I had the focus. I had the plan. I had the time. I didn’t have the pull. The work was right. The values were aligned. The system was clear. I still couldn’t …
Spiritual Energy
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Mental Energy
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I thought I had a productivity problem. I couldn’t stay focused. I kept bouncing between things. Forgetting what I was doingwhile I was doing it. I …
Emotional Energy
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I thought I was fine. I was functioning. I was getting things done. I wasn’t feeling anything. I didn’t feel energized. Didn’t feel connected. Didn’t feel …
Physical Energy
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I thought I was tired from the work. It was deeper than that. I was depleted from output. I was under-fueled. Under-rested. Under-recovered. I pushed …
Just Released: Observations of a Sidekick – Who This Book Is For
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It’s a reasonable question.“Who’s this book for?”It was reasonable 500 years agowhen books were rare. It’s even more reasonable now. I didn’t write this …
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Intentional Energy
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I used to try to manage time. Color-coded it. Sliced it into 30-minute blocks. Tried to stretch it. Tried to beat it. Time didn’t care. It kept …
Responding to Priority
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My system didn’t have a filter. Without a filter everything got treated the same. I thought fast response meant good response. It didn’t. It meant I was …
Diagnosing Priority
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Everything felt important. Everything felt urgent. That was the problem. My system didn’t have a filter. Without a filter everything got treated the …
Responding to Complexity
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I kept trying to find the right response. I wanted a fix. A strategy. An answer. When what complexity requiresis the right kind of effort. Not more …