Daniel Clough presents a framework that sorts weeks into four categories: great, good, okay, and bad. The key insight is that you don't need perfect weeks to reach your goals. A mix of all four types, including occasional okay or bad weeks, still compounds into real progress over time.
So the first shift is a framework that I use, which is super powerful. This framework has been instrumental in helping me move away from the shooting for perfection and falling off the wagon vicious circle that I would so often get stuck in. And I call it the great, good, okay, and bad week framework. And it goes like this. In short, all of your efforts over a week can generally be categorized into one of these 4 buckets: a great week, a good week, an okay week, and a bad week. Those are your 4 buckets. You can absolutely afford some bad and okay weeks in the mix of things and still achieve incredibly impressive results. And what I want to do is give you a quick highlight of what great, good, okay, and bad weeks look like for me, as well as how many of each you probably want to aim for.
