Every Monday for the past 5 years, I’ve taken the first 15 minutes to plan the week ahead. (View Highlight)
Part of this planning process includes accounting for the unmovable rocks in my schedule. Meetings, errands, when the kids need picking up, the things I know are going to happen on a specific day and time. These events act as guardrails in my schedule. Hard stopping points in which I know I’ll have to transition out of “get things done” mode (View Highlight)
done or progress looks like. First, what two or three projects do I need to push forward? Second, what are the two to four tasks associated with each project? And what does “done” mean? The more specific the better. (View Highlight)
Instead of assigning myself the task, “write weekly newsletter” I may start with instead “outline weekly newsletter on restoring margin.” A smaller, bite-size, specific task. (View Highlight)
I’ve found my limit is typically three important tasks (MITs) for each day. And usually I only have enough brain power for two deep work tasks (View Highlight)
The real secret to winning each day has been planning my three MITsthe day before.
At the end of each day I review what I accomplished and compare that to my plan for the week. Then, I look at my schedule for the next day and plan the two to three tasks I will tackle. (View Highlight)
