Set aside one day each week as your planning day. Sunday is usually a good choice.
This is when you’ll look over your past week to see what you want to carry into next week.
7 secrets for a productive week:
Set aside one day each week as your planning day. Sunday is usually a good choice.
This is when you’ll look over your past week to see what you want to carry into next week.
Start by writing out everything you need to get done. Don’t try to remember it all. Get it all out of your head and onto paper or the screen.
Dictating your list can be helpful if you prefer to think out loud.
What are the most important things you absolutely need to get done this week? Move those to the top.
Go through your whole list and rearrange in descending order of importance. The latter items can fall to a later date.
Add blocks of time to your calendar throughout the week to work on your 3–5 most important items.
If one of them is a task you’ve never done before, schedule out more time than you think you need. Don’t block every minute of your week. Leave some space.
Focus is your greatest asset. What are your biggest distractions?
Put your phone in another room. Turn off unimportant notifications.
In our Slack, we say “CMD + Q”, as shorthand for, “I’m quitting Slack to get some focused work done.”
Ask yourself, “What would make today a success?” Start small and make success attainable.
There will always be more work, so set specific daily goals. This way, you’ll end every day feeling accomplished instead of guilty about what you didn’t do.
Rarely will your week go exactly as planned. If you deviate from the schedule, update your calendar to show what happened.
Skipped a focused block? Remove it. Meeting went long? Extend it.
Now you can look back and see where your time really went.
What tips do you have for a productive week? Hit reply and let me know!
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