(5 stars) • 20 reviews
41 students
18 lessons
Planning for Success is a science-based personal effectiveness course designed to help you think clearly, plan strategically, and act consistently. It blends neuroscience, psychology, and performance research to help you design goals, habits, and systems that actually work. This course is ideal for anyone who wants to reduce overwhelm, make better decisions, and build long-term success with intention.
Curriculum
This module explains how the brain plans, predicts, and evaluates future actions. You will learn how neural systems influence foresight and decision-making. Understanding these mechanisms helps you plan more realistically.
Learn how a sense of control shapes motivation and persistence. This lesson explores how agency is built through experience and feedback. You will gain tools to strengthen belief in your ability to execute plans.
This module examines why too many options can reduce satisfaction and action. You will learn how choice overload affects decision quality. Practical strategies help simplify decisions.
Discover why people consistently underestimate time, effort, and risk. This lesson explains cognitive biases behind poor planning. You will learn methods to create more accurate timelines.
Explore evidence-based principles of effective goal design. This module explains clarity, difficulty, and feedback loops. You will learn how to align goals with motivation.
Learn how to balance optimism with realism using mental contrasting. This lesson introduces the WOOP framework. You will practice turning wishes into actionable plans.
This module teaches how if-then planning increases follow-through. You will learn how to anticipate obstacles in advance. The techniques help automate productive behavior.
Learn how to design environments that support your goals. This lesson focuses on systems rather than willpower. You will discover how structure shapes behavior.
This module explains how habits are encoded in the brain. You will learn about cues, routines, and rewards. Practical examples show how to build lasting habits.
Discover how biological rhythms affect energy and focus. This lesson explains chronotypes and performance windows. You will learn how to plan tasks around your natural rhythms.
This module explains why motivation fluctuates over time. You will learn how value, expectancy, and delay interact. Strategies help reduce procrastination.
Learn how mental overload reduces performance and clarity. This lesson introduces principles of deep work. You will gain tools to protect focus and attention.
This module explores how expertise is built through focused practice. You will learn the difference between repetition and improvement. The lesson emphasizes feedback and challenge.
Learn how long-term success depends on sustained effort. This lesson examines grit as a skill rather than a trait. You will gain tools to persist through difficulty.
This module connects mindset with brain adaptability. You will learn how learning physically changes neural pathways. The lesson reinforces continuous growth.
Discover why rest is essential for performance and learning. This lesson explores recovery, sleep, and downtime. You will learn how rest improves planning ability.
This module examines the limits of self-control. You will learn how willpower fluctuates under strain. Practical strategies help conserve mental energy.
Learn why progress often stalls after initial improvement. This lesson explains adaptation and performance plateaus. You will discover how to restart growth.
This course transformed our students life.
I used to plan in my head. Now I’ve got a system that keeps me accountable.
Marcus
Business Owner
This course gave me a step-by-step process that actually works. No more winging it!
Tasha
Marketing Coordinator
This totally changed how I set goals!
Victoria
Elementary School Teacher
