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Analysis
Four questions that make a goal clear: where you are, where you want to be, what's in the way, and what's at stake.
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Where to find it
Open a task and turn on Analysis in its sections. It has four fields — fill in as many as help.
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The four fields
- Hope — What are you hoping for? What does success look like?
- Current — Where are you right now? Set it against your hope.
- Obstacle — Picture it already gone wrong: what caused it?
- Stakes — What's on the line? Why does this matter?
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Why these
Writing your hope next to where you really are makes the gap visible, and naming the obstacle in advance turns a vague worry into something you can plan for. This is close to the WOOP method — see the blog post.
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From obstacle to plan
Once you know the obstacle, decide what you'll do when it shows up: add a Response Rule — "when this happens, I'll do that". See Response Rules on the blog.
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An example
- Hope — Run 5 km comfortably three times a week.
- Current — I can barely run 1 km without stopping.
- Obstacle — I skip it on rainy days and after late nights.
- Stakes — Nothing lost if I fail — keep it light, but steady.
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Not sure what to write?
Guide Mode asks about your hope, where you are and the obstacle, one at a time (it leaves Stakes to you), and ✨ can ask a deeper question about the field you're on.