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November 6, 2021

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As a chronic maximizer, here are a few reminders that I need from time to time. You don’t have to take action on every idea. There’s no need to push every project to the max; ship when things are useful. You can make a decision without knowing every last detail and option; action will bring […] »

Using Sunsama to Start and Shut Down Your Day, Creating More Focus, and More

Catch up on what we published this week, including an example for starting up and closing out your day with Sunsama, some tips on focus, and more. »

How to Startup and Shutdown Your Day with Sunsama

Way, way back when, Shawn showed off one of his cool tricks for spurring the creative juices each morning. Rather than sitting down cold turkey at the computer to begin work for the day, Shawn would leave a note right in front of his keyboard the prior evening outlining the next step, the next idea, […] »

The Margin Reset: A Complete Guide to Getting Your Time Back

This week, we are kicking off our next Focus Booster inside the community. And it’s a Complete Guide to Margin. How to go from busy and overwhelmed to…. not busy There are only two ways you can restore margin to your life. And they’re actually quite simple… As part of our upcoming Margin Reset — […] »

Reduce Inputs to Create More Focus, Why You Need Margin, and More

Catch up on what we published this week, including some advice on margin, using sub-tasks in Notion, and more. »