Weekly Execution

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Step 2: Plan the Week

Interrogate Calendar
Time is your inventory
What shouldn’t on your calendar?
What should be on your calendar, but isn’t?
Prep time
travel time
meetings committed to but never scheduled?
transition time between types of work
recurring events you don’t have in your calendar
Flex time - unknown, unplanned work
Optimal arrangement
consolidate similar types of work
When EXACTLY will the MVP get done?
Calendar Landmines - anticipate and eliminate
Did calendar review unearth some hidden tasks? Add to task list
Triage Task List - Someday Tasks v Now Tasks
Review Tasks
Is it related to the MVP?
Yes - stay on Now list
No - move to next question
Is it incredibly time sensitive?
Yes - keep on Now list
No - move to next question
Can I ADDD this task? (Automate, Delegate, Defer, Delete)
Automate - figure out how to automate it
Delegate - Delegate to someone else
Defer - move to Someday list
Delete - delete it from task list
No - move to next question
Need more info to make it actionable?
Yes - ask for more info
Time Block - Calendarize the task list
Put in the good stuff first - personal, health
Stack in the Deep Work
MVP
Key Activities
Tasks from Initiatives
Put in Flex Time for UUWs (Unplanned Work)
Stuff shallow stuff into the cracks
Evaluate and adjust
Get creative - ways to meet your and others needs
Negotiate - renegotiate deadlines, scope, or appointments
Accept reality - you can’t get everything done
Push tasks to next week, next month, or Someday
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