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Multi-Scale Planning
Last discussed Oct 26, 2026
Cal Newport's planning method of making plans at quarterly or seasonal, weekly and daily time scales.
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Cal Newport · Oct 26, 2026
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Used for: Planning major projects across quarterly, weekly and daily horizons
Praised: Prevents everything from needing to happen every day
"Multi-scale planning is the idea where you're looking at your activities on multiple time scales. So, obviously every day you're making a plan, but in the type of multi-scale planning I talk about you're also every week making a plan for the week ..."
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