Happy Monday!
Ah yes—Monday morning. The launchpad of your week, filled with the buzz of emails, calls, and spontaneous demands. It’s also when many people open their planners for the first time and try to map out their week. But here’s the truth: Monday is not the time to plan Monday.
You see, there’s a subtle but powerful truth about planning that most people overlook—and it makes all the difference between a scattered week and a strategic one.
The Timing of Planning Is Everything
If you want to execute your week with intention and clarity, you must plan before the period you’re entering—not during it.
Planning Tuesday? Then plan it on Monday—preferably at the end of your workday when your head is clear on what still needs attention. Planning Wednesday? Get that done Tuesday evening. This small shift completely transforms how effectively you operate.
Why?
Because come morning, you’re not thinking straight—you’re reacting. You’re swept into the chaos: unread emails, phone calls, messages, team questions. That planning window you thought you’d have? It’s gone.
And by the end of the day, you might look up at 5 PM and wonder: What did I even get done?
The Game-Changer: Plan Before, Execute During
If you’ve ever told yourself “I’m just not a planner,” I get it—I used to say the same thing. But what if you weren’t the problem? What if the timing of your planning was the true culprit?
When you separate the planning from the doing—planning before and executing during—you give yourself space to lead with clarity instead of being pulled by urgency.
This one insight helped me go from reactive to proactive, from scattered to strategic—and it can do the same for you.
So here’s your challenge for this week:
Commit to planning tomorrow, today.
Just that. Test it. Watch what happens.