6 ways to own your week: How entrepreneurs PLAN for success!

Last week I released a video detailing my morning routine. And while it is extremely important to have your morning routine dialed in, there are a few other ways to help you own your week.

These focus a little less on the day-to-day, and more on aligning your daily actions with the bigger picture.

Weekly plan

I also recommend sitting down one day every week and planning out your entire week. This is where you plan the weekly objective needed to move the needle closer to achieving your big goals. This is also where I write down my six habit-forming processes, and how many times I plan to accomplish each throughout the week.

You should do this weekly planning session at the same time, on the same day, of each week. Give yourself 30-60 minutes to sit down and really think about what steps you need to accomplish to move the needle forward.

I don’t recommend this is done in place of your morning journal for that day, but a little later in the day, once you’ve had time to think. I tend to do my weekly planning in the middle of the afternoon on Sunday. Generally, I like to grab my journal and walk to a nearby park to sit in the sun and really think about my next week without any distractions around. I usually don’t bring my phone on this walk, and I think you would benefit from eliminating this distraction too!

Monthly Plan

If you want to take this up a notch, I recommend sitting down at the beginning of the month to really look at your goals for that month. Write down the most important events for you to attend, and actions you want to have accomplished by the end of the month.

Doing this will help you out at the beginning of each week, and really help ensure you are staying on track to achieve your big goals.

Master the night before

If you want to take your morning routine to the next level I highly recommend ending your day by writing in your journal too. Every night, when I sit down on my bed, I grab my journal and go over what I did for the day.

It is extremely satisfying to check off everything I accomplished from the plan I set, and also eye-opening to see how much stuff you failed to accomplish sometimes.

Every night I go back through the day and see what I accomplished. Then I look at what I failed to accomplish and write it at the bottom of the page for items I need to do tomorrow. Finally, I open my calendar for the next day, and write down every scheduled phone call I have, and make sure that I’m aware of anything I need to do first thing in the morning.

I once stood up a podcast guest because I forgot we were recording that morning and was sitting in my bedroom reading without my phone nearby. Imagine how terrible I felt when I finally grabbed my phone and noticed that my would-be guest had tried getting a hold of me.

Luckily, they were a friend, and we were able to reschedule fairly easy, but it could just as easily have been a big guest who I would never have a second shot at recording with.

From that moment on I swore to verify my previously scheduled engagements the night before in order to ensure I didn’t have a similar issue arise.

Guarding your schedule

This is one of the hardest to do, but you need to master the art of saying “no”. The more successful you become in life the busier your schedule will become.

While this can be a good thing, it becomes increasingly more important to guard your schedule against unnecessary distractions.
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My name is David Pere, I am an active duty Marine, and have realized that service members and the working class use the phrase "I don't get paid enough" entirely too often. The reality is that most often our financial situation is self-inflicted. After having success with real estate investing, I started From Military to Millionaire to teach personal finance and real estate investing to service members and the working class. As a result, I have helped many of my readers increase their savings gap, and increase their chances of achieving financial freedom!
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