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Core component · Weekly Grind ↗
The Inspire Greatness Action Plan “Weekly Trophies” offers a practical and manageable approach to achieving your goals. You answer the Weekly Grind, celebrate last week, set this week's top expectation, rate how much you believe it, and leave with a most important task for every day of the week.
Why Weekly Trophies exists · its core component
The Weekly Grind
Weekly Trophies is adaptable to your needs and preferences. Customize your weekly to-do list, prioritize tasks based on your unique circumstances, and align the plan with your personal and professional aspirations. It asks you to hold yourself accountable for your goals and your progress by consistently reviewing and completing tasks, and it develops realistic weekly traction towards the end of the month goal.
The reasons it exists
From Weekly Trophies' own overview · Weekly Grind ↗
- Enhanced organizationYour whole week on one page: a most important task for every day, the extras, and the goals you are carrying over.
- Improved focusOne top expectation for the week, checked against your yearly goals, so “checking Facebook” never makes the list.
- EfficiencyTimed steps, 2 to 15 minutes each, so planning the week never eats the week.
- Progress trackingThe hours each task took, last week's victories and your weekly impact report: a track record of the steps it took.
- Time savings168 hours in a week. You count the ones you lose, then give the open ones to your most important tasks.
- Personalized goal settingCustomize your weekly to-do list, prioritize by your own circumstances, and align it with your personal and professional aspirations.
“Never forget to praise yourself even over small victories!”
What this covers
What Weekly Trophies opens with, from the first pages of the plan itself. Then its eight parts, step by step.
Weekly Trophies→Monthly Gems→Yearly Dreams
Your shelf is empty
Top expectation: Close two new client contracts this week.
The 8 line: under it, build it up or switch
- Do you have the heart, mind, and drive to be the best you?
- The most important question is: do you believe in you?
- Do you believe that it is ok to be great?
- Do you believe a person cannot fail permanently unless they quit in their mind first?
- Are you willing to sacrifice who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?
The eight parts, step by step
Open any part to see what you learn, what you fill in, what you try and how it is checked.
1Become your own heroWhat an action plan is, and why it exists.open
You learnA lot of information thrown at you all at once, with no practical steps, leads to mistakes and wasted time. An I.GAP gives you the steps.You fill inNothing yet. This part sets the stage.You trySpot which situation needs a plan, not more information.CheckOne question, with the reason shown either way.2Your learning stylesChoose one or more in each of four groups.open
You learnThe four groups: Core, Stress, ReEnforce and Social, and what each style means. Learning Styles Overview ↗You fill inYour styles, one or more per group. They carry into every plan.You trySort study habits into the style they belong to.CheckMatch a habit to its style.3Motivation and beliefThe 1-to-10 scale and the 8-or-above rule.open
You learnWhy belief comes first, and the rule: if your belief level is less than an 8, build it up or switch. Motivation and Belief ↗You fill inDo you believe you will accomplish your goals? Yes or no, and your belief level.You tryThe belief slider, with the rule on every move.CheckWhat to do with a goal at a 6.4The Weekly GrindFive yes-or-no questions before the steps.open
You learnThe core component: heart, mind and drive; believing in you; that it is ok to be great; that a person cannot fail permanently unless they quit in their mind first; and sacrificing who you are today for who you can be tomorrow. Weekly Grind ↗You fill inFive Yes or No answers.You tryAnswer them on the cover and watch the grind turn.CheckWhat a No tells you to work on this week.5Embrace, celebrate, reflectSteps One to Four.open
You learnStep One: circle one line and say it aloud for a minute, then visualize. Step Two: celebrate last week's victories. Step Three: your weekly impact report. Step Four: what did not happen, and what you will do better.You fill inThe line you circled, two victories, what you learned and who you empowered, whether you made progress, and what to do better this week.You tryPut last week's wins on the trophy shelf.CheckWhy small victories count.6How much time are you wasting?24 · 168 · 730 · 8,760 hours.open
You learn24 hours in a day, 168 in a week, 730 in a month, 8,760 in a year.You fill inThe hours you lose in a day. The page shows your week, month and year.You tryMove the hours and watch the week change.CheckWhat two lost hours a day add up to in a week.7Clarify, schedule, recapSteps Five to Eight.open
You learnStep Five: your top expectation for the week. Step Six: your most important tasks, scheduled day by day, with the hours each took. Step Seven: fill in the gaps. Step Eight: the weekly recap.You fill inYour top expectation with its belief level, a most important task for each day, the extras if you want them, four housekeeping answers and your recap.You trySchedule six most important tasks into a 168-hour week.CheckWhy “checking Facebook” would not count.8Finish and actYour plan, this week's top expectation first.open
You learnCongratulations! You are Finished! Then your top expectation comes first.You fill inNothing new. Read your plan back, then submit it.You leave withYour filled plan, with your top expectation for the week at the top and a most important task for every day under it. Submit it and it is saved with Limitless Ideas, with a copy emailed to you. “Successful people produce results with their efforts.”ThenProgress toward your I.GAP certificate. Certificate ↗
Why this is worth knowing
The purpose of this action plan, from its own Purpose of Action Plan: Measure the basics.
- Breakdown of weekly activities it takes to help achieve monthly goals.
- Personal development aids that will come in handy while focused on your goal.
- Establish a track record of the steps it took to get the goal completed.
- Motivational tasks to help give a momentum boost while tracking your goals.
Try one
This is how the course asks. Pick an answer; each one explains itself.
Your top expectation for this week reads “Check Facebook every morning.” What does Weekly Trophies tell you to do?
Sample question. The example inside the answer is new wording for you to review.
What you leave with
- Your learning styles, carried into every plan
- Your top expectation for the week, with its belief level
- A most important task for every day of the week, Monday to the weekend
- Your victories, your weekly impact report and your recap
- Your filled plan, with your top expectation at the top: submitted to Limitless Ideas, with a copy emailed to you
- Progress toward your I.GAP certificate
What this draws on
- Weekly Trophies, an Inspire Greatness Action Plan (2025 edition)
- Weekly Grind ↗
- Learning Styles Overview ↗
- Motivation and Belief ↗ · Belief Principles ↗
8 parts · 31 answers · 2 belief levels · the plan's steps take 39 to 70 minutes
Inspire Greatness Action Plans · before you begin
A little about you
Weekly Trophies
Eleven short answers. Two are required; the rest take a few seconds and shape the examples and the follow-up you get.
Who is filling out this action plan
You are about to start “Weekly Trophies”. Your plan is kept against the details below.
What this plan is for
How Weekly Trophies fits your life right now. Pick what is true today; you can change it any time.
You and Inspire Greatness
All optional. Answering changes nothing about your plan; it only tells us how you found it and whether we are already working together.
Why we are asking
An action plan is personal. The same week reads differently for a founder, a new hire and a student, and Weekly Trophies is about the week in front of you. Your name and email keep your plan with you and bring you your copy when you submit it. The rest tells us whose plan this is, so the examples, the follow-up and any support fit your situation and not a textbook one. Everything except your name and email is optional.
Inspire Greatness Action Plans · Action plan crash course
Core component · Weekly Grind ↗
The Inspire Greatness Action Plan “Weekly Trophies” offers a practical and manageable approach to achieving your goals. You answer the Weekly Grind, celebrate last week, set this week's top expectation, rate how much you believe it, and leave with a most important task for every day of the week.
The action plan itself · fill it in
Your Weekly Trophies action plan
Part by part, in the plan's own words. Every answer saves on this device as you type. When you finish, your top expectation for the week comes first, and Submit action plan saves it with Limitless Ideas.
Part 2 · Learning styles
Learn your way
“Choose one or more learning styles from each category below that you feel you identify with!”
In Weekly Trophies this page comes right after Become Your Own Hero. Your picks carry into every plan.
Pick at least one in each group.
Part 3 · Motivation and belief
Do you believe?
“Belief plays a fundamental role in the success of any endeavor.” From the plan's Motivation and Belief page.
Remember: keep goals in numerical order as you use them in different action plans.
Belief level: on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, how much do you believe in the stated goal? If your belief level is less than an 8, you can build it up or switch to a goal that is a level 8 or above.
Do you believe that you will accomplish your goals/dreams?
Your belief level
“On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, how much do you believe in the stated goal?”
In Weekly Trophies you rate your belief here, and again for your top expectation in Step Five.
Read more: Belief Principles ↗ · Motivation and Belief ↗
Part 4 · The Weekly Grind
Weekly Grind
Choose “yes” or “no” from each question.
Question 1 of 5
Do you have the heart, mind, and drive to be the best you?
The most important question is: do you believe in you?
Do you believe that it is ok to be great?
Do you believe a person cannot fail permanently unless they quit in their mind first?
Are you willing to sacrifice who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?
Part 5 · Step One · 10 minutes
Passionately desire, visualize and embrace the dream
Circle one and repeat it aloud for 1 minute with passion, great energy and epic expectation.
Then take at least 2 minutes to visualize (with enthusiasm) in detail the benefits of reaching your goal. Take at least 2 more minutes to feel passion about obtaining the benefits of reaching your goals now. (Use a vision board, goals written down, and your imagination.) As a man thinks in his heart, so is he!
Example: I believe in my vision and dreams! Said aloud, standing up, for a full minute.
Definition: An affirmation is a short, positive statement about yourself, said as if it is already true, to set your mind on your goal.
Business example: I am thankful for the residual increase in my weekly pay! Said by a landscaping owner whose recurring contracts grew this month.
Explainer: Circling it is the Kinesthetic way into the plan and saying it aloud is the Audio way. One minute, with passion, sets up the rest of your week's plan.
Part 5 · Step Two · 5 to 10 minutes
Celebrate last week's victories!
Write down two things from the past week that you're proud of. List at least 2 things. Big or small, anything goes. Never forget to praise yourself even over small victories!
Example: I finished my services page and sent it to three people for feedback. I also walked three mornings, which I hadn't done in months.
Definition: A victory is anything from the past week you are proud of. Big or small, anything goes.
Business example: We finished the Henderson job a day early, and they booked us for the fall. Our newest crew member ran his first job on his own.
Explainer: Celebrating last week builds momentum for this one. Small victories count: the plan says never forget to praise yourself even over them.
Part 5 · Step Three · 2 to 5 minutes
Weekly Impact Report
Write down any key learning from the past week.
Example: I work best in the morning; my evenings disappear on my phone.
Definition: Key learning is something you found out about yourself: how you work, what helped, what got in the way.
Business example: I learned I lose a full day each week to quoting by hand. A template would save it.
Explainer: The Weekly Impact Report turns the past week into knowledge, so this week repeats what worked.
Example: I helped a friend set up her first invoice.
Definition: Empowering someone means helping them do something better on their own: teaching, encouraging or opening a door.
Business example: I let our newest crew member lead a job, and he handled the client himself.
Explainer: Your impact includes other people. Noticing it reminds you that your growth reaches beyond you.
Was there some type of progress made?
Example: Yes. Two of my four tasks are done.
Definition: Progress is any real movement toward your goal, even if the goal is not finished yet.
Business example: Yes. We signed one of the three contracts we were chasing.
Explainer: A Yes leads to how you were consistent. A No is honest too: Step Four is where you look at why.
Example: I worked on it every morning for 30 minutes before checking messages.
Definition: Being consistent means doing the work again and again, on a schedule, not only when you feel like it.
Business example: We followed up on every quote within 24 hours, every day.
Explainer: Progress comes from consistency. Naming what you did consistently tells you what to keep doing.
Part 5 · Step Four · 2 to 5 minutes
Reflect on what did not happen
And the mistakes you made. Be honest with yourself and list the big things that didn't happen and what you can improve for next time.
Example: I didn't call the three past clients I planned to call, and the services page slipped from Tuesday to Friday because I kept tweaking it.
Definition: What didn't happen is a task or goal you planned and didn't finish. A mistake is something you did that worked against you.
Business example: We didn't send the spring mailer; it's still on my desk. And we booked two jobs on the same morning, so one crew sat idle.
Explainer: Being honest about misses is how next week gets better. List the big things, not every small slip.
Example: Make those three calls Monday at 9, before anything else, and publish the page Wednesday as it is: done beats perfect.
Definition: More effective means getting better results from the same time and effort, by changing how or when you do the work.
Business example: Mail the spring flyer by Tuesday and have the office manager handle the printing. Check the calendar every Friday so no two jobs land on the same crew.
Explainer: Each miss should turn into a fix for this week. That is the difference between a report and a plan.
Part 6 · Your time
How much time are you wasting?
“24 hours in one day. 168 hours in one week. 730 hours in one month. 8,760 hours in one year.” Weekly Trophies' time page.
Part 7 · Step Five · 5 to 10 minutes
Clarify your expectations for this week
Decide on the top outcome you want to accomplish related to the various areas of your work, life, and/or business goal for this week. This could be creating a personal budget, closing a $150,000 deal, cooking a healthy meal, or having a great meeting with a mentor. You get to decide. Just be sure they get you closer to your yearly goals. That's the key. So “checking Facebook” would not count.
Example: Launch my services page and book one discovery call.
Definition: Your top expectation is the one outcome that matters most this week: a result, not a busy task, that moves you toward your yearly goals.
Business example: Sign two new weekly maintenance contracts.
Explainer: Everything in Step Six relates to this outcome. If it doesn't move your yearly goals, the plan says it doesn't count.
Part 7 · Step Six · 5 to 15 minutes
Your time is valuable: check off your goals once completed
Look at your monthly goal (Result Driven Expectations I.GAP) or (What is your “WHY?” I.GAP) and fill in your task for the day. Successful people produce results with their efforts. Celebrate small victories daily.
Pick “most important tasks” (MIT's) related to your outcomes, and schedule them daily in the week. Please place the time it took for you to complete the task by the goal: Hrs. = hours it took to complete the goal. Fill in the hours as the week goes.
Part 7 · Step Seven · 5 to 10 minutes
Fill in the gaps and housekeeping
Look at what's left on your to-do list. Now look at your calendar and see when you could fit the little things in. (It is ok if you're not able to do them all; just give it your all to complete the ones you choose to do.)
Example: Be more effective with my time (the plan's own example): no phone until my first task is done.
Definition: Mastering your craft means getting better at the core skill your goals depend on.
Business example: Watch one pruning tutorial with the crew each Monday morning.
Explainer: Weekly goals are easier when your skills keep growing. One small way to sharpen them is enough.
Example: Create a win-win situation (the plan's own example): swap website feedback with a friend who is launching too.
Definition: A win-win is an arrangement where you and someone else both come out ahead.
Business example: Offer a referral discount, so happy clients save and we get new ones.
Explainer: Help often comes from other people. Asking how you can help yourself opens up options you hadn't planned.
Example: Get up 5 minutes early (the plan's own example), and use them to send one pitch.
Definition: Something radical here means a bold change from your usual routine that pushes you closer to your goals.
Business example: Call three businesses that left a competitor last year and offer them a free first cut.
Explainer: Routine keeps you where you are. One radical move a week tests what is possible.
Example: Read entire book (the plan's own example): finish the pricing book I started.
Definition: Personal development goals grow you as a person: learning, health, habits and mindset.
Business example: Take the online estimating course, two lessons this week.
Explainer: The plan keeps personal development in every week, because you are the one doing all the work.
Part 7 · Step Eight · 5 minutes
Weekly recap questions and statements
The plan's last step: five honest answers, then one decision.
Are you moving towards your goals?
Example: Yes. The page is live and the first call is booked.
Definition: Moving towards your goals means your week's results brought you closer to what you set out to do.
Business example: Yes. Two new contracts this week, one more to go this month.
Explainer: The recap closes the loop on the week. A No here is not failure; it is direction for next week.
Were you effective last week?
Example: No. I spent too much time on small things.
Definition: Effective means your time and effort produced the results you wanted.
Business example: Yes. Every crew finished its route on time.
Explainer: Effectiveness is about results, not hours. This answer feeds next week's Step Four.
Did you do all you could do?
Example: Yes, except Thursday, when I let the day slip.
Definition: Doing all you could do means you gave the week your real best, with the time and energy you had.
Business example: Mostly. I could have handed off the billing.
Explainer: This question asks for honesty, not perfection. Your answer is between you and your goals.
How do you feel about yourself?
Are you happy with your life and where you're currently at?
Example: Yes. I'm not where I want to be yet, but I'm on my way.
Definition: Happy with where you're currently at means at peace with your progress, even while you keep working.
Business example: Yes. The business is growing, and I'm proud of the crew.
Explainer: Goals are about the life they build. The plan checks how you feel about yourself, not just your to-do list.
Example: Go to bed an hour earlier, so I start my mornings on purpose.
Definition: One adjustment is a single change that would make the biggest difference in your life right now.
Business example: Stop answering client calls after 7 p.m.
Explainer: Naming one thing makes it possible to act on it. Then, as the plan says, make a decision right now to give yourself whatever it is you need to be great.
Part 8 · Finish and act
Your Weekly Trophies plan
Congratulations! You are Finished!
We are thrilled to celebrate your successful completion of the Limitless Ideas Action Plan. Your commitment, dedication, and hard work have paid off, and we commend you for taking this important step towards personal growth and achievement.
Submitting saves your plan with Limitless Ideas, the team behind Inspire Greatness Action Plans, and emails you a copy. Privacy Policy
Inspire Greatness Action Plans · the last page
Weekly Trophies
What this covered
This one was the WEEK. The others hold the month, the year and the next 48 hours.
Weekly Trophies develops realistic weekly traction towards the end of the month goal. Keep your goals in numerical order as you go, and your goals follow you from plan to plan.
Yearly Dreams tracks your most important goal month by month. Take The Leap puts your core identity on paper, Emergency Snacks is the fail-safe plan for tough times, and Gold Standard for Goals builds a Win-Win. None assumes you have done any other.
Other Inspire Greatness Action Plans
Each one is its own plan. Nothing here assumes you have done any other.
Foundation · who you are and why
Take The Leap
Put your core identity on paper: your top core value, top characteristic, mission statement, vision statement, coping mechanism and motivation factor, each with a belief level.
“Are you willing to risk who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?”
Open the overview →Culture Shock
Find your WHY, then set one goal for your lifetime, this year, this month, this week and the next 24 to 48 hours, each with a belief level.
Open the overview →The Grind · from the year to the next 48 hours
Yearly Dreams
Name your top outcomes for the year and the habit you will change, then track your most important goal month by month.
Open the overview →Monthly Gems
Celebrate last month's victories, recap what you learned, and check off this month's goal tasks with the hours each one took.
Open the overview →Weekly Trophies
Five yes-or-no questions, then timed steps: affirmations, last week's wins, your weekly impact, and your most important tasks from Monday to the weekend.
Open the overview →Defining Moment
Reflect, Evaluate, Assess, Implement: realistic action steps you commit to for the next 24 and 48 hours.
Open the overview →Defense and Win-Win
Emergency Snacks
A fail-safe plan for tough times: the threats to your goal, three coping tools for each, and a quick action for courage.
Open the overview →Gold Standard for Goals
Create a Win-Win by learning what matters to a customer or business partner, then a S.W.O.T. and three Win-Win actions.
Open the overview →Keep going: the I.GAP library for this plan
The one-page guides this plan draws on. Each opens its PDF until its own crash course is built.