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Time & Focus
Practical ways to reduce friction around starting, switching and protecting attention.
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How to Work With a 15-Minute Attention Window Without Abandoning the Task
Cut important work into a closed 15-minute slice with one object, visible action, finish evidence, and a clean exit.
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How to Protect a Focus Block Without Ignoring Real Interruptions
Write a narrow interruption policy that preserves real urgency, gives ordinary requests a route, and protects your return to the task.
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How to Start a Task When the First Step Still Feels Too Big
Move from Do to Prepare, Place, or Contact until the task has a first movement you can enter without another negotiation.
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How to Switch Tasks Without Losing the Next Step
A four-line handoff that preserves the edge of unfinished work, plus a 90-second shutdown and a one-sentence version for sudden interruptions.