Adjusting over time.
WHY REVIEW MATTERS
Working patterns drift, and problems accumulate unnoticed.
WHAT TO REVIEW WEEKLY
What was achieved What did not happen and why What consumed time unexpectedly What is coming
WHY WEEKLY
It is frequent enough to correct and infrequent enough to sustain.
HOW LONG IT SHOULD TAKE
A short period, consistently.
WHAT TO REVIEW PERIODICALLY
Whether you are spending time on what matters Whether commitments are sustainable What should be delegated or stopped Whether your system is working
WHAT TO ASK
What produced the most value What produced the least What you dreaded, and why
WHY THAT LAST QUESTION
Dread indicates something that needs addressing rather than enduring.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Patterns across weeks The same things repeatedly undone Time consistently going somewhere unintended
WHAT TO CHANGE
One thing at a time.
WHY
Changing everything makes it impossible to know what worked.
WHAT TO TEST
Whether the change helped.
WHAT TO ACCEPT
That methods that work for others may not work for you.
WHAT MATTERS MORE THAN METHOD
Consistency.
WHY
An imperfect system used reliably beats a better one abandoned.
WHAT TO PROTECT
The review itself.
WHY
It is the first thing dropped when busy, and it is what prevents being busy.
