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The Value of Organizing Tomorrow - Today

Sep 09, 2021


If you want to maximize your effectiveness and the amount you get done each day,
organize tomorrow, today. The second that you open your eyes you can already be
clear and certain about what you have to do that day.
It’s much more effective than trying to plan your day on the fly!
In the evening, you’re much more objective about the next day than you are when
you’re in the midst of it. It’s easy to plan a trip to the gym the day before. It’s not as
easy to do so on the same day when it’s raining, and you’re just not in the mood.
The best time to plan tomorrow is today!


Follow this process:

✽What do you want to accomplish? Depending on your job, health, family,
hobbies, and life in general, what you want to accomplish will vary. Make a list
of all the things you want to accomplish tomorrow. Include tasks that help you
to reach your goals. Your list might have activities like this:

Make a nutritious lunch for kids.
Be at the office by 7:45.
Give a great presentation at work at 2:00pm.
Eat a healthy lunch.
Work out for 30 minutes.

Practice piano for 30 minutes.
Speak with an employee about frequent absences.
Call my financial planner to schedule a meeting about my portfolio.

✽What are the best ways to accomplish those tasks? There are many ways to
accomplish something. But there is only one best way. Think of your resource
constraints (including time) and determine the optimal way for you to
accomplish the tasks you’ve identified as most important.

What foods will you include in your child’s lunch?
What is the best route to get to work? What time do I have to get up in
order to be at work by 7:45?

✽What do I need to do to be prepared for the presentation? Do I need to
reserve a room? Who should be present?

✽What will I have for lunch? Will I bring it or go out to eat?

✽What type of workout will I do? Where?

✽What are the obstacles you’re likely to face? Consider everything that might
get in your way and develop a plan that will address those obstacles. If
something goes wrong, how are you going to handle it?

✽Make a plan that has the greatest possibility of avoiding the fewest
obstacles as possible.

✽When are you going to do your tasks? Decide when you’re going to do each of
the items on your list. Bill Gates plans his day in 6-minute intervals. You might
not have to be that precise. Find a method that works for you.

✽Evaluate your day and try again. At the end of the day, take a look at your day
and look for ways to do better. Use what you learned to improve your planning
process.

What did you accomplish?
What did you fail to get done?
When are you going to do it?
What could you have done better?

Make the most important decisions about your day the night before. The day is for
executing, not deciding.
Save your decision-making time for the evening when you can be more objective
and thoughtful.
Put your nose to the grindstone during the day and get things accomplished. Living
life by the seat of your pants might be exciting, but it’s not the most productive way
to live. Make a good plan and then follow it to the best of your ability. The quality of
your life will soar!

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Sudha Bakhshi

For me, Jawaria has been a game changer in seeking non-clinical employment. I’ve been working with her for a period of time that was divided into a number of phases.

This first part was to undergo an inventory of professional traits to better understand my strengths and weaknesses. In general I am skeptical of organizational personality assessments and feel that they tend to overgeneralize and group people based on superficial assumptions. However, I decided to commit to this approach in order to obtain a more objective view of how my interactions may result in certain perceptions in a work environment. This helped me to focus on my motivations and how I wanted to approach this stage of my career.

In the second phase, Jawaria helped me to create a coherent narrative that was reflected in a revision of my resume. She was very supportive as I overcame my hesitation to assert myself in more contemporary formats, such as LinkedIn. I felt that the conversations that we had were essential to feeling more confident as I moved forward to identifying positions that were of interest, researching the employers and writing customized cover letters to accentuate skill sets.

The third phase navigated the strange and often confusing experience of the interview process. Jawaria helped me to just accept the black box that is HR for many corporations and to then move forward to interviews with medical directors and company executives. She was present after every interview, to challenge and also to validate my perceptions of what transpired.

I have many supportive friends in medicine and other professions that offered insight and encouragement in my job hunt. But I feel that the investment in the professional coaching Jawaria offered was essential to creating the mindset necessary to approach and feel comfortable competing in the current non-clinical environment.

In the end, yes, I was able to get an offer for a job that I feel will be very interesting and challenging. And I am very grateful for Jawaria’s assistance in helping me in this process. She was very willing to share her own experiences as a physician and this was enormously meaningful.

There is a saying: “When the student is ready, the teacher will come”. This definitely applied to me and I felt that what she said resonated, even from our first conversation. As physicians, we invest into our profession, but there is something to be said for investing in ourselves as well. I would encourage my fellow doctors to consider how important professional mentorship can be and how often it can feel inaccessible. But if you are ready, then Jawaria can be the catalyst to empower physicians to feel energized about their career choices.