🪷 Mandala Chart Template
The 9Ă—9 goal grid (also called a Mandalart, or the Ohtani chart): one core goal, 8 pillars that support it, and 8 actions for each pillar. Fill it in below and the chart builds itself. Runs entirely in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.
2. Eight pillars and their actions
Pillars are the areas that would make the goal happen (for a race: endurance, speed, strength, nutrition, sleep, mindset, gear, schedule). Under each, write small actions you can actually do. 0/8 pillars, 0/64 actions filled.
Your chart
To tick actions off as you go, open GoalTracker, use the upload icon in the header and pick the .json file. Your goal comes in with each pillar as a subgoal and each action as a checkable microgoal.
Only have one goal and a few steps? The goal planning worksheet is quicker. Related: how to break down a big goal, the microgoals framework.
Shohei Ohtani's goal chart
In high school, Shohei Ohtani filled in a 9Ă—9 chart like this one. The goal in the centre was to be drafted in the first round by all 8 teams in Japan's professional league (NPB). Around it he put the 8 things that would get him there. Four were about pitching and four were about the person throwing:
| Pitching pillars | Character pillars |
|---|---|
| Body | Character |
| Control | Luck |
| Sharpness (pitch quality) | Mental |
| Speed: a 160 km/h fastball | |
| Pitch variety |
The best-known block is Luck. He did not leave luck to chance. He wrote down 8 everyday habits: greet people, pick up trash, clean his room, respect umpires, read books, be someone people cheer for, think positively, and look after his gear. None of them is about baseball. They are all things he could do today, which is the point of the chart: every cell on the outer ring should be an action, not a wish.
How to use Ohtani's chart for your own goal
- Make the centre measurable. “First-round pick by 8 teams” has a clear yes or no. “Get better at baseball” does not. The SMART goal generator helps you tighten it.
- Mix skill pillars with support pillars. Half of Ohtani's pillars were not technical. Sleep, habits and how you treat people usually belong on the ring too.
- Write actions small enough to do this week. “Pick up trash” works. “Be lucky” doesn't. If an action takes months, it is a pillar, not an action.
- Turn repeat actions into habits. Daily items like “read books” fit a habit tracker better than a one-off checklist.
- Track the rest. Download the .json above and every pillar becomes a subgoal in GoalTracker, with each action as a checkable microgoal.
The example above loads Ohtani's centre goal, his 8 pillars and the 8 Luck actions. His other 56 actions are left blank so you can write your own.