FORCE22 Annual Performance System

A High Performance Reflection + Planning System for Founders and Leaders

Most people set goals for the new year.
High performers first upgrade how they think.

The FORCE22 Annual Performance System is a two-part, founder-grade reflection and planning framework designed to help entrepreneurs, CEOs, and leaders:
• Identify what actually moved the needle last year
• Expose the real constraints holding them back
• Eliminate low-leverage work and habits
• Clarify identity, standards, and focus
• Design a clear, grounded plan for the year ahead

Built for Entrepreneurs, CEOs and Leaders

Part 1: End of Year Reflection

A diagnostic review of the year you just lived

This reflection helps you:

• Cut through recency bias and self-deception
• Identify the top outcomes that actually mattered
• Extract lessons from failures instead of repeating them
• Diagnose the real bottlenecks and constraints
• Examine identity, standards, energy, and environment
• Create a clear stop list before adding new goals

This is the reflection most leaders skip, and then wonder why next year looks the same.

Sample questions include:

• What were the top outcomes that truly moved the needle this year?
• What inputs, habits, or decisions caused them?
• What was the single biggest constraint on my growth?
• Where did ego protect comfort or control at the expense of progress?
• What habits, beliefs, or roles should not come with me into the next year?

Part 2: Year Ahead Planning System

A grounded way to plan the year without burning out by February

This planning guide helps you:
• Translate reflection into clear priorities
• Set a unifying theme and identity for the year
• Define fewer, higher-leverage outcomes
• Design goals that account for constraints
• Build a stop list and boundaries
• Establish a simple execution cadence that sticks

What Makes This Different

Most annual planning tools:

• Start with vision before truth
• Add goals without removing constraints
• Ignore energy, identity, and systems
• Assume motivation will carry the year

The FORCE22 Annual Performance System is different.

It is built around:

• Constraint-first thinking
• Subtraction before addition
• Identity + systems working together
• Leverage over effort
• Sustainable execution, not grind

It is designed to raise the quality of your thinking before you set your goals.

What You’ll Walk Away With

By using the FORCE22 Annual Performance System, you will have:

• Clarity on what actually worked last year
• A clear diagnosis of what held you back
• A short list of things to stop, reduce, or eliminate
• A focused set of priorities for the year ahead
• A grounded plan that respects your energy and capacity
• A framework you can reuse every year

Get the FORCE22 Annual Performance System

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• The End-of-Year Reflection workbook
• The Year-Ahead Planning workbook