Are you really Beginning the Day Deliberately and doing the Weekly Recharge every single week? As many of you know, in addition to the one day class Getting the EDGE (GTE), we also have one-on-one coaching with professionals and executives in their offices. After I coach people for several days I like to implement a few follow up sessions to see how they are doing and receive their feedback. The first question I ask them is: “How are you doing with your management system, what’s working and what isn’t?” Then I listen.
Usually they are doing great but sometimes they experience falling back into old habits and fail to process their email boxes to empty or don’t capture things on their Task List/To Do List or Calendar. This takes them back to managing with their heads instead of effectively using their lists. When I hear this from them my next immediate question is: “Are you Beginning the Day Deliberately and are you doing the Weekly Recharge?” Begin the Day Deliberately is a daily recurring appointment that occurs the first half hour of each work day to get a head start on your day. The Weekly Recharge is a weekly review of everything you promised you would deliver the previous week and an opportunity to empty your email Inbox as well as to make sure you can deliver on what is coming up. With the Weekly Recharge you can regain the EDGE every seven days. So I ask them that question and if they are having difficulty it is almost always because they are not doing one of the two routines or both.
These are two routines that can help you to continuously stay on top of your workload and regain control of your professional and personal life. Beginning the Day Deliberately only takes 2.5 hours a week and performing the Weekly Recharge will only take one hour a week, a small price to pay to regain many hours of productivity and not have pieces fall through the cracks. At the end of a coaching or a GTE class, I emphasize the importance of this crucial process. It takes 21 days to form a new habit. If you continue to work hard to instill the new routines and minimize distractions, the old habits will disappear and the new ones will take their place. So Begin the Day Deliberately and perform the Weekly Recharge and stay on top of your workload and maintain excellent work life balance!
These are two routines that can help you to continuously stay on top of your workload and regain control of your professional and personal life. Beginning the Day Deliberately only takes 2.5 hours a week and performing the Weekly Recharge will only take one hour a week, a small price to pay to regain many hours of productivity and not have pieces fall through the cracks. At the end of a coaching or a GTE class, I emphasize the importance of this crucial process. It takes 21 days to form a new habit. If you continue to work hard to instill the new routines and minimize distractions, the old habits will disappear and the new ones will take their place. So Begin the Day Deliberately and perform the Weekly Recharge and stay on top of your workload and maintain excellent work life balance!
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