Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to win big on Monday morning. When
Speaker 1: you start the work week with a major accomplishment, the
Speaker 1: momentum can help you have a super productive week. And
Speaker 1: if despite your best efforts, nothing else goes according to plan, well,
Speaker 1: at least you know you've already checked the most important
Speaker 1: thing off your list. Long time listeners have heard me
Speaker 1: extol the benefits of planning your week on Friday. Indeed,
Speaker 1: planning your week on Friday is one of the time
Speaker 1: management rules I recommend to anyone trying to calm the
Speaker 1: chaos and make time for matters. When you plan on Friday,
Speaker 1: you hit the ground running Monday morning. You don't spend
Speaker 1: Monday morning figuring out what you need to do. You
Speaker 1: know what you need to do and you do it.
Speaker 1: So if you aren't planning on Friday's I hope you'll
Speaker 1: try it. But if you are already planning on Fridays,
Speaker 1: why not upgrade your Monday mornings even more by planning
Speaker 1: something big. Set an ambitious, important goal for Monday morning
Speaker 1: and achieve it. Think about how great it will feel
Speaker 1: on Monday at lunchtime to have already finished something major.
Speaker 1: By the time you are eating your sandwich or your salad,
Speaker 1: you will be celebrating all you've gotten done. With a
Speaker 1: Monday morning like that, Just imagine how fired up you
Speaker 1: will be for the week. Monday morning hopes are great
Speaker 1: fuel for productivity. When you begin a week with optimism, confidence,
Speaker 1: and a clear plan, you can get a lot done. Now.
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people don't have perfect control
Speaker 1: over their schedules, but Monday mornings might be more available
Speaker 1: to you for your goals than you might think. It
Speaker 1: turns out that plenty of other people have not heeded
Speaker 1: my advice to plan their weeks on Fridays. That means
Speaker 1: they will be spending Monday morning getting their ducks in
Speaker 1: a row and figuring out their priorities for the week.
Speaker 1: So while they are busy doing their weekly planning, you
Speaker 1: can focus on deep work. With fewer meetings scheduled, unless
Speaker 1: material coming your way for your next steps, you may
Speaker 1: be able to be more self directed then you can be.
Speaker 1: At other times, you will win big and then be
Speaker 1: ready for what other folks send you. You do what
Speaker 1: you want to do and what others want you to do,
Speaker 1: or at least you hope you will. But here's the thing,
Speaker 1: even if nothing else goes the way you hoped during
Speaker 1: the week, no one can take that Monday morning win
Speaker 1: away from you. Even if you or a child gets sick,
Speaker 1: or you have an urgent home repair, or you have
Speaker 1: to cover for a colleague or wind up with some
Speaker 1: silly work disaster that just shouldn't have happened, you will
Speaker 1: still have accomplished something big. The week won't be a
Speaker 1: total disappointment. If you are looking for some extra motivation
Speaker 1: to win big on Monday mornings, consider sharing your Monday
Speaker 1: morning winds with others. Text a friend or your partner
Speaker 1: to share the news, then celebrate their wins too. You
Speaker 1: will reinforce this sense of starting the week the way
Speaker 1: you want it to go, and you will probably start
Speaker 1: feeling a lot better about your Monday's. If you try
Speaker 1: winning big on Monday mornings, I'd love to hear about it.
Speaker 1: You can reach me at Laura at Laura Vanderkamp dot com.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from it. You can send me
Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with
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