5.5. Your Calendar

RULE #1: Always start with the personal and professional end results

The goal here is to start at the end and work backwards.

Ask yourself, “What are my goals?”

Then SCHEDULE the time to produce the results.

RULE #2: Do the important stuff first!

These are the things that are really going to move the needle in your business. So when you’re looking at your day, schedule them for the AM, and when you’re scheduling for the week, plan them for Monday or Tuesday.

RULE #3: Avoid energy-sucking vampires

There are always going to be people or things that distract you. The key here is to block out your schedule so that there’s no room for those energy-sucking vampires!

RULE #4: Do everything in blocks of time!

Instead of trying to multi-task on a million different things, schedule out your day in blocks.

RULE #5: Put it in your schedule

It’s simple, if it’s not in your schedule, it doesn’t exist.

*Include Personal Time in Your Calendar

Time blocking is a time management method that asks you to divide your day into blocks of time

Each block is dedicated to accomplishing a specific task, or group of tasks, and only those specific tasks. ... With days that are time blocked in advance, you won't have to constantly make choices about what to focus on.