3 Questions to Plan Your Day for Maximum Productivity

Winning the day starts before you even sit down at your desk.

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If you’re like me, you have a growing to-do list filled with big ideas to accomplish.

Yet it might often seem like the day quickly gets away from you. Meetings, emails, social media, and other distractions suck up your time, along with your precious attention.

Winning the day begins before you even sit down at your desk.

Thoughtful planning and prioritization is the best way to play defense against the many tasks vying for your focus. Building in the opportunity for reflection, while difficult, is an instant productivity booster, allowing you to get more done in less time with greater impact.

On a recent episode of the Accidental Creative podcast, author Todd Henry shared a simple 10-minute method you can use to optimize your schedule and create mental bandwidth for deep, creative work.

He suggests sitting down at the beginning of the day to strategize, specifically following these steps:

1. Ask yourself: At the end of the day, what would have to happen for me to say, “Today was a success?”