Mission Brief: Same Page Meeting Cheatsheet

How to run Same Page Meetings — whether you're running a business, a marriage, or a band of pirates.

 

🧭 How to Run a Simple Same Page Meeting (battle proven, marriage proven)

Frequency:
🗓️ Once a week or biweekly. Non-negotiable. Put it on the calendar and guard it like your morning coffee.

Length:
⏱️ 60–90 mins max (you can do 30 if you’re lean). No rambling. No side quests.

 

The 5-Part Flow:

 

1. Check-In (5–10 min)

“How are you doing?” Not your job. Not your to-do list. You.
Use it to connect, clear the air, vent, or celebrate.

Count the wins.


→ No fake smiles allowed. Be real.


2. Review & Refocus (10–15 min)

Look back → look forward.

  • What’s working?

  • What’s broken?

  • Any promises made last time still hanging?
    → Don’t skip this. Patterns hide here.


3. Identify Issues (10 min)

  • What’s not working? What feels off?
  • Dump everything on the table.
  • Business, marriage, parenting, money, dog puking on the rug — bring it.

Pro tip: call them “issues,” not “problems.” It’s less loaded.


4. IDS (20–40 min)

Identify. Discuss. Solve.
Pick the top issues (big rocks only not little tasks!) and beat them to death (but beat them back to life with loving gritty solutions).

  • Get to the root.

  • Keep it honest.

  • Solve one at a time.

Then assign an action: WHO is doing WHAT by WHEN.

No vague vibes allowed.


5. Wrap-Up (5 min)

🎯 Recap all action items
💥 Ask: “Anything we missed?”
📆 Schedule the next one
🙌 End on appreciation — even if it got ... (ahem) spicy


⚡ Bonus Rule:

If it’s heated, don’t dodge it.
That’s where the gold is. Get messy, then clean it up.
Same page ≠ always agreeing.
It means facing the truth — together and coming out aligned.

 

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