Clever Fox Ultimate Achiever’s Goal Planner - Focus & Productivity 90 Day Journal. Undated Daily Weekly Monthly Planner Organizer & Hourly Schedule Notebook - Hardcover, A5 Size, Turquoise

To start 2020 off I ordered a bunch of different planners that would be the best for filling in every day to keep me motivated for hitting my 3 month goal. Some of these I've used in previous years, some I ordered just to compare and contrast in person. Here's my review on the Pro's & Con's to save everyone time from having to do what I did:The Freedom Journal-This one's my favorite for adding to my morning and nightly routine. It starts you off on a 100 day count down to what your goal is and then you fill in what you're grateful for along with your #1 focus for the day, 3 SMART goal priorities, and 5 bullet point action plan. There's room to write down your thoughts throughout the day as well as a nightly review of your wins for the day, your struggles, how you can improve, why tomorrow will be great, and your final thought for the day.You can argue you could simply write all of this in a $1 notebook but by spending $30 on this you'll take it more seriously since you invested into it. Every 10 days you'll set a new micro goal. Not recommended for anyone that doesn't reverse engineer their goals. I also got a yearly planner in addition to this since this one doesnt have dates.Productivity Planner-This is the one I've used time and time again. I like that every sunday night there's a section you can write in the 15 things you have to accomplish in the week ahead and then fill it in advance so when you wake up and flip to that day you know exactly what you have to do. The negatives is that it's 5 days a week instead of 7 so I felt on somedays I was skipping to save more room in the book since you fill in the dates yourself (but gave me a couple days to catch up on since I have a bad habit of giving myself more than I can chew).What seperates this from other planners is that for every goal there's a circle you fill in for every 25 minutes you work on it. So instead of working on a goal endlessly until you cross it off you just set a timer and work 25 minutes at a time before taking a break. This has actually been the most effective technique for me that's missing from all the other planners. I bought a pomodoro clock off Amazon to go with this planner.Phoenix Planner- This one's for advanced users. Perfect for reverse engineering your 3 month goal. It's big so you can easily fill it in every day with your goals, what you're grateful for/ #1 focus as well as schedule out your day, victories, & how you'll improve. Plus a good section for your plan for the week ahead & habit checklist. There's a section in the beginning to manifest your 1 year goal & 12 week vision. If you don't want to bother with all of that go with the planner above or below this one.Clever Fox Yearly Dated Planner-I chose this one to pair with my 100 day challenge in the Freedom Journal so I can have a look at a glance monthly & weekly schedule to plan dates in advance and have a section for my personal to do list (outside of 100 day goal) and habit checklist.I really like that each month is ahead of the following 4 weeks (instead of having all of the weeks and months in there own section like in the Ultimate Achiever's version) and pre-dated with holidays. There's a section in the beginning of the book to write out and manifest what goals you want to fulfill in every life area (finance, fitness, relationships, etc.)Clever Fox Ultimate Achiever's Planner-I'd recommend this to anyone that's goal for the year is to have more balance. You start the day out by writing in your affirmations, what you're grateful & excited for. If I didn't go for both the Clever Fox Yearly Dated Planner & The Freedom Journal I would have gone with this one since it's all in one. You just have to fill in the dates yourself (what I like about them being already filled in is that you're more motivated not to skip a day in order to save a page).The best part about this is that there's a section where you fill in every day what your activity is in these 6 life sections: Health/Fitness, Personal Development, Family & Friends, Fun, Spiritual, & Relationship. If you're just focusing on one thing in the coming months (like starting a business) I wouldn't recommend this because everyday you'll be reminded that you spend too much time working and not enough out with friends having fun or dating. I plan on getting this planner for next year when I start my next chapter.Achieving Autonomy: Strategic Journal For Entreprenuers -I love the fact that this pairs with his book 6 Months to 6 Figures but I feel there's better formatted planners out there to do that on.I'll start out by saying his book changed my life and was the first to inspire me into planning ahead. I've been reading it once every year for the past 4 years and have been using his free online print outs to reverse engineer my 6 month goals in advance. In the past I've used the "Productivity Planner" and was excited to hear he finally came out with his own version.I was hoping this would be more of a cross between the Clever Fox Planner & the Freedom Journal and be something you could fill in every single day until the end of the 6 month goal. (Since in his book he says that everyday he reminds himself of his affirmations & what makes him excited for the day, etc.). Instead it's a week at a glance planner that's really small to fill in which shouldn't be a problem considering this planner is the size of a college textbook. I don't mind a week at a glance planner but I want my planners to be able to lay flat on the table while reading it...instead you have to keep it open like reading a book (although you can push the binding flat just like a textbook but still curved unlike other planners).Seems to me this could have been a free print out on his website and instead put it into a book. I respect the hustle and it is a nice option to have it all prepared in a book but would expect more for the price. If you only have time to reflect once a week instead of every day than this could still be a good option for you.On the plus side there is a check box for your morning routine and some small lines at the bottom of each day to write your wins & how you'll improve. You can also write your goals to the left and see them while looking at your week ahead...but there's only room for one word in the grateful section so it felt more like filling in a homework assignment rather than actually expressing what you feel. I do like the weekly review after each week but I prefer when the weeks & months aren't in different sections.If this book didn't have 1 inch margins so you could write bigger and could lay flat like every other planner on the market than I'd probably use it, but until then I'll use a different planner and just read his 6M26F book to go along with it. If you're a simple person and don't need to write that much every day and just take it one week at a time I could recommend this to read with his book.PLANNER CHEAT CODE: Write how much you make & spend each day in the top right & left hand corners to keep track of what you spend on your budget; and then put it into Google Sheets at the end of each month to track your progress (so you know what to cut back on each month and what profit producing activities to focus more on).

I like the smaller size for carrying around. I previously used the monthly and weekly law of attraction planner for goal planning (2015-2020) together with phone calendaring and liked it. Before that it was just iPhone calendaring (2010-2015), and I still rely primarily on that for day to day scheduling of my meetings, but this is nice for planning & reflection like my wins for the day, promises for tomorrow, affirmations & stated priorities. Just getting through the grind might make sense when you’re a young thirty something professional just out of school but now that I’m 42, neck deep in my career, a home and business owner, it’s time to assess forest and trees on the regular, besides doing the day-to-day tasks. Right before iPhone I was using daily planners. Franklin covey in my early career, 2005-2010, and academic planners in undergrad & a couple law schools 1995-2005. The daily part is critical & what sets this apart from others. The goal setting pages are odd in that there aren’t daily milestones on those pages, also I ended up changing my goals and milestones slightly like from losing weight to ADF to OMAD, because weight loss isn’t a goal, lifestyle changes that lead to weight loss are reachable daily habits that result in the goal. Like not eating more than once a day through OMAD, but I actually ended up getting a fasting journal for just that goal instead. I think this may be a matter of learning how to use the book though. Like maybe “time of first bite” on the goal pages and listed by date. And figuring out three-month goals with actual milestones. I will place daily milestones on the goal pages to see my progress over time, there’s a place to do that within the goal page, I just have to write the dates in where the milestones are listed. I like the weekly plan and reflection pages also. The monthly of course changes but you can put in major planned events or regularly scheduled routine meetings which is cool. I used the blank area in the month pages to go more goal reflection & further hone my goals. I would have liked to see more goal assessment, and reflection opportunities within the planner which the law of attraction does decently well. Others didn’t like that it’s only for 3 months but I think that’s perfect because what we plan beyond that is always less certain given the changing nature of life. It forces you to live a wholly reflective life in three month increments so you’ll see the forest rather than the trees on a more regular basis & start fresh. You can still carry goals longer term. Mostly we all do this anyway in our careers, financial goals, health, etc. I actually will be ordering the year long clever fox book next for a year planning. Tip - use mechanical pencil so your work can easily be erased and edited. The stickers were cute but kind of a distraction for me. I found the pages to be a bit on the thick side and the box it came in to be overkill. It could be thinner and simpler. I don’t plan to keep these, they’re a tool to use and discard after the three months in my opinion. But I’m not a paper keeper. Don’t like clutter. I’m still learning how to use this and placed it on subscribe & save so that I can use the next three months in a better way, especially the daily goals / habits placed into each of the 5 goal pages. An example of this is steps walked, I want to see that daily on my goal sheet. Although being more intelligent in my goal setting might be called for. Yes I’d put that as a positive for this journal - it helps you see your goal setting in a new way even if you’re an experienced goal setter, because its asks and journal setup are different than other planners such as law of attraction.

I have been searching For the best daily planner for a couple years now. I can honestly say it was a frustrating search. I most recently settled on the Full Focus Planner however, I felt there was still key components missing from that. I decided to give Clever Fox another go. I love the focus and clarity that the planners bring to your goals and then steps to implement Daily habits to achieve these goals. It’s easy to go about daily business and then at the end of the day realize you never did anything in order to get closer to the goals that really matter. Now Why I settled on the Ultimate Achievers Planner. As I said I loved the full focus planner however I felt it didn’t give me anything to review daily to keep track of my habits and review at the end of the day to be sure I stay on track. White the Ultimate Achiever’s Planner at the end of each day, delves into questions on what were your biggest wins and and what do you need to change tomorrow. I am a huge fan of just spending 5 minutes at the end of the day right before bed to focus in on what went well and what needs improving. I was in the Army for years and we called this an AAR (After Action Review) in which you look at Sustains and Improves. Which this does for me daily! Spot on Clever Fox! Thank you for creating a planner I can see using indefinitely! Planner is well made and I intend on purchasing a new one every quarter. ONLY improves I would make would be a couple more weekly bullets for habit tracking and the addition of maybe just two or three more goals pages. 5 is nice however, I like to have about 8 running goals for the quarter. These are minor issues and the planner is otherwise outstanding! That said Clever Fox if you’re listening I’d love those extra goals and bullets for Habit tracking! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Thanks guys!