6 Lessons From Using Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus Planner for a Quarter

Back in October 2020, I started a new job (as the marketing manager at GreenMellen). It was understandably odd making a career move in the midst of a pandemic, but it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.

On my first day (and yes, I did have a few days in the office with our small team), the staff gave me a few pieces of company swag along with a brand new Full Focus Planner.

I’d heard of this tool from Michael Hyatt before and had even seen a few former colleagues use it with success. Because I still practice taking notes by hand, I was willing to give the planner a try.

Each planner is set up to last a quarter of a year (three months). There’s even a subscription where you can have a new planner sent to you once you’re done with the first. But I committed to using mine for the quarter just to see how it worked.

Now that I’ve completed that trial run, here are a few of my biggest takeaways:

1. The planner takes preparation

There was a bit of a learning curve to learning how the Full Focus system works. It required an investment of time to learn the system and watch the tutorial videos.