Managing Stress: Plan Your Week in Advance

What We Discuss in this Episode:

• Today’s promise: Tonight, I will get caught up. Guess what happens? You don’t. So, then, it becomes Tomorrow’s Promise: Tomorrow, I will get caught up.
• You can overcome this anxiety and stress. However, these tactics, while simple, take discipline.
• Embrace the fact that you will never be caught up. This paradigm shift is critical before moving on to the next tactic.
• Once you recognize that you cannot get everything done, you begin to prioritize your tasks. Identify a small number of particularly important personal and professional goals.
• Before the week has started, set aside 10 minutes to plan how you will spend your time.
• Critical questions to answer: How much of your calendar is open? How much of that open time do you control?
• Resist the urge to plan a 70-hour week.

Mentioned in the Podcast:

• Take The Achiever’s Compass Assessment
• Patrick Lencioni, “If everything is important, then nothing is important.”