Covey recommends not to select more than 7 roles. Here I put the managerial and financial activities of my business and personal affairs. This is certainly a long-range goal, but it is more. It is a goal that relates to my personal mission statement, the mission of Thaddeus Computing, and to other goals. Graphic Plan one week at a time Covey feels weekly planning allows proper focus on goal setting.
Daily planning can be too myopic and urgency-driven.
Weekly planning lets you schedule first that which is really important for each of the roles. Once important things are assigned, other goals can be scheduled. A subtlety in the system has helped my weekly planning quite a bit. I am always thinking of things to do. Many of these ideas are quite useful.