Brian LaMannaAE @ Gong | Closed Won 🦙 | 7x President’s Club

Turning Monday Into My Favorite Day

6 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube monologue, Brian LaManna explains how he transformed his dislike of Mondays into a favorite day by applying principles from James Clear’s Atomic Habits. He first reflects honestly on why Mondays felt stressful—early meetings, anxiety about the week ahead, and a backlog of work. He then outlines a three‑step habit system: (1) time‑blocking Monday mornings from 8 am‑10 am to protect focused work; (2) dedicating an hour each Sunday to weekly planning, meeting prep, calendar review, priority‑account selection, and desk cleaning; and (3) making the morning enjoyable by visiting a favorite coffee shop, instituting a “no laptop before 7:30 am” rule to allow for a workout or walk, and rewarding the night before with his favorite food (Chipotle). LaManna frames the framework as adaptable to any aspect of life that feels unenjoyable, encouraging viewers to try the approach themselves.

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I used to really despise Mondays. Now it's turned into one of my favorite days. So here's how I flipped it around after incorporating lessons that I learned reading Atomic Habits. Step 1 was just having an honest reflection with myself on why. For me, it was being off my game for early Monday morning meetings. There's also the anxiety of the full week ahead and so much work I still needed to get done. Number 2 was starting to enact habits to curb that. So time blocking off every Monday morning from 8 AM to 10 AM to protect that time, spending an hour every Sunday getting organized for the week, doing meeting preps, reviewing my calendar, priority accounts for the week, and just cleaning my desk. Step 3 was making it more enjoyable as well. So what I started doing was I plugged in a favorite coffee shop every Monday morning that I started going to. I also put a rule in place: no laptop before 7:30 AM to give myself room to enjoy the workout, the walk, whatever I wanted to do to kick off the week on a slower note first. And last, incorporate my favorite food Monday night as a reward. Shout out Chipotle. This framework can work for anything you aren't enjoying in your life or that you just want to flat out change. Give it a go.