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After our Q3 numbers tanked, I forced myself to stop checking email for the first 90 minutes of every day to focus on strategy, and it completely reversed our project pipeline in 6 weeks.
Has anyone else found a specific time-blocking rule that actually worked to get your team unstuck?
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knight.xena3mo ago
Gibson.sean's zit thing is a bit much, right?
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sagesingh1mo ago
Oh man, I gotta say I think we're all missing something here. The zit thing is a bit much, sure, but I'm actually more stuck on the 10am coffee timing. In my experience, if you've already had caffeine before 10am, that second cup is just going to make you jittery and crash harder by 2pm. Plus, most people's cortisol is already peaking right when they wake up, so adding coffee on top of that can mess with your energy curve all day. Your mileage may vary, but I've seen teams try this "most annoying task first" thing and it backfires because half the crew is still foggy until noon no matter what. Maybe the real trick is doing the hard thing before any coffee at all, then using the caffeine as a reward after. Just a thought.
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gibson.sean3mo ago
What's the one thing your team dreads doing first? We made a rule to tackle the most annoying task at 10am, right after coffee but before lunch slump. It's like popping a zit, gross but satisfying, and the rest of the day feels clear. That one dumb block fixed our whole week.
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