Use RPM to Structure Your Day More Effectively

It’s hard to figure out how to structure your days to be as productive as possible, let alone stick to that routine in the future. This is where RPM can help. The Rapid Planning Method, or RPM, can help you streamline your daily planning process and get started on activities faster, making you more productive overall. And since RPM is pretty simple, you’re more likely to stick with it.

What is Rapid Planning Method (RPM)?

This technique was proposed by the famous motivational speaker Tony Robbins, who outlined it in his program “The Time of Your Life” . Robbins may have a bit of a crappy reputation, but RPM has advantages: The acronym not only stands for a method of rapid planning, but can also serve as a guide to what your day should look like: results-oriented, goal-oriented, goal-oriented, and with a big plan actions.

It all starts with asking yourself three questions on a regular basis—for example, every morning or every week:

1. What do I want?

2. What is my goal?

3. What do I need to do/What is my big action plan?

You can write down your answers or simply memorize them, but they are designed to prompt you to take actions that will be effective and lead to your ultimate goal. (For best results, I recommend writing your answers down in a journal so you can pin your guidelines somewhere you’ll see them all the time.)

How RPM improves your productivity

There are many performance enhancement techniques , and the advantage of RPM is that it can be easily combined with many of them. For example, you can implement a 1-3-5 to-do list into your overall action plan. The defining feature of RPM is that it puts your goals and desires front and center, giving you something to strive for. and organize your activities around. Simply by keeping this central plan in mind, you can weed out what’s unimportant and highlight what you want to prioritize, all without wasting time on thinking.

Like SMART goals , using RPM gives your daily tasks a sense of purpose or mission, helping you stay focused and engaged.

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