The 12-Week Year
Book Playlist

The 12-Week Year Playlist

by Brian Moran, Michael Lennington, Tom Pile

20 tracks
balanced
Sep 26, 2026
2 mixes for this book

This playlist maps the book’s core practice—thinking and acting inside a strict 12-week cycle—onto music that supports sustained focus, clear momentum, and periodic emotional reset. The instrumental half keeps your attention anchored while the vocal half adds gentle drive and accountability energy to mirror urgency and follow-through.

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20 songs
1

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6

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The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

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3

Adagio

Tomaso Albinoni · Adoration

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Bach, JS: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace

Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041 - 1042 & Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043

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5

Lose Yourself

Eminem · Just Lose It

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Stronger

Kanye West · Graduation

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7

Work

Rihanna · ANTI (Deluxe)

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Remember the Name

Fort Minor · Evolution Of Mike Shinoda

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Dream On

Aerosmith · Aerosmith

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The Middle

Zedd · The Middle

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Eye of the Tiger

Survivor · Eye Of The Tiger

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12

The Man

Taylor Swift · Lover

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13

Uprising

Muse · The Resistance

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14

Music for pieces of wood

Steve Reich · Reich: Sextet - Clapping Music - Music for Pieces of Wood

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15

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin · Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1

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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 and 23

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17

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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18

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

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19

Time

Hans Zimmer · Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)

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20

9 to 5

Dolly Parton · 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs

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Length medium
Instrumental request 50%
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