How to Make Every Day GREAT!
A short, practical guide you can read in an evening and start using today. It gives you a daily system you can remember, and a closing ritual called the Daily GREAT Review that takes under five minutes.
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I had 365 pages and nothing to show
Some time ago I opened a life journal I had bought more than a year earlier. Every one of its 365 pages was blank.
I had stayed busy the whole year, with email, notifications, and everyone else's priorities. What I had not done was live the year I wanted. A year had slipped by, and I could not point to what I had chosen.
So I made a decision, and I built a simple framework to make sure it never happened again. I call it G.R.E.A.T., and it is the daily system I use to make a day count.
You do not need a perfect life to have great days. You need a way to decide what a great day means for you, and a way to get there that you can actually remember. The GREAT Declaration is where that starts.
Get the free declarationWhat would make today a great day?
The GREAT Declaration is a one page worksheet with a question for each letter of G.R.E.A.T. Answer them in the morning, then finish the day with one sentence about why it was great. It takes about five minutes.
Send me the DeclarationWhat would make today a great day for me?
Finish the proposal and get outside for a walk.What 1 to 3 things would make it a great day?
Send the proposal. Call my sister. Plan Friday.What deserves time on my calendar today?
Protect 8 to 10 for focused work.Five letters that keep a day on track
The GREAT Declaration asks one question for each letter. The full system is in the book, and it fits in an evening.
Goals
Decide what a great day means for you, and write it down.
Rest
Learn the difference between real restoration and just numbing out.
Energy
Stop waiting to feel energetic. Use three energy levers to create it on demand.
Action
Tell needle movers from noise, and take the steps nobody else can take for you.
Time
Make room in your day for the things that matter most.
This is for you if
- You feel busy but not fulfilled.
- You keep putting your own goals off until later.
- Big plans and big resolutions have not lasted.
- You are in a tough season and want a way to keep moving forward.
This is not a system for people with perfect lives.
A great day is not an easy day. It is a day when you show up, choose your meaning, and take the step that fits who you want to be.
Hi, I'm Mark Reynolds
I'm an author, speaker, and coach, and an Army veteran. I help people turn clarity into action, and I created the G.R.E.A.T. framework to pull myself out of a lost year.
I have spoken at the Harvard Club of Boston, MIT, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the New York Bar Association, and my work has been covered by Business Insider and the Associated Press.
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