857: ACTION SATURDAY (plan a productive week! w/ Dan Mott)
What if you could transform your dreaded weekends into productivity powerhouses ahead of a new week? In this Action Saturday episode, we're joined by the ever-inspiring Dan Mott, a revenue mindset coach and creator of the Manifest a Million Challenge. Dan sheds light on a simple yet powerful method to plan the perfect productive week. Drawing from his vast experience in sales and helping solopreneurs, Dan's approach allows you to isolate what truly matters and get rid of those never-ending to-do lists. Discover how to start your week with clear priorities and structure your days for maximum impact.
ABOUT DAN
Dan Mott has been in sales his entire life and has experienced the struggle of hating selling and trying to force himself into it. But instead of giving up, he made a decision to create a system that would work for him. He has worked with countless people who also hate selling, and he has helped them find a way to enjoy connecting with real people and using relationships as a tool to drive business opportunities. His goal is to help others succeed in sales without having to force themselves into something they hate. Dan is a revenue mindset coach for solopreneurs, creator of the Manifest a Million Challenge, Co-Founder of MarketingOps.com, and runs a DnD Networking group for business nerds.
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Hey, what is up?
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Wontrepreneurs and entrepreneurs all over the world, it's Brian LoFermento here, host of the Wontrepreneur to Entrepreneur podcast, and this is an Action Saturday episode from a guest that we heard, that so many of you absolutely loved, in this Monday's episode, which was episode 854.
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We are bringing Dan Mott back for this Action Saturday because he absolutely rocked it in Monday's episode, where he shared with us his pitch-free sales framework.
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I personally had so much fun talking to Dan in episode 854 and I'm so grateful that he's back with us today with a very actionable and important Action Saturday episode.
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Just to tell you a little bit about Dan Dan has been in sales his entire life and he has experienced the struggle of hating selling and trying to force himself into it, something that we all face as entrepreneurs.
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But instead of giving up, he made a decision to create a system that would work for him.
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He's worked with countless people who also hate selling and he's helped them find a way to enjoy connecting with real people and using relationships as a tool to drive business opportunities.
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His goal is to help others succeed in sales without having to force themselves into something they hate.
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Dan is a revenue mindset coach for solopreneurs.
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He's the creator of the Manifest a Million Challenge.
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He's the co-founder of MarketingOpscom.
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He even runs a D&D networking group for business nerds.
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Dan is freaking awesome.
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Definitely catch his full episode, episode 854.
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Otherwise, this Action Saturday is going to help you isolate what actually matters and get rid of that to-do list.
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Take it away, dan.
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Hey everyone, dan Mott, here and in today's Action Saturday, we are going to be talking about how to plan the perfect, productive weekend day.
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So here's what I want you to do I want you to go ahead and find a blank journal or notebook, something you can write down in week over week, day over day.
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I want you to dedicate this journal, this notebook, to being able to start planning your weeks and your days more efficiently so you can be more productive.
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So go ahead and pause this.
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If you need to Go dig something up, go to the store, buy it and then pick it back up when you're ready.
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We'll start to write down on the piece of paper at the very top, running down the left hand side of the page.
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I want you to write monday's date.
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So for whatever week you're planning if it happens to be today, or if it happens to be tomorrow or your middle in the week start from last monday.
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You're going to write the day of the week starting with Monday and then you're going to equally space down the page.
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You're going to write the days of the week that you work.
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So for most of you, it'll be the start of the week and then Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday.
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All the way down the left-hand column of the page.
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Underneath each of those, you're going to make three circles and you're going to fill them with A, b and C for both, at the top, underneath the week as well as underneath each day of the week.
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So your page, when you're done, is going to look like day of the week starting Monday, abc, monday ABC, tuesday ABC, wednesday ABC, and so on.
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Now what you want to to do is you want to at the start of your week, at the start of your day, you want to take about 10 to 15 minutes to yourself.
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It's better if you do this early on, but take some time with yourself to really truly reflect what is the single most important thing that I can do today, right now, that will make the biggest impact on my life and business, and you write that down in A.
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Now, on Monday, you're going to do this for both the week and the day, and then the rest of the week you're just going to do it for the day.
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I personally like to start with what's on my mind, what is my subconscious telling me that this is the most important thing that I can be doing right now.
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But I also want to make sure that I don't miss deadlines and I don't miss out on other things that are important that I might be forgetting about.
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So I have a big list.
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I personally use ClickUp to kind of store this list and my due dates and when I need to get things done and how much of a priority they are.
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But I use this combination of what is top of mind for me and where is my running list of activities to do.
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You're going to use the 80-20 rule, right?
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You're not going to do everything.
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What is the absolute most important, what is the number one most important thing I can be doing this week, today, right now?
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And you're going to repeat that process every week and every day.
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And as you start to go through your day, you want to make sure that you are checking off every single one of those lines, no matter how busy your day gets.
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These are the three most important things that you need to accomplish today, and if you do this, day over day, week over week, you will continue to be more productive, more focused, and it is just going to change your life.
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So that's today's Action, saturday episode Go, take action, let's get more productive.
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Here's to getting better and better every day.
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