[Planning Series] A Step-By-Step Walkthrough of Energy Planning

[Part 2 of 5] Energy Planning covers the whole lot perfectionists should do to plan correctly. It’s a easy 3 step course of that anybody can be taught. And I stroll you thru it on this episode.

Right here’s a quick overview of how Energy Planning works however remember to tune into this episode to get all the small print!

You set a Development Objective for your enterprise (what I used to name your Not possible Objective) so you recognize precisely what you’re working towards. You then observe these steps:

Step 1. Energy Hour – in your weekly Energy Hour you’ll put your needle shifting duties in your digital calendar and create easy contingency plans that make it simple to get the whole lot completed with out feeling overwhelmed.

Step 2. Little Tweaks – every single day you’ll spend somewhat little bit of time tweaking your calendar so you may get the whole lot completed with out ever feeling behind or burning out, even when one thing sudden comes up.

Step 3. Weekly Assessment – on the finish of the week you’ll do a quick weekly overview to find what labored, what didn’t work and what to do in another way so subsequent week’s plans are even simpler to observe via on.

After listening to this episode, you’ll know methods to make the type of plans that get you out of your individual manner – even while you’re scared to place your self on the market.

Doorways shut Friday: That is our ultimate enrollment of the yr for Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed. If you join PGSD, you’ll get instantaneous entry to the Energy Planning Course so you can begin planning correctly as a perfectionist instantly and begin 2026 with PGSD by your aspect. Doorways shut at 11:59pm EST this Friday, 21 November. To enroll right this moment go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.

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Introduction
Hello and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Challenge. A podcast stuffed with perfectionism recommendation for entrepreneurs. My identify is Sam Laura Brown, I assist entrepreneurs launch their perfectionism handbrake, to allow them to get out of their very own manner and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed group teaching program, which is in any other case referred to as PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that can assist you with your enterprise, you possibly can observe me on Instagram @perfectionismproject.

Sam Laura Brown (Customized introduction)
You’re going to love this. I simply know that is going to be excellent timing that I’m releasing these episodes right this moment. So what I’m doing is I’m releasing the 5 hottest episodes of this podcast, which is the Planning sequence on methods to plan correctly as a perfectionist, whether or not you might have listened earlier than, whether or not that is going to be your first time listening, in case you have been getting in your individual manner, in your enterprise, in case you’ve been having a tough time exhibiting up, if you recognize that you would be extra profitable in case you might simply really observe via with the plans that you simply make. You recognize what to do. You’re simply not doing it. This sequence is simply going to be the most effective factor for you. So I need to invite you to hearken to all 5 elements of this sequence. They’re going to be profoundly useful. And I additionally need to invite you to affix us inside my program. Perfectionist Getting Shit Executed. So we are literally within the final enrollment of this yr, so doorways can be closing at 11:59pm jap time on Friday the twenty first of November. In order that’s just a few days away, and I need to invite you inside, as a result of initially, there’s clearly by no means a greater time to get out of your individual manner than the current.

There’s simply with the ability to create the compound impact and like be in that momentum earlier than the yr is even over. I do know we love to attend until January and all of that, however what if, as a substitute of ready for January to begin getting out of your individual manner, you have been out of your individual manner and on that path by January, in order that come January, you’re not ranging from a standstill. That’s what I need to invite you into in December, we additionally do an annual reflection as a group the yr in overview, and we do planning for the next yr. So I need to invite you to be there for that, whether or not it’s being there reside with us, doing the replay, irrespective of your time zone, doing that’s going to set you up for the most effective 2026 and in addition, while you join Perfectionist Getting Shit Executed, you’re going to get instantaneous entry to the whole lot, together with the ability planning course, which you’ll watch begin to end in a day after which be planning correctly as a perfectionist, together with the assist and the unbelievable group and different instruments which can be there for you inside PGSD as nicely. So I hope you take pleasure in this sequence, and I need to invite you to affix us inside PGSD, earlier than the doorways shut at 11:59pm jap time this Friday, the twenty first of November, you possibly can go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd, the hyperlink can be down there for you within the present notes to go and join right this moment and be a part of us inside.

Sam Laura Brown
This episode is the second episode in a five-part sequence that I’m doing right here on the podcast on methods to plan correctly as a perfectionist. Now, the primary episode that I did was on the distinction between procrasti-planning and planning correctly. And in case you’ve listened to that episode, I actually hope that you simply now have an understanding of why it’s so necessary to plan in a manner that makes follow-through simple and that really will get your perfectionist mindset in your aspect. So you are able to do that work to get out of your individual manner and get into the expansion mindset. So many perfectionists spend a lot time making an attempt to remain motivated and discover extra willpower when actually the issue is planning. And that planning downside might be solved by studying methods to plan in a manner that really works for you as a perfectionist, and helps you do your perfectionism work on the identical time.

So in case you haven’t listened to that episode, I extremely suggest going again and listening to that one. After you hearken to this one. On this one, I’m going to be speaking in regards to the energy planning methodology, and the three steps which can be concerned when you find yourself energy planning.

So I educate energy planning in full element inside PGSD. So if you need the teaching and assist and to essentially do that work and have this methodology be just right for you, I invite you to affix us inside PGSD when the doorways open. You’ll be able to go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd to seek out out extra to affix the waitlist to enroll relying while you hearken to this. And it’s actually going that can assist you like that is what’s PGSD is all about. It’s going past mental information and understanding. And actually doing the work and practising the issues that you recognize, and actually having a supportive container to do this, the place you’re surrounded by individuals who get what you’re doing, who get what you’re fighting, who get what your objectives are, and who’re additionally in a position that can assist you see issues that you may’t your self.

So for instance, in case you are energy planning, and you are taking what I share on this episode and work via this your self, there are going to be challenges that you simply come up in opposition to which can be going to be difficult to resolve by yourself. There are blind spots, there are issues that we do as self-sabotage which can be actually arduous to see after we’re those who’re evaluating that. So I need to invite you into PGSD, to essentially apply this energy planning methodology, to be taught it, to reside it and to get the assist and training that may actually assist you to to profit from this methodology and actually have you ever energy planning and planning correctly as a perfectionist.

So let’s initially discuss in regards to the three issues that make perfectionists get in their very own manner. So after teaching lots of of perfectionists at this level who’re constructing companies, I’ve actually seen that there are three issues that make perfectionists get in their very own manner in terms of enterprise. The primary is planning issues. The second is productiveness issues. So that is overwhelmed, procrastination, burnout. And the third is persistence issues. So once I’m speaking a few persistence downside, what I imply is that perhaps you possibly can really, you recognize, get your self out of procrastination for a short while. However then in case you have a persistence downside, after a number of weeks, you’re procrastinating worse than ever, and you are feeling such as you’re proper again to your previous methods. You’re in a position to present up for a short while. However upon getting been doing that you simply’re like, “Okay, how lengthy is that this going to final? I’m apprehensive that this isn’t going to be sustainable”, that type of factor, then you might have a persistence downside. And all of it begins with fixing your planning downside and the PGSD course of, so we cowl planning issues, productiveness issues, persistence issues, however I wished to essentially have this sequence be centered on planning issues, as a result of it’s a must to have that piece there so as to really be productive. And so as to persist on the proper issues and try this in a manner that’s really sustainable.

So I’ve already talked about in that earlier episode, why perfectionists can’t observe the identical planning recommendation as everybody else, however it’s actually necessary to know that since you is perhaps pondering okay, I’m simply going to maintain making an attempt to plan in the identical manner. And I’m simply going to attempt tougher. I’m simply going to attempt to be extra motivated, I’m simply going to attempt to have extra willpower. However that doesn’t work. If it did work, it will have labored by now. You’ve got tried that my guess is for not less than a number of years. And what I need to invite you to think about is that as a substitute of making an attempt the identical strategies you might have earlier than and making an attempt them tougher, and with extra self-discipline, that as a substitute, you be taught and apply methods to really plan correctly as a perfectionist in a manner that makes it simple to observe via and helps you do your perfectionism work on the identical time. So while you’re planning correctly as a perfectionist, the opposite factor I need to point out is that doesn’t imply it’s strict and inflexible. And really, that’s what occurs after we’re procrasti-planning and planning in a manner that permits procrastination.

As a result of after we assume for instance, in energy planning, we plan from a digital calendar. And we frequently assume, Okay, nicely meaning goes to be so strict and so inflexible, and what I do with all these little duties, and what I do if my weeks unsure, and I don’t know what’s going to come back up, and belief me, I’ve a child, I do know what that may be like. However energy planning is actually about serving to you adapt to the realities of life. And the truth is that it doesn’t matter what state of affairs you’re in proper now that feels, you recognize, too unsure to have the ability to make a weekly plan, you’ve all the time been in a state of affairs that’s unsure. And there’s all the time been some impediment to planning. And after we discuss planning correctly, as a perfectionist, we aren’t speaking about making excellent plans which can be assured to achieve success, and also you by no means must fail at something, and also you by no means must really feel uncomfortable. And sometimes after we procrasti-planning, that’s what we’re doing, we’re making an attempt to make the precise plans in order that they undoubtedly work. And we by no means must really feel any unhealthy emotions, as a result of we don’t have that self belief there that can be protected if we really feel these unhealthy emotions.

And that can be okay on the opposite finish of that. However after we’re planning correctly, as a perfectionist, we’re really opening ourselves as much as the potential of non permanent failure. To the potential of disappointment. To the likelihood that we is perhaps making an attempt issues in a manner that doesn’t work. And by opening ourselves as much as that risk, we’re really in a position to create a speculation. Attempt it. So we would have our purpose and assume, Okay, I believe this social media technique, coupled with this e-mail technique goes to get me to that purpose, then we attempt that we examined, we do the weekly overview, we see what’s working, what isn’t working, what to do in another way, we find yourself getting that, as a result of we have been open to the potential of failure and disappointment and disgrace, and all these different issues as nicely. However after we’re closed off to that, and this manifest is procrastinate planning, we would like our plans to be proper, we need to do the whole lot the precise manner, we don’t need to waste any effort. And this ends in a variety of busy work, doing issues that matter, a variety of planning to plan and rewriting plans. And it’s so exhausting to do this. But additionally, it by no means will get us there.

And so energy planning can be a instrument, that it’s not going to have you ever making the precise plans. As in you’ll expertise extra failure in a variety of methods than earlier than. And I do know now perhaps that is doing an excellent job at promoting energy planning. However I actually need you to think about this methodology as a result of it’s so necessary for perfectionists to plan correctly. However all I imply to say once I’m speaking about this failure stuff is that all of us intellectually know that success is constructed on a pile of failures. I believe we’ve all heard that saying or some model of it earlier than. And but, while you take a look at how we attempt to do issues, it’s as if we don’t know that to be true. And we expect that to succeed, we have to succeed completely proper from day one. And that’s the one manner we’re ever going to get there.

And so energy planning, in case you have heard on this podcast or elsewhere, the ability of being within the progress mindset, what that does for resilience, what that does for success, what that does, physics says which my favourite half about it, that the extra we’re on this progress mindset, the much less connected we really feel to our work, within the sense that we not really feel like we’re the enterprise and that if we’re having an excellent month in enterprise, then we’re an excellent individual if we’re having a foul month in enterprise and we’re a foul individual as a result of we untangle that we in a position to present up extra courageously and extra absolutely and extra resourcefully and extra innovatively.

And meaning we obtain extra as nicely. And we have now a greater expertise of getting a enterprise. As a result of on the finish of the day, I do know we are able to get so centered on attaining our objectives and being profitable. However we get the daily expertise. Sure, there are good moments after we obtain a purpose. However for many of us, we get via that fairly rapidly. And we’re already on to the subsequent factor. So all we have now is a daily expertise and one thing I’ve actually been contemplating rather a lot these days. As a result of once I discuss these items, folks will say, Effectively, why ought to we have now objectives and like, shouldn’t we simply concentrate on you recognize, what we take pleasure in daily. And what actually involves thoughts for me, and I not less than really feel that is so true, is that to essentially have a satisfying, gratifying journey, we want a worthy vacation spot, we want that purpose as a result of that directs the daily journey that offers the journey objective that offers the journey course. And as perfectionists, we have to discover ways to pursue our objectives, not at our personal expense.

So because of this in PGSD, we set an unimaginable purpose. And we overview that purpose to be sure that it’s really going to be helpful and never really work in opposition to you. After which we have now energy planning, which is these the weekly plans that you simply make, to get to your unimaginable purpose. So with the unimaginable purpose, that’s a purpose that’s set above what you consider is feasible, it’s not really unimaginable, it’s simply your mind is mistaken and thinks you aren’t able to it. As a result of it’s scared to assume he is perhaps as a result of oh my goodness, that’s gonna be so unsure, life’s gonna be utterly totally different. So let’s simply fake we couldn’t try this. So we simply keep on this little protected bubble. So we have now an unimaginable purpose, which is your worthy vacation spot.

And in PGSD, we set a income purpose for your enterprise. I don’t have time to enter it on this episode, as to why we try this. And we get a variety of pushback from PGSD on not desirous to set a monetary purpose as a result of they don’t care about cash. And all I’ll say and invite you to think about is that having a monetary purpose for your enterprise, helps you do such unbelievable cash mindset work. And it additionally permits you to look after we self-sabotage by saying, I don’t care in regards to the cash, I simply need to assist folks. After which we find yourself typically with individuals who say which can be very centered on a scarcity of cash anyway. In order that they’re spending a variety of time serious about cash as it’s. However on the identical time, they’re letting themselves off the hook by way of actually exhibiting up absolutely. And simply type of saying, Okay, nicely, you recognize, for me, I simply care about serving to folks, I’m simply going to do this in the easiest way potential.

And I’ve discovered and with lots of of PGSD’s that we labored with that having a monetary purpose actually lets you do such necessary work on the worth of your work, and the affect you can also make when you find yourself centered on operating a worthwhile enterprise. And I’ll simply wrap this little aspect up by saying charities want cash as nicely. So like, I don’t care about cash, I simply need to assist folks, so to charities, and just about the principle exercise they do is fundraising. So with that stated, we have now a monetary unimaginable purpose. After which we have now your weekly energy planning. And the work that these two mixed together with clear relaxation goes that can assist you do is discover ways to really pursue your objectives. In a manner meaning the day-to-day is fulfilling. Fulfilling, by the best way means you’re feeling challenged, and also you’re exhibiting up for these challenges. You’re not doing at your individual expense, you’re not beating your self up when it’s not going to plan. ie we expect to plan means it goes completely in flawlessly. And there’s by no means a bump within the highway. After which we get very upset when there’s a tiniest little impediment as a result of the plan was easy driving. And after we can actually begin to see there’s going to be bumps, there’s going to be detours, there’s going to be ups and downs. That’s all a part of it.

And energy planning can be a instrument to assist us see the place that perfectionism handbrake is on, see how we’re getting in our personal manner, in order that we have now the self-awareness to get out of it. In order that we’re met with the chance to do the work that we have to do. And on the identical time while you’re planning, you’re studying methods to really plan in a manner that you may observe via on that’s going to offer you a way of accomplishment and momentum that’s going to have you ever doing the issues that you recognize you have to do in terms of your enterprise. As an alternative of simply figuring out stuff about advertising and marketing from taking totally different on-line advertising and marketing In programs, you’re really going to be doing the issues.

So in terms of energy planning, it’s so necessary to know, as I used to be saying, it’s not strict or inflexible, you’re making the plans. And that it’s actually about with the ability to be resilient. Having the ability to belief your self to make choices, and to belief your self, to know when to alter your plans, and when to observe via with them. And all these various things. It’s such an unbelievable private growth, productiveness enterprise instrument, it helps on so many fronts. And I like that a lot of the work that the unimaginable purpose and energy planning do, and clear relaxation these three issues from the planning section of the PGSD course of, that a lot of it, you gained’t even understand is occurring.

And also you’ll have this, like a acutely aware understanding and consciousness round enhancements and progress that you simply’re making. And exhibiting up for your self extra absolutely, and placing your self on the market extra. And really, like if one thing goes flawed, with the ability to regulate to that and preserve exhibiting up anyway. So that you’re going to essentially have that profit that you simply’re conscious of consciously. However then additionally, I simply love that, like, beneath the hood, there’s all the time different progress and developments that you simply’re making with out even realizing it simply by advantage of utilizing these instruments.

So with that stated, I’m going to be speaking about how energy planning works. And I need to point out right here that energy planning takes three months of dedicated imperfect apply to begin to get a mastery over and I’m going to do a separate episode on the three-month dedication, as a result of it’s such an necessary state of mind to be in in terms of doing something new, together with energy planning.

So let’s undergo the three steps of energy planning. So that you’ve an understanding of how energy planning works, how you are able to do energy planning, and in addition so you possibly can actually see the weather that basically assist you to plan correctly as a perfectionist. And that by following this course of, you’re going to be avoiding errors you have been making earlier than errors, you have been unknowingly making from following good recommendation, like recommendation, it was meant to be useful, however simply isn’t useful for a perfectionist, baked into this course of is the whole lot you have to assist you to plan correctly and finally get out of your individual manner.

So the 1st step is the Energy Hour, step two, little tweaks, step three, the weekly overview. So I’m going to undergo every of these, what that includes what that appears like. After which I’m going to speak about what it seems to be like after you’ve been energy planning for not less than three months and actually speaking about mainly methods to know if it’s working like what, what your life will appear to be, when you find yourself utilizing this methodology. And also you’re actually exhibiting up for it and doing the work. And also you’re somebody who’s such as you’ve had your fair proportion of points with planning up to now. However you’re prepared to show a brand new leaf and actually go all in on planning correctly as a perfectionist, to be able to construct a enterprise that you recognize you’re able to constructing.

So let’s discuss the 1st step, which is the ability hour. So your Energy Hour can be an hour planning session. At first of is perhaps 90 minutes, that’s okay however intention for an hour. And that is in order nicely it doesn’t go into procrastinate planning the place you’re spending a complete day planning your week, after which you find yourself getting nothing completed in any respect. So we have now one hour. And through this hour, your mind goes to harm, you’re going to undergo a wave of emotions. So initially, you may really feel a bit overwhelmed after step one.

However then while you observe the opposite steps which can be a part of the method we have now for the ability hour, you’re going to finish up in a spot the place you’re feeling dedicated to your plans, the place you possibly can take a look at your calendar and actually really feel like they’re supporting you. And never simply your enterprise however your you personally, your relationships, your well being, your nicely being the whole lot that you’ve occurring in your life. And we have now to be so dedicated to getting via that complete course of. As a result of if we simply accomplish that at the start, you’ll do a mind dump and you’re going to get the whole lot out of your head and onto a web page. And I discussed within the earlier episode on procrasti-planning, how that’s procrastinating if we do exactly that and nothing else. As a result of it’s so overwhelming that we find yourself doing nothing in any respect it finally ends up placing us within the all or nothing mindset. And we expect I don’t know which activity to begin with and it’s all necessary, “Fuck it, I’m simply gonna watch Netflix as a result of that is too arduous.” So we don’t need to be doing that we need to be going via this complete course of within the Energy Hour, I’m not going to undergo all the ten steps on this episode that’s lined inside PGSD.

If you be a part of, you’ll be taught all of that it’s in module two. And also you’ll additionally, by the best way, have on demand entry to the whole lot inside PGSD as quickly as you join, together with the ability planning module, as nicely, and training and all of the issues. So you’ll write out this to do record and get the whole lot all of the little issues enterprise stuff, life admin stuff, something you have to do onto the web page. After which throughout this Energy Hour, what you’ll do is you’ll find yourself placing your needle-moving duties into your digital calendar.

So I typically get requested about what instruments do you employ for energy planning. So we suggest utilizing iCal in case you have a MacBook or Mac laptop, or Google Calendar, in case you don’t, they’re each free. And in addition, they each ought to be capable to sync up along with your telephone as nicely. So for me personally, I like to take a look at my iCal on my telephone the evening earlier than and simply see like, Cool. Is there any motive I set my alarm within the morning, early. At the moment I’ve a child, she’s my alarm. However I be sure that I’m conscious of what’s occurring the next day. And so it’s simply actually useful to have it accessible on my telephone. This isn’t simply say there’s no place for pen and paper and totally different to-do lists. Outdoors of that, for instance, I’ve somewhat to-do record, I carry on Trello of life admin duties. After which I’ll put life admin in my energy planning and work via that.

However that’s an exception, I wouldn’t suggest working like that for enterprise duties. And it’s so necessary to essentially deal with the duties that you simply put in your calendar for enterprise as not simply belongings you’re going to work on, however seeing them as outcomes you’re going to attain and having them be particular and time sure, and that type of factor. So I don’t try this in each space of my life. As I stated in life admin, I’ve a special strategy. In relation to enterprise, I actually deal with my enterprise with that respect. And that takes apply and time.

And that is one thing for instance I reached not too long ago coached on inside PGSD, one in all our PGSD is, was feeling annoyed that she wasn’t nearer to her unimaginable. And I used to be teaching her on self-image. And I gained’t go into that on this episode. However she wasn’t serious about herself as even having a enterprise. Though she had merchandise that she was promoting. She was pondering nicely for it to be a enterprise, then I should be making a sure amount of cash, I believe for her it was $1,000 a month, I must have a registered firm, I must have my taxes figured on the market was all this standards for having an actual enterprise. And so one thing that could possibly be occurring is in case you don’t but establish your self as an entrepreneur. And for me, this occurred even after I’d made cash, I nonetheless didn’t really feel like I had a enterprise. And it wasn’t till I made this swap over to pondering of myself, as a enterprise proprietor, as an entrepreneur, no matter you need to name your self, however really recognizing that you have already got a enterprise, you’re in enterprise, you’re a enterprise proprietor, it’s not somewhat pastime, that’s so necessary.

And planning in a manner that respects that and takes your enterprise extra significantly, is a very useful approach to construct that self-image that then goes to have you ever executing that social media technique or sending out the emails to your e-mail record or doing any type of tactic or technique to construct your enterprise, that’s going to be a lot simpler. Should you really consider you might have a enterprise. Should you assume it’s a pastime, you’re going to indicate up in that manner. And it’s by no means going to work. And also you’re going to assume nicely, as soon as it really works, I’ll begin believing that I’ve a enterprise, however it’s by no means gonna work till you consider it. So it’s a must to consider in it first. And so actually treating your enterprise with the respect of creating a plan and a plan that you may really execute on is so necessary. And this is perhaps a giant piece of the puzzle you’re lacking that you simply’re pondering it’s a pastime, or for me even earlier than I hit 10k a month, I used to be like somebody an actual business-like in my thoughts or making six figures. That’s while you had an actual enterprise. And so I ended myself from doing issues that may assist me construct the enterprise.

So I actually need to invite you, particularly in case you can relate to that to begin energy planning and to essentially present up for your enterprise in the best way that you really want it to indicate up for you. Should you’re annoyed. isn’t supplying you with extra, and also you’re not giving what you possibly can to it? How is that going to work? Your online business and you’ve got a relationship. And you have to actually be dedicated to that relationship. And never saying, Oh, it’s only a informal factor, you recognize, we’ll see the way it goes, like if you consider, and I’m on a aspect tangent now, however I’m going to maintain going. If you consider a relationship along with your vital different, in case you’re like, Oh, it’s an off-the-cuff factor. And you recognize, I’ll see the way it goes. And all of that type of factor. That’s not going to encourage them, to indicate up absolutely for you and to be dedicated to you want Are we dedicated, as soon as they’re dedicated, it doesn’t work, you have to present up the way you need to be handled and with the respect that you simply need to be handled with. And energy planning is such a good way to do this with your enterprise. Should you really feel prefer it’s a pastime, this can be a nice alternative, an incredible apply that can assist you change that.

So going again to the ability hour. So by the best way, you don’t want to do that on Monday morning. You don’t want to do that on Sunday morning, or Sunday evening or no matter time, your week can begin and finish everytime you need it to. So for instance, I used to do my energy hour on a Thursday. And that was the way it labored finest for me with what I had occurring in different areas of my life for me to consider my week as beginning on the Friday, and going via to the subsequent Thursday. So there doesn’t must be a selected time. And in addition, I believe after we perfectionist make-up, make it a selected time we have now to do it, then if we don’t really feel prefer it, then we simply don’t do it. After which a complete week goes by and we haven’t made plans and we’re simply winging it and beneath planning and all of these issues. So that you’ll put your needle shifting duties. So this pertains to your unimaginable purpose into your calendar. And in addition as a part of that energy hour, you may be creating contingency plans that make it simple to get the whole lot completed with out feeling overwhelmed. So that is one other piece that we are likely to overlook is the significance of contingency plans, and accounting for the truth that we’re not all the time going to really feel motivated.

Or that issues can change, one thing can come up. What we do, after we’re not planning correctly as a perfectionist, have been doing that procrastinate planning is that we’re planning as if it must be adopted to a tee as is, and we are able to’t change it in any respect. And that is the place so many perfectionist will get caught. In relation to planning amidst uncertainty when you might have adjustments in your power and your temper. Or you might have adjustments in your commitments to your loved ones and what’s wanted from you exterior of your enterprise, that in case you have been pondering the plans I make have to remain precisely as is all through your entire week. For me to have deliberate efficiently. And since I don’t know precisely what’s gonna occur this week, then I can’t plan in any respect. That could be a signal of procrasti-planning, that’s okay. However we need to ensure on this what we do within the energy hour that you’re creating contingency plans so that you’re anticipating forward of time what obstacles may come up. After which you’re making a plan for in the event that they do, you have been deciding, okay, I’m going to push that activity again. Or really, I’m going to maneuver that activity to the subsequent week. Or I’m going to prioritize this over that if I’ve much less time. You’re making that plan forward of time. In order that if that does occur, you’re not like, oh, the plans ruined. I’m going to scrap it and begin once more subsequent week, which is what we are likely to do after we assume the plan has to simply it’s like this motionless factor that simply has to remain as is.

And as quickly as we fall behind. If you consider it, it’s solely potential to fall behind in a plan, in case you assume the plan has to remain as it’s. However as soon as you actually perceive how contingency plans work in terms of planning correctly, when you perceive methods to anticipate obstacles successfully, methods to overcome these obstacles, methods to regulate and I’ll discuss that extra with the little tweaks, which is step two. However when you’re in a position to plan in a manner the place you’re really taking into consideration actuality, and that you simply’re going to have totally different quantities of power and also you’re acquired your mind goes the entire time goes to attempt to derail your efforts. Prefer it thinks that you simply following your plan, which goes to end in you doubtlessly succeeding or doubtlessly failing and on the top of both of these doubtlessly feeling disgrace. It thinks it’s unsafe to observe your plans. So your mind goes to be pulling out its finest techniques to get you to procrastinate to get you to really feel overwhelmed to get you burned out.

It’s working to do this and we have to be taught and you may be taught it’s really it’s we really feel like. You’re both only a one who can adapt to that. Or really what we expect is there are different individuals who have their complete week they know precisely what’s occurring. There’s no type of uncertainty by any means. And there’s me who has uncertainty, so I can’t plan. However in case you be taught and also you acknowledge you’re in that progress mindset, that you may really discover ways to adapt, a part of the best way we try this within the Energy Hour is contingency plans and a course of round that. It’s unbelievable, how a lot better you may be at following via simply via that alone. So while you’re doing this energy hour, it’s a must to ensure as I stated that, you recognize, you write that lengthy to-do record to get out of your mind. And you then undergo the remainder of the method that I educate in PGSD in that energy hour to get your needle shifting duties in your calendar, which incorporates leaving issues for later.

And not too long ago, a PGSDer requested, however how do I get the whole lot on that lengthy to-do record into my calendar for the week? The reply is, you don’t. And I do know which may not be a satisfying reply. I’m not going to be instructing you methods to get that lengthy to-do record full of busy work and issues that don’t actually matter into your calendar.

So your to-do relies on an overestimation of what you assume you have to do to construct a profitable enterprise. And it’s higher to discover ways to cease overestimating, as a substitute of methods to put that over-estimated too lengthy to-do record into your calendar. In order that’s what we’re doing after we are energy planning. We’re being okay with not getting all of it completed this week. Figuring out that being okay with that permits us to get what completed what issues. Most wait, what am I making an attempt to say? Methods to get. So after we are placing the needle movers in our calendar, we’re specializing in what issues most we’re doing the scary issues that we have to do to construct our enterprise.We’re implementing what we intellectually know in terms of advertising and marketing, in terms of getting clients. And meaning one thing’s going to be completed later. After which different issues are going to be completed by no means as a result of they don’t actually matter.

And in addition, I need to say on this as nicely that I need to simply briefly point out having a to-do later record as a result of this is a crucial a part of it that I like to consider it as being this metaphorical shelf, that we simply have issues that we resolve, okay, not now, perhaps later. And we are able to simply take it off our psychological plate by deciding, okay, it’s like on this shelf. So the best way I consider this shelf is like, think about there’s a shelf on the wall, and also you simply have all of those belongings you need to do upon the shelf. After which you possibly can come again later and take a look at this shelf and choose a number of issues off, if you wish to do it and go away issues on there if you wish to go away them on there for later. And there’ll be saved there. After which we ready for you, as a result of we have now this factor of like, what if I neglect this wonderful concept that I’ve, which is lack of self-trust, we don’t belief ourselves, to have the ability to bear in mind it, we don’t belief ourselves to have the ability to execute after we’re not feeling motivated. But when we had this to-do later, it actually frees up a lot psychological power that we spend feeling responsible about not getting the whole lot completed this week. However I need to say as nicely having a to-do later record solely works if later will get specified. So that you want some type of system for placing issues in your to later record to do later. After which reviewing that record and deciding what is going to get completed and what gained’t get completed. And in addition deciding in case you say okay, I’m going to do this subsequent week, when subsequent week.

So for instance, once I’m doing my Energy Hour, if there’s one thing I’m like not this week, however subsequent week, I put that in my planning for subsequent week. After which once I’m doing subsequent week’s Energy Hour, I’ll overview that and put it on the time that really is smart primarily based on the higher info I’ve then. However I’ll really allocate a sure time to it. Should you don’t get particular about your to-do later record, it’s best to give that record a brand new title, issues I’m pretending to do. Issues I’m pretending I’m going to do later. So we need to be sure that after we’re leaving issues to laid out, we’re not doing it in a manner that creates overwhelm. And that finally ends up with us nonetheless feeling all this guilt that we haven’t completed sufficient. So on this energy hour, you’ll know as I stated, What duties go away for the long run. As a result of so many issues really feel necessary. It’s arduous to inform which of them however you’ll resolve on this energy hour. And you’ll go away issues for the long run and we’ll begin your week feeling on high of your enterprise. Even in case you have a full time job. You’re elevating younger kids. You’ve got a lot uncertainty in your week that you simply don’t know while you’ll even be capable to work on your enterprise. That energy hour in case you undergo that complete course of that’s concerned in that you’re going to get to the top of it, and the overwhelm can be gone. The guilt about what hadn’t been completed up to now can be gone. And it is possible for you to, like, you’ll be capable to take a look at your calendar and really really feel like I might try this, I can get that completed, I would should be somewhat brave. However that’s really achievable.

So many people after we are planning from a calendar, and we don’t know methods to plan correctly, we take a look at our calendar, and we already know we’re not going to have the ability to do it. So if that’s how you’re feeling on the finish of your Energy Hour, that’s high quality. I imply,It takes apply, three months, not less than. Three month dedication to studying energy planning, practising that studying by doing. So which may occur, you get to the top of that energy hour, you’re like, Oh, my goodness, I can’t do that.

And that is a part of the Energy Hour is you overview workability and also you take a look at okay, I’m going to mentally zoom into Monday morning, how do I really feel this? is there sufficient time for relaxation? Is there sufficient time for me to eat and journey and all of the various things that I want to do this day, after which adjusting. And you retain doing that till you get to the ultimate step of the Energy Hour, which is committing. If you’re like, I’m dedicated to following via with this plan.

Now, this leads me to the second step of energy planning, which is little tweaks. On daily basis, you’ll spend somewhat little bit of time tweaking your calendar so you may get the whole lot completed with out ever feeling behind with out burning out. Even when one thing sudden comes up.

This is among the half that the majority perfectionists missed. Once more, we expect, okay, I must make the plan and it could possibly’t change. I simply must observe via with it completely. I don’t need to fall behind. However it additionally must be such an ideal plan that I’m undoubtedly not going to fail. And if I succeed, it gained’t be greater than I might deal with. And it’s very difficult to play in that mindset and to do it in a manner that really ends in productiveness and attaining our objectives and all of these issues. However after we’re not approaching the planning session with the view of this may be up to date as new info comes up. And this may be up to date. relying on what I uncover all through the week, then it’s so difficult.

However after we give it some thought, Okay, I’ve made contingency plans, I already know that issues might need to alter on this, I’m nonetheless dedicated to the plans and the outcomes that I’m attaining. So after we depend needle movers, we calendar them as outcomes, not as actions. So actually centered on the end result of the work we’re placing in not simply being busy engaged on this and somewhat bit of labor right here and somewhat bit of labor there. And somewhat bit of labor on that. It’s actually about getting outcomes, like being productive is producing outcomes, not simply shuffling papers round or you recognize spending an hour searching for a sound that you should utilize in your TikTok or your Instagram reel or no matter that you may remix prefer it’s really doing issues that produce outcomes that transfer the needle.

So through the week, you do little tweaks. So for me, what I love to do is, and even proper now I can see my energy planning, I can see my calendar, I’ll have my calendar open, and I’ll because the day goes on. So it’s mainly treating it like a to-do record, however it’s time-bound. And there’s blocks, you possibly can transfer round. And there’s a transparent finish to my day, I do know what time my day is ending right this moment. It’s all laid out. It’s not this countless record of all his 50 issues I hope to get completed right this moment. And oh shit, there’s no manner I might really try this. However I don’t need to intention for much less. As a result of what if I’m not productive in any respect. And okay, that is to everybody, Oh, I can do something. We’re not doing that. As an alternative, I’ve deliberate in my calendar, what I can obtain right this moment. And I’m working via that.

And as issues come up, so for instance, I’ve a child. I’m presently breastfeeding on demand. In order that’s such an incredible instance of when there’s uncertainty. I additionally don’t know if she’ll be unwell. I additionally don’t know if she’s going to be up all evening, and I’ll haven’t any power. And really, the subsequent episode goes to be an interview with Michelle, who’s the opposite PGSD coach about energy planning amidst uncertainty. And we each have infants and speaking about how we have now been in a position to nonetheless energy plan even with that uncertainty. However I do know once I’m doing my energy planning that I’m going to be needing to feed Lydia six occasions a day, and I don’t know when. And in addition I don’t know what time I’m going to wish to get up. As a result of it’ll be each time she wakes up that I’ll get up and typically that’s 4 am and typically at 7 am and if I can take the sleep in, I’ll. so I don’t know what time of day I’m gonna get up however I’m in a position to make these little tweaks and once I’m doing my energy hour I take that each one into consideration in my calendar, in order that I’m not falling behind, I’m not making an attempt to plan as if I don’t have a child or plan is that if every single day, I’m getting a full eight hours of sleep and bouncing off the bed.

As a result of typically which may occur. Not too typically, presently, however some days, different days it doesn’t. However I’m in a position to make these little tweaks. So I can nonetheless preserve going, and not less than obtain the essence of what I had got down to do. Even when it doesn’t look precisely the best way I assumed it will. And typically all through the week, you understand that one thing you place in your calendar was really busy work that didn’t even should be completed in any respect. Or if it was simple, one in all my favourite questions, what would this appear to be if it was simple? That if it was simple, you’ll really do it in a very manner that may take half the time. Otherwise you wouldn’t do the factor you have been planning on doing in any respect, and also you do one thing else as a substitute. So as a substitute of getting you caught with it being a sure manner, and once more, that is the place we get so fixated on like I must make the precise plans as a result of I can’t change them through the week.

Should you’re on this mindset of really, I can replace my plans. And I’m going to be taught via doing the weekly overview, which I’ll discuss in a second, methods to inform when to relaxation, methods to inform when to push via, I’m going to be taught when it’s self-sabotage. And when it’s self-care, all of these issues are going to have the ability to be taught through the use of energy planning. And so when one thing does come up, you’re not going to be like, now I’m so behind, I’ll be feeling responsible, it is possible for you to to essentially simply stand in your energy and in your resourcefulness and resilience and adapt these plans as wanted. As a result of none of us ever have this like certainty that all of us assume everybody else does. That they simply, have this excellent week laid out. And nothing that might interrupt that. And I do know that it’s tempting, like having a toddler now to assume, oh, all these folks with out kids. They don’t have that.

However I had that earlier than I had Lydia, like I had interruptions I had life occurring earlier than. So it’s simple for us to be on this like pity occasion as nicely, like, nicely, different folks don’t do shift work, or nicely, different folks don’t do XYZ, no matter it’s we expect different folks don’t do to acknowledge, regardless, everybody has components of uncertainty of their week. And the one manner any of us can successfully handle or not even handle that’s not the precise phrase, successfully use that and use it to our benefit is to do these little tweaks all through the week. What I love to do is once I’m doing my energy planning, I deal with it like a to-do record that I add somewhat checkmark emoji once I’ve completed one thing. And I preserve it up to date to mirror what I really did.

In order that shifting on to step three, which is a weekly overview. After I’m doing my weekly overview, I’m seeing in my calendar, what I really did that week, it’s to not the minute. It’s not like an absolute correct reflection. However it’s shut sufficient for me to have the ability to see, oh, I plan to are you aware, I do know I had that factor deliberate on that day. And I ended up not doing it in any respect that week and that occurs. I’m a human. This can be a apply. And it’s so highly effective to have the ability to try this weekly overview, have that compassion, see what labored, what didn’t work, what to do in another way, and make these changes in order that you’ll be able to plan extra successfully for your self and your values and your way of life the next week.

So for example, right this moment, I’m recording that is the 14th of December as a result of I’ve energy deliberate out about 5 weeks of duties all of sudden. Figuring out that I’m going to have the ability to observe via with all of them. Figuring out that I’m going to have the ability to do that promotion for PGSD does this planning sequence. Whereas shifting again into our home. It’s simply been renovated. Having Lydia’s first Christmas, going away to the seashore for 5 days. Doing all these various things. I do know that I acquired my plans in my calendar, and I’m going to have the ability to observe them and I don’t know precisely what’s gonna occur. I didn’t know what date we’re shifting in. This so many issues that I don’t know.

However I’m in a position to after having practiced for a number of years now. I’m in a position to confidently plan that period of time in my calendar with a child, with the home transfer with all these different issues as nicely and know that it’ll all get completed due to the self-trust I’ve been in a position to construct via energy planning due to the best way that I’ve been in a position to apply making these little tweaks, doing my weekly overview, actually attending to know myself Like in case you’re a private growth nerd like I’m, and you’re keen on attending to know your self, and actually seeing what works for you, and what doesn’t be just right for you. And even like in current episodes, I’ve talked about human design, that is such an unbelievable instrument to assist with that. If you wish to actually perceive your self, doing the ability planning methodology, so the Energy Hour,  little tweaks, weekly overview, that’s going to place you in such an unbelievable place, not simply by way of your productiveness, not simply by way of your enterprise, but additionally by way of your private progress.

And one thing you are able to do while you do your planning at the start of the week, is take a screenshot of your calendar. After which on the finish of the week, so while you’ve up to date it to mirror what you really did just about, then take a screenshot. And while you’re doing all of your weekly overview, you possibly can evaluate them and they are going to be totally different. Like I do know, for instance, once I plan out the final of PGSD, which is in Might 2021, that I deliberate once more, about six weeks in my calendar, and I really did this, I took screenshots of my calendar, and the duties that I had in that and the clear relaxation that I had, and buffer time and all these various things.

After which by the top of it, as soon as I had completed all of that work, it seems to be utterly totally different. However it had all been completed. After I was I believe on the time 30 one thing weeks pregnant, I didn’t know once I was going to have my child, they’ll come anytime. So I had no thought any of that any little hos, I wanted to have a number of sudden hospital visits, that was in a position to be labored into the plan. Like I didn’t know any of that forward of time. However while you’re actually in a position to perceive methods to make contingency plans and methods to preserve your plans workable. And also you don’t simply intellectually perceive that however you’re doing the apply, you’re getting the assistance you have to actually see the place your blind spots are, the place you is perhaps self-sabotaging you didn’t understand all of these various things, you’ll be able to then get to this place the place I’m now, the place I’m in a position to plan amidst a variety of uncertainty, weeks at a time. And every week once I do my Energy Hour, I simply go in, and I make changes. However I preserve it workable. And the entire thing finally ends up working doesn’t look precisely how I assumed it will I had at the start and a speculation as to what I assumed I wanted to have completed. And once I thought I must have it completed by however after all, when you begin doing the work, you’re like, oh, really, I completely forgot this factor. And I didn’t understand we’d must work on that as a staff and different issues that come up. However as soon as you actually begin to perceive there are all the time issues that come up, you add in time for stuff to come back up. So it could possibly come up with out throwing issues off.

So I actually need to invite you to begin practising energy planning. And I need to invite you to do this with us inside PGSD. So within the subsequent episode, I’m going to be speaking as I stated about methods to plan amidst uncertainty. And Michelle and I are going to be going into that which goes to be actually enjoyable. After which I’m going to be speaking in regards to the three-month dedication to energy planning. And in addition actually the place planning matches in, by way of getting out of your individual manner and what the total PGSD course of seems to be like.

So that’s your alternative, your invitation to affix us in PGSD. And actually do that work, do that apply, get the assist and help that you simply want. For instance, in PGSD, we have now the PGSD teaching calls, and our most profitable PGSDers, sure they get coached, but additionally they get a lot worth from seeing different PGSDer getting coached and seeing others coached on energy planning. And the way they’ll make it work for his or her state of affairs. Its gonna offer you so many breakthroughs about what you have to do in your state of affairs with out you even having to get coached on the decision. And we have now the PGSD personal podcast we are able to hearken to all of the teaching name replays. And there’s so many wonderful issues about PGSD. I’m going to indicate you that in a future episode. And if you wish to take a look now go to samlaurabrown.com/PGSD. You may get on the waitlist in case you are not already on it. And in case you’re listening to this in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, you possibly can nonetheless go there and see if it’s open or be a part of the waitlist.

However I actually need to invite you into PGSD to do that work to essentially deal with your enterprise with the mindfulness and care and thought and willingness to fail and to do new issues and all that your enterprise deserves. Should you hearken to this podcast frequently, then you know the way a lot I discuss in regards to the significance of the expansion mindset and energy planning and the unimaginable purpose and clear breath that each one designed to get you into the expansion mindset with out you even having to consider entering into the expansion mindset. The instruments themselves are arrange in a manner that mean you can try this work, with out even realizing it.

And in terms of issues like the expansion mindset, we hear issues like, reward the method, and benefit from the journey and that type of stuff, which what does that even imply? These instruments are the instruments that really assist you to try this. So that is simply going to be somewhat overview of what energy planning will assist you to to attain, like what it will appear to be, as soon as you’re energy planning. You’ve completed it for greater than three months. So that you’ll be capable to set large objectives for your enterprise and pursue them absolutely. You gained’t be fearful of disappointment, and fearful of setting unrealistic objectives, since you’ll be capable to belief your self to determine methods to do belongings you’ve by no means completed earlier than. You’ll know methods to be with your self via disappointment via failure. And also you really benefit from the problem, not simply the cliche benefit from the journey. Yeah, yeah. Such as you’re really be experiencing challenges, and discovering your self being thrilled with discovering the answer to them. As an alternative of being in despair, it’s not working.

You’ll make plans that aren’t overwhelming, and that you may observe via on persistently, your weekly plans can be a instrument that may assist you to nourish your enterprise, your well being, your relationships, and also you’ll be attaining greater than you ever have. Whereas most definitely working much less. Whereas really engaged on different areas of your life, in addition to the way you do one issues, the way you do the whole lot. So by actually going all-in on your enterprise and never being half-assed with it anymore. That may simply stream over into different areas of your life, the profit is that you simply’ll be capable to regulate and adapt your relaxation with out guilt. And be brave and revolutionary in your enterprise on account of that since you gained’t really feel like whether or not folks like your enterprise or not as a mirrored image of whether or not they such as you or not, and whether or not you’re lovable or not, you’ll belief your self to make the precise choices. And to do this with out overthinking, you may be self-aware and know the indicators that you simply’re in your individual manner.

As a result of you will notice that in your Energy planning, you will notice that in your weekly overview. And you’ll know what to do to get again out of your individual manner. And you’ll perceive that with every new degree of enterprise, there’s going to be a little bit of perfectionism work that comes up. And also you’ve acquired the instruments that can assist you with that. You’re feeling assured in your capability to get out of your individual manner you don’t anticipate that, it’s simply you get out of your individual manner. And that’s it endlessly and by no means have to do that work once more. For this reason we alter PGSD from being a month-to-month membership to being lifetime entry. As a result of there’s going to be time for you actually need to do the work to get out of your individual manner and apply what you intellectually know. Then there’s going to be occasions when you have to go on the market and be taught extra issues. After which there’s going to be a time when you have to do the issues you recognize you have to do and also you’re getting in your individual manner and also you’re self-sabotaging or perhaps you’re going to procrasti-learning and studying these new issues for too lengthy. Prefer it goes forwards and backwards. And PGSD goes to be there for you at each degree to get lifetime entry while you join. 

So anyway, this isn’t about energy planning, and actually promoting you on planning in a manner that really works for a perfectionist. So we have now the ability hour, we have now little tweaks and we have now the weekly overview. That’s how we do energy planning. And I invite you into PGSD when the doorways open quickly to essentially embody this and provides it the time and apply that it deserves. And I say this time it would prevent a lot time as a result of procrasti-planning is a big time suck. So with that stated I hope you discovered this episode useful once more samlaurabrown.com/PGSD is the place you possibly can be a part of the waitlist for PGSD. Yow will discover out extra about this system you possibly can join when it opens. I hope you’re having a lovely day and I’ll discuss to you within the subsequent episode.

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I hope you loved that episode within the planning sequence, I need to invite you into Perfectionist Getting Shit Executed so you may get out of your individual manner in your enterprise and get your enterprise off the bottom. Should you wrestle with exhibiting up persistently, in case you wrestle with procrastination, with overthinking, with burnout, with overwhelm, with having a tough time making choices. PGSD is for you. We’re doing presently our final enrollment for the yr. So the doorways are closing at 11:59pm jap time this Friday, the twenty first of November. So to affix us inside, go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd, right this moment.