{"id":1698,"date":"2017-08-15T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T03:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2017-08-15T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T03:20:10","slug":"how-to-do-your-weekly-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2017\/how-to-do-your-weekly-review\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Do Your Weekly Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life Area: Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You probably notice on my Ideal Week Sample<\/a> that I do a Weekly Review every Sunday evening…well, not EVERY Sunday evening, but that would be my ideal \ud83d\ude42 Anyway, I’m often asked, “How do you do a weekly review?”<\/p>\n

A Harvard study<\/a> found that practicing reflection makes what we’ve learned stick in our minds better, as well as improving our performance. In fact, they proved that we reach a point in our work or training when we’ve learned enough such that reflecting on our experience can actually boost our performance more than further practice.<\/p>\n

Reflecting is good for us, whether tracking our progress on goals or taking note of what we’ve learned, reflecting regularly helps us refocus and re-motivate. The weekly review is a chance to tie up loos ends, prepare for the week ahead and monitor short-term goals progress.<\/p>\n

How To Do A Weekly Review<\/h2>\n

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If you’re just getting started with your own weekly review you’ll probably go through a phase of trial and error to find your sweet spot as to what works for you. What I share here is what I do and it may be a place for you to get started.<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Sort through paperwork. <\/strong>Some will need to be scanned and digitally filed, some may need action, and others simply tossed.<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Review meeting notes from the week.<\/strong> When I take notes I use various symbols to depict a personal action item, a delegated item, an in-progress item, etc. During my Weekly Review, I review my notes and find those items that need further action or follow-up next week.<\/p>\n

Step <\/strong>3:<\/strong> Review last week’s Weekly Task List and calendar.<\/strong> As mentioned here before, you all know I keep, and advise you keep, a simple task management system in Evernote<\/a> which includes a Master Task List, a Weekly Task List, and a ToDo Today list. During my Weekly Review, I review my Weekly Task List and my calendar to cross off items accomplished and find any items needing follow-up…ok, true confession, I don’t wait for my weekly review to check-off items accomplished, I usually do it immediately (and yes, if the item is not on my Weekly Task List, I add it and then check it off!).<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong> Review goals. <\/strong>Doing this at this point grounds me in my priorities for the week ahead. Inevitably we get pulled away from our visions by the day-to-day mundane. By looking at my goals before establishing my week ahead reminds me what to prioritize. <\/p>\n

Step 5:<\/strong> Review upcoming week’s calendar. <\/strong>I’m usually putting meetings in the calendar the moment they’re requested. At this point in my Weekly Review, I am looking for any meetings or events that need scheduled preparation time.<\/p>\n

Step 6:<\/strong> Look over my Master Task List.\u00a0<\/strong>Here is where I move tasks and projects from my Master Task List to my Weekly Task List and calendar any related time blocks.<\/p>\n

Step 7:<\/strong> Review delegated tasks. <\/strong>I make a mental note of what has been delegated to me by others and what I have delegated to others and then calendar times next week that I will follow-through or follow-up.<\/p>\n

This process may or may not work for you. Please find a system that does and benefit from doing a Weekly Review each week. Doing one will not only help you prepare for the week ahead, but it also ensures that nothing from the past week gets forgotten or overlooked.<\/p>\n

YOUR ACTION STEP<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Download my FREE Ideal Week excel template<\/a> and sample<\/a> from my FREE Resources page<\/a> on my website<\/a> and perform your own Weekly Review using the outline above as a guide. If you find that the method that I practice doesn’t work for you, don’t give up, modify it in a way that works for you. Let me know by commenting below how your Weekly Review is benefiting you.<\/p>\n

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