Coaching practices for Weekly Planning Window

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

• Another week just vanished and the few things I actually meant to do never happened
• I’m so buried in the daily grind that I never lift my head to ask whether I’m even working on the right things
• Every Monday I open a calendar that other people have already filled, and I just react to it all week
• 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.

Practices that may help

1. 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
2. Use a planning and strategy day
   Reserve a recurring window for thinking about direction, reviewing systems, and planning the coming week.
   Theme Days, Made Practical
3. 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
4. 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
5. Weekly planning
   Set the week’s priorities and rough blocks before the week starts.
   Time Blocking, Made Practical
6. Plan from roles and goals, not from tasks
   Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
   Big Rocks First
7. 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
8. Build buffer blocks into the ideal week
   Schedule 60–90 minutes of unallocated buffer each day to absorb the unexpected without derailing priorities.
   Ideal Week Design
9. Separate the planning session from the execution day
   Do your planning in a dedicated session, never on the day you intend to start.
   The Planning Fallacy — Why Your Estimates Are Always Wrong
10. Batch weekly planning into a single review session
    Consolidate all task review, prioritization, and scheduling into one weekly session rather than planning continuously throughout the week.
    Task Batching: Grouping Similar Work to Cut Switching Costs

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