Michael Hyatt

"Stop drifting. Write the destination."

Michael Hyatt is a former CEO of Thomas Nelson and the author of Living Forward, Your Best Year Ever, and Free to Focus. He helps leaders stop drifting and design the week on purpose.

3 books featured·Author of Living Forward, Your Best Year Ever, and Free to Focus

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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes

The Life Plan

A short written destination you can draft in a day and steer every week.

Life accounts

Every role gets a page. Ignore one and it overdrafts the others.

SMARTER year

Once the life is named, size this year’s goals so January is not work-only.

Notable Quotes

"The drift always takes you somewhere. It will not take you where you meant to land."
— Living Forward

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