Why This 7x7 Grid is the Secret to Your Perfect Week

Every Wednesday afternoon, my friend Bedros Keuilian tells me to, "Take a hike."

It doesn’t matter if we just spent three hours filming new episodes of our Empire podcast, if we spent the entire day coaching entrepreneurs in our Empire mastermind, or if we spent hours driving all the way back to Southern California from a speaking gig in Phoenix, Arizona (as we did on one legendary road trip).

Every Wednesday at 5 o’clock, Bedros looks at me and says, “You’re on your own for dinner tonight, buddy.”

Why? What could I possibly do on Wednesdays that so greatly offends my business partner and friend?

Nothing. I haven’t done anything bad. In fact, he’s only telling me to take a hike because he is one of my best coaching clients.

Every Wednesday is his weekly date night with his wife. This special evening is as non-negotiable as playing the Star Spangled Banner before game one of the World Series. Nothing gets in the way of date night—not even me—and I couldn’t be prouder of Bedros for keeping it that way.

Bedros has spent the last 10 years learning from me, and during that time he has committed to building his business around his life, rather than his life around his business. He’s held fast to this principle even as his franchise has grown from 75 locations to 750 locations.

His family comes first, and nothing gets in the way of date night with his wife or weekly “dates” with his daughter and son.

But he’s nothing special. (Just don’t tell him I said that.)

You can do it, too—even if you’re one of those hard-charging, ambitious entrepreneurs or executives who thinks about work all the time when you’re at home, and then feels guilty about not being home when you’re at work.

The solution I gave Bedros and the solution I want to teach you is what I call The Perfect Week Formula.

And I can guarantee that once you use this simple strategy... You'll never go back.