How to become a successful, spending one day a week for reflection

To achieve success, reduce their number of working hours, and select one day that'll be just thinking.

Brian Scudamore (Brian Scudamore)

Founder of the group O2E Brands companies.

Look at the business as a surgical operation. The maximum effect is achieved not by medical intervention but at the expense of a thorough action plan. Brian Scudamore works on the same principle. The beginning of the week, he spends thinking about their actions, and in the remaining weekdays executes them. 9 tips to help you plan a day that you dedicate only a reflection.

1. Free time

Select the time that you will not respond to calls and emails from anyone whatsoever. Warn your colleagues and friends about it.

2. Do not come to the office

Choose a place for reflection, that inspire you: parks, cafes and streets.

3. Carry a notebook

When you come to the idea, write them down. Do not attempt to evaluate their thoughts. Better to just write them down.

4. carry meeting

In your day thinking, check the schedule for the week and prioritize. If you see a meeting or meetings, which at the moment is not so important to your business, reduce their number, but still it is better to move.

5. Revise list

Each meeting entails the need for action, and within a week job only piling up. Determine what needs to be done as quickly as possible, and that requires more careful preparation. On this basis compose schedule.

6. Define the objectives

In addition to planning for the week, set three main goals for the next day of reflection. So you extract the most out of these hours.

7. Ask yourself questions

Take the time to think about their priorities and future business development. Ask yourself:

• What am I doing right?
• What is important to me?
• What I am better and worse than the others?
• How to spend more time on it, what I'm good, and less on what I'm not strong enough?

8. Leave time for decisions

The solution of urgent problems it is necessary for the functioning of the business, but we can not forget about the strategic decisions. Think, what are the challenges for the company's development and how they can be eliminated.

9. Look for new ideas

Business development is not confined to solving problems. You need to always look for new opportunities and ideas to offer the best conditions for his subordinates and clients.