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The answer is: Both! The name of this life management system is the Rapid Planning Method, or RPM for short. To make it simple for you to remember, however, we've also made the steps of RPM coincide with the initials of the name of the system: the Result you are after, the Purpose that will drive you to follow through, and your Massive Action Plan (or MAP) to give you the specific steps to achieve your result.

Also keep in mind that RPM is a life management system and not a time management system. This is an important distinction because the most important thing for you to focus on in the process is what you want for your life before you even begin to plan how you want to spend your time.

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What's the difference between an Outcome and a Result?

First, a little background: Originally, the name of the RPM system was OPA, which stood for Outcome-Focused, Purpose-Driven Action Plan. When we first started teaching the OPA system, however, we began to notice three things:

* People were having a little bit of difficulty coming up with Outcomes that were very specific and measurable - they were emotional, but tended to be a little more general in nature.

* People sometimes were confused by the difference between an Outcome and a Purpose. When we began saying that an outcome is really a specific result that you are committed to achieving, people instantly understood the difference.

* People tend to have a stronger level of resolve about going after a result they are committed to vs. an outcome, primarily because the word "result" connotes a more definitive resolution.

For these reasons, we changed the name of the system to RPM.

But after all that, we realized that sometimes Outcome is simply the better word, so w