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24 alternatives to Operating Instructions

A guided process to clarify and achieve your goals.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Operating Instructions launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Process improvement book that reads like a thriller.

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    Operator▲198

    Organization for unorganized people

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    A guide to finding purpose and pursuing your dream job

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    A stoic Notion template to organize your life in every way

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    Markdown + Outliner + Email + Tasks + Calendar

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Objectives Key Results Tracking System

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    FocusOKR▲122

    Achieve your goals using personal objectives and key results

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    2023 · its alternatives →

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    A guide and template for managing personal goals with Notion

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    Aims▲211

    A simple, beautiful personal task manager

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Goals▲266

    AI turns your goal into one daily action.

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    Effortlessly organise your courses, assessments and tasks

    2023 · notesbyhugh.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    A tool to gain clarity in work and life.

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    Ideate, manage and operate your side project

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    Creating behavior that lasts

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Plan, manage, and decide everything directly in Notion

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    The complete education toolbox for all your learning

    2023 · lldavenotionll.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Be more productive, using the Pomodoro Method

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    Organize & break down your goals to actually accomplish them

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    An ebook on how to validate your business idea quickly

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    The science of doing your best when it matters most

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