You're probably wondering what this is

It's one example of the power of habit

Welcome to the Monday Morning Meeting (MMM).

You’re probably wondering what this is.

TLDR; It’s one example of the power of habit. 15 minutes of nothing every single day changes everything.

Over my career, I’ve come to believe the most undervalued truth is that outsized results come from compound returns. That is, compound returns of every habit in life: routines, relationships, introspection, learning, dieting, money, working out, prospecting, you name it.

For that reason, it only felt appropriate to use one of the many things that simply work as the namesake of our new inbox tradition—Monday Morning Meeting.

For most people (I’m sure not you), Monday Morning goes something like this:

• Struggle with morning routine

• Get to work (virtually)

• Try to get started

• Do less than you hoped

• Lunch

Roughly right? Enter Monday Morning Meeting. It’s a ritual. An “Atomic Habit” if you will. Ideally at 9AM or earlier, for 15-30 minutes, alone or with your team.

The topic? Nothing.

Well not nothing, but definitely not work. It can be anything from ‘thoughts & thanks’ to frivolous internet scrolling.

Anything more than that, and you’ve simply delayed the inevitable pre-lunch nothingness. By holding a MMM, you confine the necessity to clear the cobwebs and get it out of the way.

In seven of nine years at LinkedIn, I kept this tradition like clockwork—daily for myself, and weekly for my teams—and guess how many “hard years” we had in that time? Yes, two.

You can call it superstition, but in reality it’s compound returns.

By keeping this ritual, you change the entire trajectory of your days and the productivity of your weeks, which in turn, become years. I’ve estimated this practice returns as many as 4,000 hours per year to a ten-person team—the equivalent of adding two full-time people.

And that’s it. A simple habit, one you can start today, that when compounded over time will raise your game.

Going forward, every Monday I will send a short note to kickstart your week—a thought, a tip, a habit, a reflection, a quote, a question, or something entirely different but genuine to who I am with the goal of helping you. All I ask from you is that you read it with the intention to be more productive and successful.

See you Monday.