Progress 5 min read
Why small steps beat big plans, and how small to go
The plan you abandon in week two is worse than the step you take every day. Here is how we size a step so it survives a bad week.
Progress is the happiness.
We are not here to fix you. We are here to help you find what is actually in the way, pick one small tool, and keep moving.
How it works
Three steps. Then repeat.
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1. Find what is in the way
A 20-minute session that asks one question at a time and tells you the belief you did not know you were carrying.
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2. Pick one tool
A tracker, a planner or a dashboard that fits what you found. Five to fifteen dollars, yours for good.
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3. Keep moving
Small steps, tracked honestly, beat big plans abandoned in week two. We know because we have abandoned plenty.
Uncover
An analysis written from your own answers.
Six to eight questions, one at a time, each built on the last. At the end, the belief your answers point to, with your own words as the evidence.
From a real analysis, anonymised
“You wrote ‘when this is done’ four times in eight answers, and ‘done’ never had a definition. The belief underneath is that rest is a payment for finishing, and the list is built so it never finishes.”
“The reframe: rest is a condition of the work, not a reward for it. The question for the week: what would you have to believe to stop at six?”
Analysis, session 2, career and time
- Six to eight questions, each built on your last answer.
- A written analysis with your own words as the evidence.
- One reframe, one question to sit with, and the template that fits.
- Twenty minutes. USD 15. A PDF to keep.
How Uncover works
There is a free three-question version if you would rather see the shape of it first.
Templates
The tools we actually use.
Built in Excel and Sheets, no app to learn, no subscription.
90-Day Goal Sprint
USD 12Turn one big goal into twelve honest weeks, with a weekly review that takes ten minutes.
See what is insideHabit Tracker V2
USD 7Track up to eight habits a month and see the pattern, not just the streak.
See what is insidePersonal Finance Dashboard
USD 15Every account, every month, on one page. Know your number without a budgeting app.
See what is insideSide Hustle P&L
USD 9Know whether the side project actually makes money, in one sheet you can keep up on a Sunday.
See what is insideDebt Payoff Planner
USD 9List every debt, pick an order, and see the month you are done.
See what is inside Free
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