How to manage your time and attention

1. 01Capture everything in one placeOne list, one calendar. Anything living in your head, in Slack, and in three notebooks will be dropped.
2. 02Pick three priorities per dayIf everything is a priority, nothing is. Three finished things beat twelve started ones.
3. 03Block time, don't keep a to-do listPut the work in the calendar with a start and end. Tasks without a slot get pushed indefinitely.
4. 04Protect one deep-work block90 uninterrupted minutes at your sharpest hour, notifications off, phone in another room. Guard it like a meeting with your boss.
5. 05Batch the shallow workEmail, messages, and admin in two or three fixed windows rather than continuously.
6. 06Run a 15-minute weekly reviewEmpty the inbox and capture list, review last week, set next week's three big rocks, and check the calendar for traps.
7. 07Practice the graceful no"I can't take that on this week — I could do it after the 14th, or Sam may have capacity." Every yes is a no to something else.

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