Map every step a task passes through end-to-end, marking value-add versus non-value-add.

Define where your "good enough" is on a 0-100 ruler, to know when to stop.

Sort tasks on urgent/important axes and treat each quadrant with its rule.

Open any writing with Who-What-Where-When-Why-How in one paragraph.

Do not commit on the spot. Request 24 hours to think before any new obligation.

Decline any meeting without a written agenda — politely cancel and request one.