Coaching practices for Prepare for the Week

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I walk into Monday blind and then keep getting blindsided mid-week
• I dive into Monday with no sense of what the week is actually for, so I end up chasing whatever shouts loudest each day and the two or three things that would make the week a real success never get a protected slot.
• Every week starts with me reacting to whatever hits the inbox first, so by Friday I’ve been slammed nonstop yet the few things that actually mattered never got touched
• Another week just vanished and the few things I actually meant to do never happened
• Every Monday I open a calendar that other people have already filled, and I just react to it all week

Practices that may help

1. Run a weekly preview before the week begins
   On Sunday evening, scan the incoming week against your ideal week template and protect what matters.
   Ideal Week Design
2. Weekly planning
   Set the week’s priorities and rough blocks before the week starts.
   Time Blocking, Made Practical
3. Apply RPM at the weekly level
   Run the result-purpose-MAP sequence on your week each Sunday to set directional focus before Monday begins.
   Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical
4. Identify and schedule big rocks at the start of each week
   On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
   Big Rocks First
5. Create an ideal week template
   Design a blank-canvas week that shows where each type of activity should live, before any specific week's demands arrive.
   Ideal Week Design
6. Design your ideal week before you fill it
   Draw the week you want to live, then defend it from the week that arrives.
   Lifestyle Design, Made Practical
7. Set a Monday Vision each week
   Every Monday, name three outcomes for the week before the week’s reactive demands crowd them out.
   Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
8. Do a brief weekly review and planning session
   Each week, review what happened, clear the decks, and commit to next week’s MITs.
   Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical
9. Do a weekly review every Friday afternoon
   Review last week's time log and set next week's priorities while context is fresh.
   The Time Audit
10. Ideal Week Design
    Michael Hyatt's Ideal Week framework asks you to design the week you would want before the week you have arrives — assigning broad themes to each day and protecting time for your most important work. It is a proactive design exercise, not a rigid schedule, that gives you a template to return to when reactive demands take over. The method is widely used in executive productivity coaching; direct experimental evidence for the format is limited.

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