Guides on the Harada Method, Ohtani's goal-setting grid, and how to build a 64-action system that turns big goals into daily habits.
Try Open64 Free — Add to ChromeYou do not fail goals because you forgot how to want things. You fail because the goal never became a system: a trigger, a next action, a review loop, and a place it keeps showing up.
Most students have vague goals: "do better in school," "stay organized," "get healthier." An app that forces specificity and keeps your goals visible every single day is the difference between goals that stay on paper and goals that actually shape your behavior.
Top athletes do not think in terms of annual goals. They think in 90-day cycles: one quarter for performance, one quarter for recovery and adjustment, one quarter for refinement, one quarter for breakthrough. This rhythm aligns with natural human capacity for intensity.
A Massive Transformative Purpose is the big reason you exist. Not your job. Not your income. The outcome you are working toward in the world, the impact you want to have, the problem you want to solve. When you know your MTP, every other goal ladders up to it.
Most goals fail because they are too vague. "Get healthier" is not a plan. "Work out 4 times a week, add 15g of protein to each meal, and drink 3 liters of water daily" is a plan. The 64-Action Framework forces you to move from vague intention to 64 specific, measurable actions.
Shohei Ohtani filled out a single 9-square grid at age 15 and mapped the exact path that made him one of the greatest baseball players alive. The grid is not complex. It is a piece of paper divided into 9 boxes, filled with handwritten goals. But the structure forces clarity in a way that free-form goal-setting never achieves.
The Harada Method started in a junior high school in Osaka where underdog athletes had no business winning national titles. Three decades later, it is the goal-setting system behind one of the most celebrated careers in baseball history.
The Harada Method template is a 9-square grid that breaks one central goal into 64 concrete actions. Here is exactly what it looks like, how to fill it out, and a complete filled example you can use as a starting point.
At 16 years old, Shohei Ohtani filled out a single sheet of paper with 64 specific actions he needed to take to get drafted by all 8 NPB teams. That grid became the blueprint for one of the greatest baseball careers in history.
The Harada Method tells you what to do. Atomic Habits tells you how to make it stick. Understanding when to use each system, and how they fit together, can change the way you approach your goals.
OKRs dominate the startup world. The Harada Method is barely known outside Japan. But if you are a founder trying to hit goals while keeping your life together, the comparison is worth your time.
SMART goals tell you what a good goal looks like. The Harada Method tells you exactly how to achieve it. Here is how the two systems compare and when you need more than five criteria.