The Middle Way Method

Last week, we focused on turning tasks into action during the Daily Review. You can revisit that approach here to see how capturing, clarifying, and executing tasks each day lays the foundation for effective weekly planning. Reflecting on your past week consolidates learning, maintains momentum, and prepares you to act...

Last week’s article looked at how to align your day with intention and identify the tasks that genuinely matter. If you missed that foundation, you can find it here: Daily Review — Align Your Day With Action. This week sharpens the focus. Instead of talking about why the Daily Review...

The Middle-Way Mastery series builds a simple, sustainable rhythm of reflection and execution. Daily Reviews guide what you do today, Weekly Reviews course-correct the week, and the Yearly Review keeps your direction aligned with who you’re becoming. Each layer builds on the previous one: Daily Reviews (clarity and action), Reflection...

Capturing what matters is the foundation of the Middle-Way Method. Over the past several weeks, we’ve explored the essentials of capture: identifying valuable information, staging it in LIFO and FIFO buffers, choosing the right analog and digital tools, and processing items into meaningful tasks, goals, and projects. If you missed...

Last week, we explored the process of taking captured information from your LIFO and FIFO buffers and turning it into clarity and action. We walked through filtering items into tasks, goals, and projects, considering clarity, relevance, feasibility, and balance. We also introduced the Stalled Decision Framework and discussed how to...