109: Winning the Week with Demir Bentley

“A big life can weigh a lot . . . That’s why I was overworked—I was chasing the long-tail of my tasks into infinity. This is when the music stops and there aren’t enough chairs for everyone.” 

If the logistics of life and work are gobbling up your equanimity, listen to today’s conversation with Demir Bentley on how to turn things around and “win the week,” with joyful rewards baked directly into the planning process.

More About Demir: Demir Bentley helps successful people who secretly struggle with their productivity. Demir has personally coached executives from Facebook, Google, Uber, PepsiCo, and Lexar. Along with his wife, Carey, Demir founded The Lifehack Method and their podcast Freedom Decoded: A Podcast from Demir and Carey Bentley. Today we’re talking about his new book, The Winning the Week Method: How to Plan a Successful Week, Every Week.

🌟3 Key Takeaways:

• Your time is your inventory: in your weekly planning session, match your time demand to your time supply.

• Calendarize your task list, and add the good stuff first! Self-care, play, creative, quiet, social, time with a significant other.

• Build in flex time for UUW: Unplanned, Unwanted Work — and gamify your work through the Sticky Focus Game (timed sprints)

📝Permission: To add your “code patch” to the world’s knowledge base, even if you aren’t the world’s leading expert (yet!). And put the good stuff into your planning process. What ritual or fun or reward can you add to your weekly planning that will change it from a chore to be avoided into one of your most treasured tasks? 

✅Do (or Delegate) This Next: Carve out time to plan your week, every week. Pre-plan with your team as well, so that you’re truly digging into what is coming and stopping the unexpected things from becoming emergencies. 

📘Books Mentioned:

• Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business 

• Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One 

• The Winning the Week Method: How to Plan a Successful Week, Every Week

🔗Resources Mentioned: 

• Demir on the web, LinkedIn, Twitter: @jokeye, YouTube

• Demir’s podcast: Freedom Decoded: A Podcast from Demir and Carey Bentley

• Selena Soo 

• Article: Here's What's Next for Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital SPACs

• Social Capital

• The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Graham Duncan (#362)

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• 016: IP Licensing with Lee LeFever

• 062: Made by Monday On Content "Frog" Batching

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