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EP #194: The Most Impactful 10 Minutes of the Week

Robert DePasquale

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. 

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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


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