The 3 R's: Rules. Routines. Rituals.

Good evening, Cadre crew. This is Luke Wentland, lover of life. I'm just seeing if the live stream starts up here. Should start momentarily. There it goes. There's the click. I wanted to talk about rules, routines, rituals today. Some of you guys know this, but every single weekend, you know, I run a half marathon. But it's not about that. It's about the rules, routines and written out to think about is what is your rule, routine and ritual for Sunday night? How are you going to start next week?

A lot of people just fly by the seat of their pants come Monday morning and they don't have their schedule set. They don't have their routines ready to go. There's one thing that we all know for sure is we all have the same allotment of time. There's no denying that fact. Right. But how can some people maximize their time more than others? I would argue that it comes down to planning. A lot of individuals think I just fly by the seat in my pants from meeting to meeting, to meeting, to this to that.

Everything else. The reality is it is insanely calculated. Right? So Sunday night, what do I do? I finish up my run. Either Saturday or Sunday. Run is done. What do I do? I go through my blue book. Go through my blue book. I review my previous week, look through my previous week, figure out my pluses, my minus, what worked, what didn't work, what issues or concerns did I have? What areas do I need to address? Maybe it's somebody I need to give feedback to. Maybe it's a specific call that I make.

Right. Then I always have five individuals. Usually I reach out to on Sunday and I talk things like mentors, mentees. Right? Mentors, mentees. Sometimes it's individuals that I'm helping. Sometimes it's individuals that are helping me. Maybe I ask those five different questions. Whatever that looks like, have a conversation, something like that. So those are some things that are very, very important to me. Right? Go back to my blue book. I journal. I journal. I get my journaling done. I get that wrapped up.

Of course, you know, exercise. I give myself plus or minus for the day. I do things like that, right? But then, most importantly, then I get prepared for the next week, every meeting. What is it going to be? What does it look like? Maybe it's one or two, three bullets that I want to discuss or I want to talk about. How can I create value in that particular meeting or with individuals I'm meeting with. Right. So when you look at your time and if you do not know what's coming up next week on Monday, and it's Sunday night.

That is a miss on your part. If you do not know what's happening on Wednesday and you do not have your schedule in line, you do not have things set, and you're not prepared for a meeting, the reality is, it's on you. Right. And, you know, there's also, when I look back at the previous week, when you talk about rules, routines, rituals, I look back and I actually say to myself, like, was that even valuable? Was that valuable for my time? Cause, I mean, for me, and I'm sure just like everybody that's listening to this, it all comes down to that time management and bringing as much as you possibly can in this life with the minutes that you're afforded and awarded, right?

So if I'm not fricking wringing out this towel every day, it's on me. It is absolutely on me. And it's on me to drive more than what I currently am. So I'm gonna ask you again, what is your rules? Rules, routines, rituals. How do you have those set? Are you prepared, prepared for tomorrow? Are you prepared for the week? Do you have everything in line? It's not just showing up to life. It's making sure that your time management is there, productive, energized, and absolutely gonna bring it for all those different minutes in your day.

Right? And so if you look at some of the best executives, you know, leaders in the world, like, sure, they're fortunate, blessed and lucky, that have maybe two or three executive assistants driving their schedules, doing that. Most people don't have that. So who's it on? It's on you. It's absolutely on you. It's on me. It's on every single individual to make sure that you make. Are you driving your own luck? See if you can get it. Have a wonderful weekend.