In today's episode, Matt and Garrett talk about the concept of task management versus time management. They frequently find that many people think they're scheduled and have a plan of the tasks they should be doing, yet the results tell a different story. What the hosts highlight today is the necessity of ensuring that priority items from your business plan are actually being scheduled, showing up on your calendars, and being addressed accordingly.

Our hosts begin by highlighting that there's no one right way to manage a calendar but that identifying the tasks that are the highest priority for you to accomplish in a given day or week is paramount. They delve into the things successful people do in managing a routine, the importance of analyzing what is working, understanding your best sellers, and the advantages of a weekly planning session in order to build a discipline that then extends into how you manage your tasks. Together Matt and Garrett recommend having a solid morning routine, practicing the Ninja five daily habits, aligning your calendar with what is on your business plan, and having a task list rather than more tools. This episode will take you through the importance of having working routines, calendars, and schedules for you to grow your business.

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Episode Highlights:

The importance of routines, schedules, and calendars
Reasons why many plans do not have results
The different ways to manage your calendar
Listing priority tasks on your calendar
Identifying tasks that are the highest priority
Things successful people do to make sure their tasks are accomplished
How to understand your best seller
The importance of a weekly planning session
The strength of a good personal morning routine
The Slight Edge
The Ninja five daily habits
Understanding the importance of the activities on your calendar
Aligning what is on your calendar with your business plan
The importance of a task list as opposed to more tools

Quotes:

"I like things to be on the calendar, although I do like the backup - have a to-do list - because once you pass a calendar appointment, it's kind of gone. It doesn't come back again unless it's tied to a task necessarily."

"Every week sit down and analyze what's working, what's selling, what are our top items, and do we have enough product to continue at the pace that we're selling those right now to fulfill the orders that are coming in?"

"Sit down, plan, analyze and look at all the moving parts, it's the number one most powerful thing you can do to be able to start the schedule."

"When you don't identify the priorities and get them on the calendar, you end up becoming really good at the things that are not important."

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

"Week schedules show up really strong in high-paced, fast-moving marketplaces."

"The Slight Edge book is all about doing the things that you can control. So you can become 1% better every single day. And when it comes to managing your calendar, and the tasks that deserve priority, it is those things that you can control, which are those appointments you have with yourself."

"You can control your time on your calendar for the weekly activities by saying 'Hey, how can I set this up to make sure that I'm doing what I need to do?'"

"It is much easier to show up for something that you have planned."

"There's nothing that we have to do, we just have to accept the consequences of whether we do or do not do those things."

"It makes it a whole lot easier to get through these things. It's not hard to do if you plan it ahead. It can be complicated if you don't plan."

"Just focus on those things that you can control and make sure they're on your calendar."

"Look at your calendar for the week ahead and say, 'What is one thing I can do each of those days that I can put on my calendar that's going to help progress my business in the direction that I want it to go?'"