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Impactful Time 101 - DIY Program

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Lesson 3

Time Blocks, Calendar Design, & Crafting your Ideal Week

Lesson Duration: 20-35 mins

Instructions:

Perform a calendar reflection to get a better sense of where you’ve been spending your time. Share your answers in the program slack channel when you are done!

Part 1 - Time Mapping

Goals

Gain insight into where you spend your time each day so you can make better scheduling and time management decisions in alignment with your priorities and goals.

Duration: 10-15 minutes

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Review the activities you’ve performed over the past two weeks using your calendar to get a sense of how you’ve been spending your time.

List out the activities below.

(Note - if your calendar doesn’t accurately reflect your past two weeks, do your best to work from memory.)

Activity Name

Select list

Time Block 1

Monday

Time Block 2

Tuesday

Time Block 3

Wednesday

Time Block 4

Thursday

Time Block 5

Friday

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Part 2 - Time Categorization

Goals

Time: 15-20 minutes

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Framework

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Activity

Categorize the activities you've listed in the last step using Gay Hendricks' Zones: Zone of Genius, Zone of Excellence, Zone of Competence, Zone of Incompetence.

Activity Name

Zone

Time Block 1

Time Block 2

Time Block 3

Time Block 4

Time Block 5

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Part 3 - Time Recovery

Goals

Duration: 5-10 minutes

Activity

Using the zone of Genius Framework, Which activities can you lessen, delegate, or eliminate to recover at least 5 hours per week using the zone of Genius Framework?

Mark them in the table below with the checkbox and note how much time you could potentially save each week.

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Tactics

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Domains

Domains

Name

Notes

Zone of Genius

Time Tactics

Can You Save Time on this activity?

Time Saving Potential

Marketing

Product Development

Time-bound It

Sales

Freeze It

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Bonus

Time Inventory

Here are two sheets If you’d like to keep a time log going forward!

Time Inventory - 1 Hour intervals

The first time sheet breaks down your day into 1 hour intervals. Tracking each hour is fairly easy to do, but the data you record on how you spent your time will be more generalized.

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1 Hour Intervals Worksheet⁠

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Time Inventory - 30 Minute Intervals

The second time sheet breaks your day into 30 minute intervals. Tracking each 30 minute window is more challenging, but the data you record on how you spent your time will be more specific.

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30 Minute Intervals Worksheet⁠

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Helpful Reminders for this Section:

Pareto’s Law - Remember, 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts

Zone of Genius - Dedicate time to your Z.O.G., The sweet spot where your innate talents, passions, and purpose align. What you are exceptionally good at.

Consider someone in your field or industry you admire... What would you say is the skill and activity their uniquely gifted at doing?

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Lesson Duration: 20-35 mins

Part 1 - Time Mapping

Goals

Duration: 10-15 minutes

Part 2 - Time Categorization

Goals

Time: 15-20 minutes

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