12 live sessions
One guided session every week.
Self-Direction Program · 12 weeks
An important goal needsmore than intention.
Work on a meaningful goal for 12 weeks and turn it into direction, actions, routines, and evidence of progress.
12 weeks · Live sessions · Small group
12 weeks
Live sessions
Small group
Harada Method
From intention to practice
You may know what you want. The challenge is turning it into progress.
You can have a good intention.
You can write down objectives.
You can start with a lot of energy.
And still find yourself, a few weeks later, saying:
- “I have too many important things.”
- “I know what I want, but I can't quite ground it.”
- “I start well and then lose consistency.”
- “I have an objective, but not a system.”
- “I'm busy, but I don't know whether I'm really moving forward.”
- “When something changes, I lose direction.”
Very often the problem is not a lack of desire.
I want to do itI am building it
What is usually missing between the two is a system.
From intention to self-direction
The Focus Academy Self-Direction Program is a guided 12-week process in which you work on a real goal while developing the capacity to:
01
Choose
Define what truly deserves your attention.
02
Understand
Recognize purpose, strengths, obstacles, and support.
03
Design
Turn a goal into concrete actions.
04
Implement
Build routines and bring them into your real days.
05
Observe
Work with evidence, not only with intention.
06
Adjust
Recover direction when something does not go as expected.
“Self-direction is not about always being in control. It is about being able to recover direction.”
The outcome
By the end, you won't only have a goal.
You will have a system built around it.
Direction
A more conscious definition of success and a main goal that is clear enough.
Purpose
A deeper understanding of why that goal matters.
Analysis
Greater clarity about strengths, patterns, obstacles, and support.
Action map
An OW64 that expands everything that can contribute to your goal.
Priorities
Tasks, dates, and next actions so you stop trying to do everything at once.
Routines
Concrete behaviors that support your execution.
Evidence
A system to compare what you planned with what actually happened.
Continuity
A next 90-day cycle to keep moving forward after the program.
The journey
12 weeks. One goal. One system.
- Know myself
- Choose
- Understand
- Design
- Implement
- Continue
Know myself
Week 1 — Taking the wheel
Observe how you are currently directing yourself.
Week 2 — Recognizing the person who already exists
Identify strengths from real evidence.
Week 3 — What really drives my decisions
Values, beliefs, and blind spots.
Week 4 — Defining success
Build your own definition before choosing a goal.
Choose
Week 5 — Choosing a goal
Move from many possibilities to one main direction.
Week 6 — Finding the why
Connect the goal with purpose, benefits, and character.
Understand
Week 7 — Understanding the terrain
Strengths, obstacles, countermeasures, and support.
Design
Week 8 — Building the OW64
Turn the goal into a broad map of action.
Week 9 — From possibilities to priorities
Decide what needs to happen first.
Implement
Week 10 — Building routines
Define what you need to repeat.
Week 11 — Turning every day into evidence
Integrate priorities, routines, schedule, and learning.
Continue
Week 12 — Showing the evidence
Review the journey and build your next 90-day cycle.
Harada Method
A methodology to turn direction into action.
The Harada Method is the main methodology of the Self-Direction Program.
01 · Goal
Define what you are aiming to achieve.
02 · Purpose
Understand why it matters.
03 · Analysis
Recognize strengths, conditions, and obstacles.
04 · Action
Turn direction into concrete decisions.
05 · Implementation
Sustain progress through routines, evidence, and continuous improvement.
Focus Academy integrates this methodology within a guided 12-week process and complements it with work on strengths, values, beliefs, blind spots, a personal definition of success, the progressive installation of routines, and continuity cycles.
The Focus Academy Self-Direction Program is not a certification as a Harada Method coach or practitioner.
This is not another productivity course.
The objective is not to fill your life with tasks.
We are not here to
- Give you a perfect routine.
- Tell you what your goal should be.
- Chase you so you complete tasks.
- Turn every minute into productivity.
- Promise you will never lose your way again.
We are here so that
You develop a greater capacity to direct yourself.
- Choose
- Act
- Observe
- Learn
- Adjust
This program may be for you if…
You have something important you want to build and you are willing to work on it seriously for 12 weeks.
- You have too many priorities.
- You are going through a personal or professional transition.
- You know what you want, but you struggle to ground it.
- You start projects and lose consistency.
- You want to develop greater execution discipline.
- You need to turn a goal into concrete actions.
- You want to observe your decisions and behavior more clearly.
- You are willing to work with real evidence.
It is probably not for you if…
- You are looking only for motivation.
- You want a quick solution.
- You expect someone to tell you exactly what to do.
- You cannot commit for 12 weeks.
- You do not want to work between sessions.
- You expect guaranteed results.
- You are mainly looking for therapeutic or clinical care.
Your experience
The whole system to work on your goal.
Workbook
A reflection and construction system for the entire journey.
33 self-direction questions
To observe your starting point and your evolution.
Long-term goal format
A living document developed throughout the process.
OW64
To turn a goal into eight areas and 64 potential elements.
Routine tracking sheet
To compare planned behavior with real execution.
Self-direction schedule and journal
To connect priorities, behavior, evidence, and learning.
Next 90-day cycle
To continue after Week 12.
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Request informationFormat
A guided process, not content to consume alone.
- 12 weeks
- 1 live session per week
- Small group
- Work between sessions
- Applied to a real goal
- Follow-up through evidence
Each week you will work directly on your own goal and take what you build into real situations before the next session.
You do not come to listen for 12 weeks.
Evidence
What happened?
Idea
What do we need to understand?
Application
What does it mean for your reality?
Construction
What do you need to build?
Commitment
What will you put into practice?
We do not work with hypothetical examples.
Throughout the program you will use a meaningful goal from your own life.
- Career
- Business
- Project
- Professional development
- Health
- Sport
- Learning
- Personal transition
- Another important goal
You do not need to arrive at the first session with a perfectly defined goal. Choosing it is part of the process.
Facilitator
Carlos Barclay
Certified Harada Method Coach
Carlos combines more than two decades of professional experience in operations, procurement, supply chain, and leadership with his work in human development and self-direction through the Harada Method.
Focus Academy was born from one conviction:
“People improve their results when they develop the capacity to direct themselves.”
The facilitator's role is not to choose the goal for you. It is to help you build a process clear enough for you to think better, decide, execute, observe, and adjust.
Who is behind Focus Academy
Executive experience with international methodological support.
Focus Academy was founded by Carlos Barclay, a certified Harada Method coach and professional with more than twenty years of executive experience. Its programs are designed and facilitated directly by Carlos, with methodological support from George Trachilis.
George participates as a coach and methodological advisor. Focus Academy’s operations and facilitation are led by Carlos Barclay.
Meet Carlos and GeorgeThe program runs in small groups.
Working with a small group allows for conversation, reflection, guidance, shared experience, and closer follow-up.
Information about the next opening
Dates and availability for upcoming groups are shared directly with interested individuals.
First, we want to understand what you are looking to build.
The program requires a real commitment for 12 weeks.
Before enrollment, we look to confirm:
- What you want to work on.
- What is making your progress difficult.
- Whether the program is appropriate for your situation.
- Whether there is availability in the next group.
After reviewing your information you will receive dates, format, availability, investment, and next steps.
Your next step
Tell me what you are looking to build.
Complete this form so we can understand your situation better and confirm whether the program may be a good fit for you.
Frequently asked questions
No. It is enough to arrive with a situation, aspiration, or change that genuinely matters. During the first weeks you will build greater clarity and choose the goal that will guide the process.
A goal can change.Your capacity to direct yourself can stay with you far longer.
For 12 weeks you will work on a real goal.
But the most important result is not only what you achieve during that period.
It is developing a greater capacity to ask again:
- Where am I going?
- Why does it matter?
- What do I need to do?
- What do I need to repeat?
- What evidence do I have?
- What do I need to adjust?