. Choose your style. Print and plan on your own terms.

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UTILITY CARDS

Designed to be used... Designed to be useful. Premium 130# cardstock grid cards for freeform notes and planning.

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1-ON-1 COACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING

Accomplish your goals and stay focused on what matters most by working with our team to level-up your strategic planning.

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TOOLS THAT MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE TO GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE

Our ultra-compact signature 4x6 inch PLANNING CARD series and our printable PLANNING SHEETS are function-focused and cover the full spectrum of planning scenarios

Fully modular and purpose-built for planning, they provide a full toolbox to confront any productivity or planning challenge.

DESIGNED AROUND YOU

Whether our compact PLANNING CARD system or the extra space and customization of our printable PLANNING SHEETS, pick the tools and the formats that work for your productivity style.

SEAMLESS INTEGRATION INTO YOUR PERSONAL PLANNING SYSTEM

Our tools are designed to work as the foundation for a planning system or seamlessly integrate with and elevate your existing planning practices.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED, NOTHING YOU DON'T

Incorporating the most proven productivity practices in a modular style where you choose only the tools you need. Less focus on making the plan and more focus on executing it.

DESIGNED TO REDUCE MENTAL FRICTION

Color coding, visual planning, and the ability to scope each planning tool to your productivity need reduces friction and allow you to stay in your flow.

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PLANNING TOOLS BASED ON REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE

Our passion for empowering human potential is rooted in experience leading high-performing projects, programs, and teams and our frustration with planners that over-promise and under-deliver.

  • OVERLY-SIMPLISTIC OR OVERLY-COMPLICATED planners that are either a glorified to-do lists or include so many different elements that planning becomes chaotic and burdensome.

  • FOCUS-DESTROYING FORMATS that require constant flipping in a binder or notebook to reference key information or build screen dependence.

  • UNFOCUSED DESIGNS centered on aesthetics rather than performance that do not integrate into a strategy for how goals, tasks, and activity are prioritized over time.
TRADITIONAL PLANNERS FAIL WHEN THEY DON'T TREAT PLANNING SYSTEMATICALLY AND DO NOT ADAPT TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

EFFECTIVENESS-FOCUSED AND PURPOSE-BUILT TO DRIVE ACTION AND ACHIEVE RESULTS

FRICTION IS THE ENEMY OF EFFECTIVENESS. All elements of our design are rooted in supporting efficient, focused, and action-oriented planning in form factors built to support—not get in the way of—the work itself.
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VISUZALIZE YOUR PLAN, YOUR WAY

Lay your cards on the table however you want to keep key information visible and organized however you need.

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SIMPLIFY YOUR DAILY CARRY

True planning modularity where your daily carry is only the tools you you need. No bulky planner forcing you to bring your entire year with you each day.

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ENHANCE VISUAL PROCESSING WITH COLOR

Color guides attention for faster identification and reference of key information. Locate the precise information you need quickly so you stay in your flow with our signature color-cue system.

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DIVIDE AND CONQUER YOUR TASKS

Our tools scale so you can divide your tasks as broadly or narrowly as you need. Your plans stay visible so you stay focused. No more trying to fit everything on a single calendar in the front of your planner.

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FORMATS FOR EVERY PLANNING STYLE

Our entire planning tool series comes in PLANNING CARD and printable PLANNING SHEET formats so you can choose precisely the style that works for you.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

Try out the BETTER MADE PLANS suite of planning tools. Whether you prefer the compact mobility of planning cards or want to options of printable planning sheets—we offer a full range of options to meet your unique needs.
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PLANNING CARD SAMPLE KIT

FIVE WEEKS OF OUR FULL LINE OF PLANNING CARDS TO LEVEL-UP YOUR PLANNING PRACTICE.

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YOUR PLANNING CARD TOOLBOX

BUILD YOUR PLANNING SYSTEM AROUND YOU WITH A CUSTOM PLANNING CARD BUNDLE.

BUILD YOUR TOOLBOX
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PRINTABLE PLANNING SHEETS

MULTIPLE FORMATS. MULTIPLE COLOR OPTIONS. PLANNING TOOLS FROM YOUR PRINTER.

PLANNING TOOLS FROM YOUR PRINTER
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PLANNING GUIDES / "PLAN OF ACTION" BLOG

THE PURSUIT OF "JUST RIGHT"

Planning is judged by the action it motivates and the success it achieves. These goals and what motivates action is unique for each person. Our goal is to provide you the tools and resources to help you build planning and productivity systems aligned with how you work best so you can focus on what you want most.

DAILY ROUTINES, ENVIRONMENT, PERSONAL PREFERENCES AND PERSONAL LOGISTICS ALL INFLUENCE OUR GOALS AND HOW WE PURSUE THEM.

The tools and processes we use to plan—our personal planning system—needs to be structured around our personal context if it is going to be effective. This is the reason why planners promising to be all things to all people fail.

PLANNING IS PERSONAL— SO YOUR PLANNING SYSTEM SHOULD START WITH YOU.

Our planning guides and our PLAN OF ACTION blog provide resources targeted to build self-awareness about your personal productivity style and unique planning needs. Rather than cookie-cutter solutions, we focus on helping you build enduring habits that empower long-term, replicable, success.

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1-ON-1 COACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING

PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

Our passion is empowering individuals and teams to reach their potential through tools and processes that hone focus and drive action on what matters most.

Whether you are a student or professional looking get traction towards your goals and feel in control of your productivity or an organization looking to improve your strategic planning—we are here to help.

With decades of experience in project and program management, process improvement, and change management—leading teams and initiatives—we draw on a wealth of experience in building tailored solutions for your planning challenges.

OUR PASSION IS THE PURSUIT OF POTENTIAL

Our company is committed to providing personalized support to allow individuals and teams to meet their unique goals.

We don't sell cookie-cutter programs. We don't tie you down with long-term commitments and retainers. We collaborate with you to discuss your needs and work with you to design a targeted program. Throughout, we are your partner in execution and refinement as you pursue your goals.

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