Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 2042. Today,

this excerpt comes from the book, The Score, takes care of itself by Coach Bill Walsh. It's one of my

favorite books. And I love this excerpt because it's talking about, essentially it's helping

those who feel like they are always a step

behind, those of us who feel like we are getting inundated by our to-do lists. Listen to what Coach

Walsh says. Quote, planning even one day ahead was usually much better than trying to make a

decision in the heat of the contest amid the clatter

and chaos. In doing so, I reduced the possibility of panic-driven, ill-conceived decisions.

If I'd done my work properly, little would arise that hadn't been anticipated. We'd seldom be

caught off guard or have to come up with a plan in a panic.

Of course, there's always something you can't anticipate, but you strive to greatly reduce the

number of those unforeseeables, close quote. This is a simple reminder to plan. This happens often.

I was working with a coach recently. Let's call him Bill. And Coach Bill was

telling me about the benefit he has seen with planning even one day ahead. Now you might think,

wait, doesn't everybody do that? It becomes very difficult, even for professional coaches

to plan one day ahead. There are so many things that head

coaches at the highest level have to deal with. And sometimes planning is something that they don't

do all the time. But he described when he does, it's amazing how he's able to be more present at home.

He's able to sleep better and like coach

walsh says he doesn't have to make ill-advised panic-driven decisions in the heat of the moment come the

next day and so my invitation to you is to take this council from coach walsh and to plan. Prepare for the best, prepare for the worst,

anticipate what decisions you may have to make the next day. And we're not even talking about

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