TVC067 Design Your Winning Weeks – Every Week
Welcome back to The Vitality Coach Podcast.
Thanks so much for those of you that have left a review on iTunes – we are well over 65,00 downloads as at October this year, in 85 countries so it’s great to have so many of you tuning in. Plus messaging me about topics that you’d like help on.
There’s a real struggle for many people at the moment with so much going on in our lives. Technology that saves time is reducing our time out,  we’re almost never ‘off’. So why do we still use the same script and rules for balancing our week and managing our schedules that we did 10-20 years ago, when clearly our time management landscape has changed?
By thinking about your week every week and creating a game plan you can:

reduce stress
look at how you’re going to use your hours wisely
press pause before answering emails and phone calls
generate space for you to operate to your full potential

That’s todays’s podcast is all about designing your Winning Weeks. It’s a crucial part of my Vitality Road Map™ program and has been for years. 
My top 5 tips on Designing Your Winning Week
How to rewrite your rule book and blend healthy, wealthy, wise aspects during your week.
1 Plan Your Week, Every Sunday
I know this sounds completely simple, and most people start off doing a great job but they stop being disciplined about it. 
You need to be disciplined because if you don’t plan the week you want you’ll get the one you’re given.
2 Be Practical
You’re not the fairy godmother or a wizard where everything in the whole list is going to be possible. What vital commitments do you have and what is VITAL for you to achieve. Identifying these across all areas of work and home life is important to ensure you are chipping away at your goals. 
Make It Visible:
I sit down with a piece of paper, turn it landscape and I map out my top 6 pillars of a winning week.  

* Health and wellbeing
* Admin/career/productivity/client work
* Family commitments
* Friends I want to catch up with
* Me time
* Giving Back

All of those  6 pillars are across the top of that page – in one row. Then I assign a few MUST do’s under each pillar heading
For example for health and well being this week I’m going to plan some runs in, yoga, a massage this week and I’m doing some mini meditation minutes. 
My health and wellbeing also means eating healthy, making sure I have good groceries and getting the food order or whatever else organised so I can choose that I’m fuelling my body as well as the fitness aspects of the week.
The second pillar I go through is what core client deliveries do I need to do this week?  What are my vital areas of business? Who am I checking in with? What am I delivering on and then also what about personal and business admin; invoices, bill payments, insurances.
I always check in every week on my KPI’s and my commercial goals like I recommend to my clients.
I do the same thing, and I look at areas that might be coming up that I need to red mark or ear mark for planning and succession as well. My personal admin and finance, my client’s career productivity deliverables. What workshops am I giving? Who am I doing personal coaching courses with this week? What people do I need to follow up with in terms of new inquiries?