Visual sign on desk telling others you're in focus.

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.

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

Invest five minutes to say a foreign colleague's name correctly — the highest return per minute in workplace relationships.

Before a joke or offhand remark about food/fasting/holidays, check the listener's religious considerations.

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

Before any impactful formal announcement, give key stakeholders a private individual heads-up so they're never blindsided publicly.

Offer only two choices for each small decision — respecting his autonomy without losing yours.