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The Seasons of a Relationship: How the 4-Year U Framework Explains Love’s Natural Rhythm
The Seasons of a Relationship: How the 4-Year U Framework Explains Love’s Natural Rhythm
In this video, I explore how the 4-Year U framework—originally designed to help people set and achieve meaningful goals—can also help us understand the natural rhythm of relationships. Whether it’s... Read more...
How to Become the Person You’re Meant to Be (Identity, Belief & Transformation)
How to Become the Person You’re Meant to Be (Identity, Belief & Transformation)
Becoming Begins with Belief Every transformation starts with a shift in identity. Before you can “have” the results you want, you must “be” the kind of person who naturally creates... Read more...
How to Think Long-Term: Escaping the Trap of Short-Term Living
How to Think Long-Term: Escaping the Trap of Short-Term Living
We all know what it’s like to get stuck putting out fires—doing what’s urgent but not what’s truly important. For many people, especially those under constant stress or financial strain,... Read more...
How 4-Year U Brings Structure, Identity, Context, and Time Together
How 4-Year U Brings Structure, Identity, Context, and Time Together
In a world full of self-improvement systems and productivity methods, few frameworks connect the inner, structural, and practical dimensions of life as seamlessly as 4-Year U. Rooted in the rhythms... Read more...
How to Achieve Bigger Goals in Less Time by Thinking Long Term
How to Achieve Bigger Goals in Less Time by Thinking Long Term
How Thinking Long-Term Helped Me Accomplish Bigger Goals in Less Time When I created Four Year U., it wasn’t because I had all the answers. It was because I noticed... Read more...
Shedding the Long Winter
Shedding the Long Winter
Embracing the Spring of Our Next 4-Year U. Cycle There’s a palpable shift in the air. After more than four years of uncertainty, isolation, and introspection—what felt like a prolonged... Read more...
The 4 Seasons of the 4-Year U.
The 4 Seasons of the 4-Year U.
Life moves in cycles—just like nature. Erich breaks down the seasonal rhythms of life across days, months, years, and even 4-year cycles. Each season has a purpose. Each one repeats... Read more...
This One Idea Changed How I Set Goals Forever
This One Idea Changed How I Set Goals Forever
Why Your Goals Keep Failing (And How to Fix It) Have you ever set a big goal—something you were excited about—but just a few weeks later and you’re already burned... Read more...
The Seasons of Your Life: A Guide to Living with Rhythm
The Seasons of Your Life: A Guide to Living with Rhythm
doesn’t move in a straight line—it moves in cycles. Just like nature follows the rhythm of seasons, so do we. And those seasons don’t just show up in the weather—they... Read more...
Mastering Life’s Natural Rhythms: The 4-Year U Framework for Intentional Growth
Mastering Life’s Natural Rhythms: The 4-Year U Framework for Intentional Growth
What if you could harness time itself to work for you? We all know time moves forward, but few people structure their goals in a way that aligns with life’s... Read more...
Rethinking Productivity: A Conversation with Maya, the AI from Sesame, on the 4-Year U. Framework
Rethinking Productivity: A Conversation with Maya, the AI from Sesame, on the 4-Year U. Framework
Recently, I had a virtual coffee chat with Maya, the voice AI from Sesame, where we delved into the philosophy behind the 4-Year U. What started as a casual conversation... Read more...
Riding the Waves of Time: The Fractal Nature of Productivity in 4-Year U.
Riding the Waves of Time: The Fractal Nature of Productivity in 4-Year U.
Time is not just linear—it moves in cycles. Just as the seasons shift in a predictable rhythm, so too do the patterns of our days, months, years, and even multi-year... Read more...