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Sketchy Ideas Episode 47: Schedule Your Priorities

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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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