UPDATE: So my last update in my review of this book was a little too harsh after all, haha. I truly now believe that if done right and diligently, the 12 week year can be done, and phenomenally well. I still don't think the book is necessary at all to understand it (you are better off reading an article on it, and downloading someone's Spreadsheet template), but I'm appreciative of the method, and I am living testimony that it works.


Ideas and tips are good but little is given other than that

In all fairness this book should get 3.75 stars out of 5. Having read plenty of habit and goal centric books, I felt this book did not do justice in going into depth about its OWN method! It’s a very light book, that could’ve been written in a three part blog post, but even so, it relies more on vague success stories and fluff quotes than actual pointers. Maybe ten pages in this book actually provide real -world examples of the 12 week year in motion. But that’s it!

Some tidbits were unique and interesting to glean, but if you are someone who is already on the bandwagon of neoproductive execution (many David Allen and Charles Duhigg fans will realize that the 12 week year compartmentalizes both of their theories on productiveness) then this book will be like the salt peppered into your meal. Flavorful, but not necessary. I do appreciate the method for helping me put a label to how I want to execute my long term goals, but I would have hoped for more real-world examples, worksheets, and tool recommendations, rather than the too-common “Check out our website for more”. No sir, I will not.