EP #194: The Most Impactful 10 Minutes of the Week
Never start the day with planning.
Start the day with a plan.
I posted about my Sunday afternoon routine on LinkedIn and people thought I was a planning freak. Excuse the hyperbole but I think it felt like I either spend my whole Sunday planning my weerk or I have this amazing skill to set up 60 hours of work in 10 minutes.
It might be a little of both but the key thing is that I don't overplan. Yet, I do recap what I've already planned the day before I execute. This is a huge force for making my high leverage time and energy most efficient.
I describe what this routine is not in the episode before explaining exactly what it is.
It helps me hit the ground running on a Monday morning because I know the actions that have to be taken before I'm ready to take them. Let this supercharge your upcoming week.
Have a generous day.
What You'll Learn in Today's Episode:
How you can think to much
How to make sure the plans you’ve made don’t go to waste
About my Sunday afternoon routine
How I used to dread work on Monday morning
What my routine is not
Why simple steps are as simple as possible
How planning can take away from your family
How your phone can make you susceptible to work distractions
How the routine is also a positive psychology source
Why hard work can be confused for more work
About a LinkedIn post about hard work got be thinking
How recall is slim even with your own thoughts
How a generous workplace culture and your business can benefit from this routine
Quotes Worth Sharing:
“I would find Sunday sadness.” - Bob DePasquale
“It should be a relief, a destressor.” - Bob DePasquale speaking about Sunday afternoons
“We were dreading work on Monday morning..” - Bob DePasquale speaking about biases
“If you don’t remember it, then how is it going to happen?” - Bob DePasquale
“HOw important is it to know what not to do?” - Bob DePasquale
“The best thing to do into Monday morning with is a plan.” - Bob DePasquale
“You wanna know what to do right away.” - Bob DePasquale
“It’s the worst when you go into the gym and you stand there and ask, ‘What am I going to do today?’” - Bob DePasquale
“How many people are glued to their phone?” - Bob DePasquale
“I would do that Friday afternoon before you leave the office.” - Bob DePasquale speaking about metrics
“Maybe this 10 minutes is part of the most valuable thing you do.” - Bob DePasquale
“Part of taking care of yourself is knowing what needs to be taken care of.” - Bob DePasquale
“Remember what you’ve done and give yourself credit for that.” - Bob DePasquale
Resources From Today's Episode:
My original LinkedIn post about the 10-minute Sunday afternoon routine
My Book - Personal Finance in a Public World
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