Quick planning method by Tony

Robbins
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Note: Besides this entry, you might be interested in reading the entry “Time management, according to Tony
Robbins“.
In the video at the end of this post, Tony Robbins talks about a method developed by
he to achieve results: the rapid planning method, or 'Rapid Planning Method' in English.
This method consists of three steps designed to take control of your life and business:
• Results: deciding what outcome we want in anything we undertake.
• Purpose: to clearly establish what the purpose is of seeking the results that
we want.
• Mass actions: establish and execute a plan of mass actions aimed at achieving the
results we desire and, if not successful, change strategy with more actions
massive until reaching the goal.
The rapid planning method is a method designed by Robbins to learn how to make
rapid and optimal decision-making. Its name in English, 'Rapid Planning Method' (RPM), is
based, in part, on a play on words in which the acronyms serve multiple purposes. The acronyms
of the name of the method in English, RPM, also has the first letter of the key concept of the
three steps of the method, with R for results, P for purpose, and m for 'massive'
"action planning", or massive action planning in Spanish. In the past, Robbins referred to
OPA method, which comes from 'outcome' (result), 'purpose' (purpose) and 'action' (action).
The approach: the importance of planning
As an introduction, we must say that the purpose of this planning method is to help
direct our mental focus or approach, in order to increase our efficiency and effectiveness.
"Where focus goes, energy flows," says Robbins. On this, Robbins argues and rightly so,
that a planning method may not be the most impactful thing in the world, but it is one of the most
valuable. Good planning gives us focus, but not just any focus, rather a focus that
we choose according to what is important to us, and our aspirations and
life vision. Without planning we do not control our focus, and other people or things may take over.
snatch it from us for their own agendas and not ours, and, as Robbins says, whoever controls
our focus controls nothing less than our life.
Robbins goes on to say that we live in a constant battle for our focus. We live
surrounded by advertisements demanding our focus or attention, the phone rings every so often, we
they call us, we get text messages, we receive dozens of notifications from phone apps, in short, everything.
the world and all things demand our attention or our focus, and with it our life. It is
with planning we can truly take control of our mental focus, and therefore of
our destiny.
On the other hand, not only external stimuli could take away our focus. If we do not have
clearly on what we really need and want to focus on, our own internal stimuli
they will betray. The mind is constantly seeking to avoid pain and achieve pleasure, but if not
We are clear on what we want to focus on, this search for pleasure and evasion from pain can
betray ourselves. For example, maybe we want to lose weight, but we don't create the discipline to
focusing well on this goal, in the face of any problem our body may want to escape from
pain with alcohol or drugs that go against our desire to lose weight or jump into pleasure
of a giant chocolate dessert filled with calories.
That said, what does Rony Robbins' quick planning method consist of? Let's see...
First step: What is our desired outcome?
The first step of this method is to determine what result we want. One would think it is silly that
someone will start doing something without knowing what they expect to achieve. However, all the time
we make this mistake. For example, a young person might ask their parents for advice on what trade or
profession should study. And the parents automatically start mentioning trades and
professions that, according to their vision, are the ideal ones. In the end, the conversation may end without
to touch on the most important point: what does the young person want to do. And what is it that they want.
make the young person, I am not referring to what specific trade or profession they want to have, but rather what interests and
What needs does the young person wish to satisfy through a trade or profession? Is it of their interest that it be
is it easy to find a job in that trade or profession? Are you interested in working for yourself? Is it
Are you interested in working in your village or abroad? Are you interested in earning a lot of money? Or are you...
willing to earn less in order to obtain other satisfactions? Obviously, it's possible to formulate
an ideal response universally applicable to everyone. For example, we would all wish for
work close to our town, earn a lot of money, have a prestigious profession, work for
our account, etc.. However, perhaps making a lot of money is a priority for me, but for
For others, the satisfaction of helping others is more important. Perhaps it is important for someone.
to work close to their parents or at least in the same country as their parents, while others do not have that.
no problem in working abroad. Before recommending a profession to the young person, I...
office, they should first ask him what his interests are, what result he wishes to achieve
through a profession and trade.
Another important aspect of this first step is to be clear that our desired outcome is not
carry out an activity, but achieve a result through that activity. That is to say, the result does not
it's something that 'we have to do' rather than what we want. For example, if we need to contact a
client to schedule an appointment to discuss an important matter in person, we do not put in
our to-do list 'call the client'. If we settle for just the effort of
execute the activity, as soon as we call him and the voicemail comes up, we leave him at most
a message and we mark our task as completed, without having achieved the desired result that
it was to schedule an appointment. This example is even more obvious if we delegate the task to an employee or
assistant, who if we don't make it clear that he cannot settle for just trying something, but instead
what needs to achieve the result, can develop an immense list of tasks performed that do not
achieve some results, and still feel that they fulfilled everything that was asked of them (and if what was asked of them
What was asked for was an activity (to call, to write, to search), and not a result; it may even be right.
In the end, 'result' is not an activity, but the desired outcome produced by that activity. The
The question is not what you want to do (e.g., exercise), but what results you want to achieve.
(example: lose weight). The clearer and more specific we are about the results we want,
but our mind will work on it (for example: instead of just 'losing weight', say 'losing 10 pounds')
of body fat before next June.
Second step: what is our purpose?
The second step of RPM is purpose. Why do you do what you do? You will achieve what you set out to do.
if you have clarity in the desired outcomes, and you have the emotional strength to persist when the
things don't turn out as we want. For that, it is also necessary to have clarity, not just about the result,
but in your purpose. Your purpose will give you the energy to persist. It's what Robbins calls 'juice'
"emotional," or perhaps better translated as "fuel."
A purpose is not just a mere goal, as it is filled with emotion to be inspiring and motivating.
when needed. It is the emotional part that drives you to fulfill reason. If the activity is to do
exercises and the goal is to lose 10 pounds of fat before June, our purpose could be
to look better physically, and with that have more confidence, find a partner, start a family,
etc., or perhaps feel more energetic and therefore be more productive and progress in life.
"80% of success is the why. 20% is the how," says Robbins. If you know why you want a
result, you will look for how to do it, that is, the strategy. This is interesting because sometimes
we concentrate a lot of study and planning effort on the strategy (which tells us how to achieve
a result) and very little in our purpose, in why we do what we do. And the
the result of this can be a competent intellectual, but without the motivation to take action. It is
like the obese person who is an expert in all diets and exercises to lose weight: knows all the
strategies to lose weight, but does not know how to motivate themselves to take action, that is, does not have a
a strong and inspiring purpose that gives you the strength to take action consistently.
Third step: undertake massive actions
The third step is to develop a massive action plan. This plan is important, but it is not essential.
In fact, the plan may not work. Now, the fact that a specific plan does not
Important does not imply that this third and final step is not important. Taking action is the most
Important! However, your plan for massive actions may fail, and what should you do? Formulate
Another plan. That is to say, change strategy. And repeat this step until you finally achieve your
committed. Robbins uses the example of a baby learning to walk. How many times does a baby fall?
until he finally decides to give up and never learn to walk again? That doesn't happen. The
The baby falls and gets up until he finally learns to walk. We must do the same with each.
result we set for ourselves: if our strategy does not work, we change it. And if the new one
It doesn't work either, we changed it too, and so on until something works.

To read more in detail about how to work on our massive action plan, you can go to the
entryTime management, according to Tony Robbins“.