Read Tina’s story to hear how her Franklin Planner has helped her keep her life organized over the last 30 years. Just recently I was wondering exactly how long I have used my Franklin planner and realized I adopted the system within the company’s first year! I remember the classic planner size was the only …
30th Anniversary Story: Barbara Moore
October 20, 2014Read Barbara’s story to hear how her Franklin Planner has helped her manage her ADHD. I have ADHD, and doctors say that medication is really only 10% of the solution, there needs to be behavioral change in order to overcome the challenges of ADHD. For years I was a struggling, low level employee, not efficient …
30th Anniversary Story: Mary Ellen Pastorino
October 13, 2014Read Mary Ellen’s story to hear how her Franklin Planner helped her and her husband successfully manage their lives. In 1985, I was excited to start my first professional job out of college— working in human resources. I worked hard and was very busy, so I thought I was doing well. Imagine my dismay when …
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30th Anniversary Story: Angelena Soutar
October 6, 2014Read Angelena’s story to hear how her Franklin Planner has helped her and her family stay on routine. I begged my mother to start me on the Franklin planner when I was in junior high before Franklin merged with Covey. I loved using my Franklin planner and decided to, while in college, read “7 Habits …
30th Anniversary Story: Colleen Boraca
September 29, 2014
Read Colleen’s story to hear how her Franklin Planner has helped her become a successful attorney. During my freshman year of college (19 years ago), I could not keep track of and prioritize all the demands on my time. My brother bought me a Franklin Planner which was one of the best gifts I have …
30th Anniversary Story: Larrissa Geiger
September 15, 2014Read Larrissa’s story to hear how her father passed down the gift of organization into her life. My experience with the Franklin Covey system began with my dad. He worked in outside sales, and always had his “arm” with him. He wrote down EVERYTHING in that planner. Over the years his dedication to recording all …
30th Anniversary Story: Donald Yehle
September 1, 2014
Read Donald’s story to hear how his Franklin Planner has helped him keep his and his family’s life organized. In our family, our 20-something daughters (and now their respective husbands) have a standing invitation that I will purchase them a paper-Franklin Planner of their very own. Both daughters know that information in Dad’s planner “saved the …
30th Anniversary Story: Kristi Kreiner
August 18, 2014
Read Kristi’s story and see how her Franklin Planner has helped her keep her life organized. Wow! It’s been nearly 30 years since I started using Franklin Planners in high school. I did not realize that I began my journey with Franklin in their grassroots! At the time, I recall being so excited to catalog …
30th Anniversary Story: Julie Bailey
August 4, 2014Read Julie’s story to hear how her Franklin Planner helped her keep life as a working mother of eight organized. My story is probably much different than others. I am a mom to eight, and a wife of 32 years. I have used many different types/sizes/styles of planners to keep us all running on smooth …
30th Anniversary Story: Catherine Krause
July 21, 2014Read Catherine’s story and see how her Franklin Planner has helped her keep her life as a working mother organized. As a young professional in the 90’s, I saw the leaders of the company walking around with their Franklin Covey planners—they looked so cool! I desperately wanted to be one THOSE people. I signed up …
30th Anniversary Story: Stefanie Williams
July 8, 2014
Read Stefanie’s story and see how her Franklin Planner has helped her organize her entire life since 1998. My Franklin Covey classic-sized planner has been with me since 1998, when I was a junior in high school. I learned to use the 7 Habits 2 pages per day as I read through the book, which …
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30th Anniversary Story: Annette Wilder
June 23, 2014
Read Annette’s story and see how her Franklin Planner allows her to help hundreds of students. My Franklin Covey Planner has helped me keep and be successful at my dream job. I work with outreach programs for low income youth called Talent Search (Trio program) at Morehead State University. The program I work for requires …
30th Anniversary Story: Summer Perkins
June 10, 2014
Read Summer’s story and see how her Franklin Planner helped change her education and future. In nineteen-eighty-never-mind, I was an eighth grader with ADHD. I was nearly failing out of school when my dad bought me monarch-sized Franklin Planner pages for my Trapper Keeper, and an audiotape of the workshop. Learning to identify my values, …
30th Anniversary Story: Amber Wheeler
April 24, 2014
Read Amber’s story and see how her father’s planner, “Frank” influenced her to use her own planner as an elementary school principal. Growing up, I remember my dad’s briefcase that he brought back and forth with him from school. Tucked into that briefcase was always “Frank.” My dad was an elementary school principal, and I …
