How to Plan Your Week Like a CEO

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Dan Martell breaks down his claimed 36-hour week, saying that just last week he was able to shoot 13 podcasts, go to an NBA game, run an Iron Man, be present with his kids and still grow his business. He says he used to work until 2:00 in the morning, eat crap food and be brain-dead in afternoon meetings, until he gave himself permission to map his schedule to his energy. He argues you cannot manage time, only the energy within it: work out and eat clean, do creative and resourceful work in the morning and collaborative work in the afternoon, and constantly ask what would make a task easier. He credits a transition plan learned in rehab, where he designed his whole life to support his new sobriety, and says he has no separation between personal and work in an integrated life. His 10x Vision Map has four boxes: team — the best 50 people to do life and build businesses with; one business — focused on until it scales to 10 million plus in revenue, rather than multiple businesses; empire — a life you never have to retire from and what success unlocks; and lifestyle — health, fitness, vacations and conversations. His Slingshot Planner sets three-year, two-year and one-year targets for numbers, revenue and team size, then breaks a year into quarters with only one new thing and two upgrades per quarter. For planning a week, inspired by David Allen’s Getting Things Done, he lists all commitments and desired activities, slots them into morning, afternoon and night in batches so energies flow, then gives logistics to his assistant to execute and only bring back conflicts.

Key takeaways

• Manage energy, not time: work out, eat clean, put creative work in the morning and collaboration in the afternoon.
• Ask ‘what would make this easier?’ — for example scheduling a meeting for accountability or collaboration, or changing location to feel more creative.
• Use the 10x Vision Map’s four boxes — team, one business, empire and lifestyle — and be specific about each.
• Focus on one business until it reaches 10 million plus in revenue; wealthy people, he says, made it because of one business they focused on to scale.
• In quarterly planning under the Slingshot Planner, pick only one new thing and two upgrades of things already working per quarter — four shots on goal for new things in a year.

Episode details: published November 10, 2023 · 7:15 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dan Martell’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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