How I plan my perfect week 131

Part 1: The Review

I start each week with a review of the last. We start with a quick audit of how I showed up that week.

What were my habits/tasks I wanted to accomplish each day? Did I accomplish them? Why or why not?

These questions may seem simple on the surface. But these are actually the most important questions I ask myself.

This is called a feedback loop. I told myself I was going to do something. I either did or didn’t do it and then I analyze why.

If I stuck to my commitments, then I do more of the activities that allowed me to do that. If I didn’t stick them, I eliminate the negative behaviors.

Did I have poor sleep one night that led to lower energy the next day? Fix that.

Did skipping a meal in the afternoon cause me to feel sluggish around 3p? Fix that.

What did I do on Wednesday where I crushed every single task and habit? A good workout? Clean diet? No phone? Replicate this so I crush it every day.

What I’m saying here is very simple. It’s common sense. But so few actually do this type of review.

I know for me I need to write this stuff out. I need to see on a page what behaviors are actually helping or hurting me.

Seeing it in front of me makes it real. It gives me permission to change the bad stuff and keep doing the good stuff.

Okay, now onto the fun stuff. The other questions I ask myself in my review are:

How many leads were added this week?

How many new clients this week?

1-3 business wins

1-3 personal life wins

Weekly highlights

Goal review

Part 2: The Plan

Based on my review, I plan out my calendar. My VA has a rough outline of my perfect calendar that she’ll plan for me on Fridays. I then go in and adjust things based on my Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand for the week.

Rocks are the big things that have to get done. Think important family commitments, big meetings with potential clients, projects with deadlines, and deep work sessions.

Pebbles are the smaller things that fill in the cracks between the rocks. Not as important but still critical to your life/business.

Sand is the rest. Everything else that should get done this week, but it’s not stressful if you don’t accomplish it.

This is largely how I plan my calendar.

In terms of business tasks that need to get done I focus on the 3 categories that matter. Sales, Marketing, and Product.

How can I sell more this week? How can I market more this week? And how can I improve my product this week?

For a product videographer this could look like outreach, posting more content, and improving your core offering to clients based off feedback.

This week, I’ll be following up with everyone who’s expressed interest in working with me, scripting a few short-form pieces of content, and building out my new Skool community for my coaching clients. These are my rocks. I’ll throw in some pebbles and sand on top of this.

If you’ve read this far, you might be thinking that planning your week can’t possibly be this simple. Everything I’ve talked about here is very simple in practice. Yet so few do it.

People will think something so simple isn’t the thing that gets results. The magic happens in the consistency. Doing this week after week after week for years. That’s where the results come.

In business and in life, it’s often the simple things done for a ridiculously long period of time that get you results.

This weekly review and plan has served me well over the years. I hope it helps you.