Description

0:52 Intro

• Intro/Opening remarks
• The topic is:  Scheduling Your Priorities

1:37 Sponsors

• SPEARity (SPEARity.com)
• Cream City Marketing (creamcitymarketing.com)

3:40 SPEARity Event promo

• SPEARity had their quarterly APEX event last week
  • Next one is in September

6:45 How SPEARity spearheads goals (refer to episodes 1-3 for SMART goals)

• 4 C’s
  • Customer Acquisition (Sales/Acquisition)
  • Cashflow
  • Customer Retention (Fulfillment)
  • Customer Growth
• Brad used these buckets to list out his smart goals for the next quarter

10:32 Brad’s calendar

• “I need to get better and more effective at scheduling my day” -B
• Started with personal growth goals
  • Wake up time (everyday)
  • Sleep time (everyday)
• By writing out each thing you need to do every morning and night, you’re building a cognitive memory and you’re able to use it as a measuring stick of success
• Build on more to the calendar
  • He uses bookends to start and close out his “work day”
    • Prep for the day
    • Close and plan for tomorrow
• Brad’s Day
  • Wake up time
  • Workout/eat/get ready
  • Prep for the day
  • ~~work~~
  • Close and plan for tomorrow
  • Eat/relax/etc.
  • Sleep time
• Without a daily schedule, you will forget day to day activities that you have to do
• “My prep time helps me recalibrate for the day” -B
• “If you don’t make the time for lunch, other people will take the time from you” -M (in regards to eating lunch)
• By scheduling things for the same time every day, your brain will get into a rhythm
• “The non-negotiables need to be blacked out not matter what” -B
  • BUT they are plans and may be booked over if needed, plans can change

22:40 Time blocks

• Schedule your work blocks in hour chunks, but only work for 50 min of it
  • Built in breaks will help you not burn out during the week
• Or work for 90 min and take a 15 min break
• Find what works for you and adjust as needed
• Either way, if you schedule out your week, it’s more likely to go well
• Planning out in blocks reminds you of things you HAVE to do

28:00 What goes on the calendar

• You don’t have to put everything on your calendar
• You see what can be delegated off and what is non-negotiable
• “Planning time is also deciding time” -M
  • Delegation episodes are 33-34
• Don’t try to fit it all in
  • Put in the important things and fill in as time is available
• Using a calendar is easy, sticking to it is the hard part
• The stuff before work and after work are more important than anything during the day
  • 80/20 rule
  • Planning and prep is in the 20%
  • Setting yourself up for success is the key to the success

36:00 Closing remarks

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