If you have never heard of Ivy Lee, it’s time for a short history lesson. More than 100 years ago, Ivy Ledbetter Lee helped to pioneer the practice of Public Relations and Crisis Communications. Working for the railroad industry, he ran one of the first-ever PR campaigns. The campaign pushed for a rate increase for rail companies from a very reluctant Federal Government. Like so many other challenges he engaged, Lee won the day.
I wait until the morning to do this. After I've processed my inbox. I do look at my calendar at the end of each day to see what's in store for the next day.
Being consistent it key, right. I just don't pay too much attention to what tasks and project subtasks I have to do the next day. I have the type of brain that struggles to shut off at the end of the day. If I think too much about tomorrow, I miss the rest of today. Just a quick preview at the calendar allows me to: 1) know what time I have to start work (teams across multiple time zones); 2) Who I'm meeting with; 3) Am I prepared.
I certainly find spending time at the end of the day mapping out the next day makes sense.
It also helps park issues in my brain and helps me relax in the evening.
Is there something intentional in your evening mapping about physical writing things, Martin? Or is it all digital?
It’s usually simply a list in Apple notes. Just something my mind then knows is there for when I sit down in the morning.
I wait until the morning to do this. After I've processed my inbox. I do look at my calendar at the end of each day to see what's in store for the next day.
Perhaps instituting the evening practice naturally evolves into morning refining for most who do it?
Being consistent it key, right. I just don't pay too much attention to what tasks and project subtasks I have to do the next day. I have the type of brain that struggles to shut off at the end of the day. If I think too much about tomorrow, I miss the rest of today. Just a quick preview at the calendar allows me to: 1) know what time I have to start work (teams across multiple time zones); 2) Who I'm meeting with; 3) Am I prepared.