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Small Steps

Pages
156
Reading time
3 hours
Category
Planning
Published
January 18, 2026

What's inside

Three chapters, zero filler

1

The kept promise

Why commitments shrink to survive — and how to size yours so small that keeping them becomes automatic.

2

The Friday reset

A thirty-minute weekly ritual: clear the decks, forgive the misses, and lay out a week you can actually hold.

3

Planning for tired brains

Batching, buffers, and the two-list method — a plan that bends on hard days instead of snapping.

Who it's for

  • You abandon planners by February
  • Your weeks collapse by Wednesday
  • You want steady, not heroic

Who it's not for

  • You run complex team projects (try Flow State first)
  • You love twelve-tab spreadsheets
Motivation starts the week. Design finishes it. Make the right step the small step, and you will take it even on the days you feel like nothing.

Reader notes

What readers say

"The Friday reset alone was worth it. Monday mornings feel almost friendly now."

Tom ElleryReader in Bath

"Bought one, then the rest that Monday. I reread the reset chapter every January."

Nina AlvarezReader in Mexico City

Good to know

Questions, answered

How long is the book?

156 pages — about three hours, with a tear-out weekly template you will actually reuse.

What format do I get?

EPUB and PDF in one download, readable on your phone, tablet, e-reader, or computer.

I've failed at every planner. Why is this different?

Because it plans for failure: buffers, smaller promises, and a reset ritual that treats a bad week as data, not disgrace.

What if it doesn't help?

Write within 30 days and tell me what didn't land. I read every reply and refund readers the book genuinely didn't serve.

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