Increasingly I have noticed the most successful business people use their Sunday’s to ensure they start their ‘working’ week productively. The challenge most people face is that Mondays can often feel like a catch-up day from the weekend. There’s usually a full inbox and things that need your immediate attention as soon as you walk into the office. To avoid this, productive business people wisely plan a few hours every Sunday to ensure they get the most out of the following week. Here are a few things to include within anytime work time you schedule on a Sunday:
- Reduce Your Inbox If you’re like me, you know that managing your post-weekend inbox can take up your entire morning. Save your Monday mornings for more meaningful projects and dive into your inbox on Sunday evenings. Set aside time to sort, read, and answer the emails you’ve received since Friday.
- Plan Your Week Don’t wait until you get out of bed on Monday to take a look at your calendar. Spend time on Sunday planning your key outcomes for the week. Then even prepare your action list for the next day.
- Prepare For Meetings If you have some big meetings coming up in the week ahead, use your Sundays to prepare agendas, presentations, talking points, or brief yourself on potential topics. This will not only make the meeting run more smoothly for you, but also for anyone else attending.
- Complete Outstanding Tasks Face it, sometimes less important tasks tend to fall to the wayside in the face of a busy week. If there’s anything on your back burner from the week before, use your Sunday work time to finish it.
- Touch Base With Your Network Networking is a crucial element of a successful career. Sunday is the perfect day to contact those you may not have had time to speak with in the previous week. Most people go through their email on Mondays, so they’ll be more likely to get back to you before they get busy for the rest of the week.
So in summary look to set aside time on Sundays, so it becomes your secret ingredient to a more productive week.
