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30 Years Later: Rediscovering the Franklin Planner's Hidden Power


Episode 392


Hyrum Smith, the creator of the Franklin planner, once said: "When your daily activities are in concert with your highest priorities, you have a credible claim to inner peace." 

And that nicely begins this week’s episode: what I’ve learned from my time with the Franklin Planner over the last twelve months. 

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Script | 389

Hello, and welcome to episode 389 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show. 

Between October and the end of December, I like to experiment with different time management and productivity tools to see what I can learn and discover about managing my work.

Last year, I chose the Franklin Planner. That has been a revelation. It allowed me to revisit how I managed my time and work while working in a high-pressure work environment with rapidly changing priorities and a constant supply of crises each day. 

In this week’s episode, I want to share what I learned from the experiment with the Franklin Planner and how it has changed how I manage my work and time. 

I was first introduced to the Franklin Planner back in 1992. My former boss, Andrew, inspired me to start using it. At that time, I also read Hyrum Smith’s Ten Natural Laws of Time and Life Management, which was a book written to introduce the planner.A

From 1992 to 2009, I religiously used the Franklin Planner to manage not just my work, but my life. 

I remember writing in my planner the first time I had the idea of coming to Korea, and then turning it into a project in the back of the planner. All my fears, concerns and excitements were written in there. Twenty-three years later, I still look back on that decision to come to Korea as being the best decision I’ve ever made. 

For those unfamiliar with the Franklin Planner, let’s start with the idea behind it. 

When you first receive your Franklin Planner, you are encouraged to write out your “governing values”. These are the things that are important to you—values such as hone


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