HOW to MASTER your week : A day-by-day guide...

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Here's how you master your week. I want to share one thing with you that will help you have the most incredible week and it comes down to being intentional. This is what we call stepping. That's right, stepping. And I'm going to explain that to you in just a second. But I want to let you know that this is the fourth part of the series, four out of five parts of the Success Planning Method. And I know I shouldn't be sharing it with you. I've said it before in the previous sessions. It's something I do with my one to one clients. You know, some of them are on Formula one tracks, some of them are on PGA courses, some of them are running large companies. But the thing is, no matter where you're at in life, whether you're running a team, a company, an organization, or a family, or your health, it comes down to one thing and that is being intentional. So as promised as well, there's going to be a masterclass, a deep dive masterclass with me on the Success Planning method. I've never done it for free before, opened the doors like that, but you can register now. Spots are limited. We want to reserve it so that I can actually engage with an intimate Q and A as part of that masterclass. So if you'd like to do it, go there right now, it's in the show notes and register for that Success Planning Method masterclass in there. You're going to be given templates, the exact templates that my clients get access to and we're going to step through and set up your most incredible year. So if you want next year to be phenomenal, get registered for that masterclass, it's totally free, and we will sell you nothing at the end. That's right. Most masterclasses that you go to, I know what they do at the end. There's the big sell, the buy the this, the buy the that. That will not happen. My promise, nothing at the end. I will say goodbye and wish you the best and equip you with incredible tools that will supercharge your planning and your year next year. So please come and join me for that. And if you have other people who you think would like to access that level of leadership and that level of planning, send them the link, tell them to register. First come first, first serve. So let's get down to the fourth step of this five part series in success planning. Okay, now we're looking at how do we master our week? Well, you master your week by stepping. How do we do that? I want you to remember this. Sss.

Sunday success steps. That's right. Super simple, right? You've done your five year vision, you've got your 12 month game plan, you've got your monthly map for the month ahead. Now, in a month, what are there? There's four weeks, right? So each week we want a little plan, super simple. So on a Sunday, I sit down and I encourage all my clients to do the same. Take a moment on a Sunday, could be 20 minutes, might be an hour, depends how long you want. Get your favorite drink, be somewhere relaxed and go, okay, Sunday success steps. What are the small steps I'm going to take this week that can take me a little bit towards my monthly map goal? Just a little bit towards it. We're looking at three outcomes we talked in the last session and if you haven't done all the other stuff, this might not make too much sense. But go back and do your five year vision, your 12 month game planning, your monthly map. Now that you know where you're trying to head with the end in mind, what are the three things you want to achieve this week? Now that's not to say you won't do other things. And there'll be to do lists. This is not your to do list, this is your to be list. Who do you want to be in the future? Who do you want to become? It's about intentionality, right? So Sunday success tips, you identify. At the end of the month, this is where we want to be. So at the end of this week Where I need to be and will be, not should be. You don't want to be a should head. You know, shoulda, woulda, coulda, should all over yourself. Let's not do that. This is where I will be at the end of this week. And someone recently said to me, James, I think it was actually it was a politician and they were trying to run for parliament in the elections and they said I think a lot. I think they didn't get my vote. I don't believe in leaders who just think. I want to follow people who know where they're going, where they're musts, we must do this, I will do this. So I want you to think what are the three things, outcomes, three goals that you must connect with and achieve in the next week. Then going to get you to write Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday across the page. Right. And if you come and join us for the success planning masterclass, I'm going to share with you my personalized templates. You'll get access, you won't need to write all this stuff out. I'll give you my templates. So get registered, it's in the link. So Monday through Friday and all I want you to do is for Monday, right? What are three things I can do on Monday? Tiny steps that will take me towards my weekly outcome. So step one should take me towards outcome number one. Step two on Monday should take me towards outcome number two for the week. Right. We're having three outcomes and I tend to pick outcomes. Maybe one's personal, one's health and one's professional. You get to decide, but try and pick them across different areas of your life. Don't be the person who just does it all around finance, all around sales, all around money, or all around the ironman. And all you're doing is training. We need balance high performers, perform above the standard norms over the long term whilst maintaining positive relationships and well being. Be that guy, be that girl. Focus on the holistic aside to leadership. You don't want to focus on just little silos. It's important to think broad. So I hope that this has helped you, this stepping approach. Your Sunday success steps, it takes 15, 20, maybe 30 minutes on a Sunday. Take as long as you want or as little as you want. But I know and the studies back it up the work that my clients do or don't do. And for myself, when you don't do your Sunday success steps, I promise you your week will be less productive, your week will be less intentional. You'll be more susceptible to, to Jump at the shiny objects. The opportunities that get thrown at you High performers are decisive. So please decide today to get intentional with your planning. I really hope you're enjoying this free series all around how I use and how my clients use Success Planning Method. I had a team earlier in the year who took almost a thousand of their team through this and they're all implementing this and seeing incredible traction and feeling a great deal of fulfillment. Never forget that success without fulfillment is ultimately failure. We've got to have fulfillment along the way. That's why I'm urging you to have things about personal health professional in terms of your outcomes. So if you've enjoyed this, please send it to a friend that might also benefit from this who want to get really clear on planning and crushing their goals. And if you want to be one of the few who can come and join us for the free Success Planning Method Masterclass, please get into the link before we close the doors. It's free and you will be sold nothing at the end. My gift to you because you're invested in growing our communities, our countries, our organizations need people like you who actually want to be better leaders, who want to be higher performers. So it's my thank you for the work that you're doing and continue to do for everyone around you. But for now, please get out there and lead your life on purpose.

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