Dedicate one day to producing two weeks of content in advance, instead of the daily pressure to find an idea and post it the same day.

Instead of "I am depressed", say "depression visits me" — problem loses grip.

Find an activity where you lose time — this is flow.

Short cycles of 25 minutes work and 5 minutes rest that restore focus in a single session.

Reserve a fixed time box in your calendar for each task, so it finishes on time instead of stretching forever.

Reserve a 90-minute deep work block offline and produce quality work that equals an entire ordinary day.

3 columns.

For each delayed decision, compute weekly cost of delay financially or in opportunity.

Read draft aloud. Every stumble = sentence needing edit.

Self-1 (critic) sabotages Self-2 (doer) — watch inner dialogue during performance.

Reserve a full weekday for deep work and protect it like an unmissable doctor's appointment.

Sort every file you own into just four: Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive.

In any system, identify the slowest process — it caps the whole system.

Each step on a "swim lane" for a specific role — exposes broken handoffs.

Per daily-used tool: learn 5 shortcuts — minutes/day saved = hours/year.

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

The first two minutes after any separation (school, work, travel) shape the relationship's quality more than hours after.

Protect one hour daily for play with no direction, no educational agenda, no camera.

A short, honest, predictable goodbye — shrinks separation anxiety at daycare/grandparents.

Ask the model to write a numbered plan first and wait for your approval before executing.

After the model answers, ask it to critique its own answer and improve it before final delivery.

Separate prompt parts with XML tags (instructions, examples, document) so the model handles each precisely.

Use an LLM to draft an email in 30 seconds, then edit by hand for personal tone.

Convert a meeting transcript (60+ min) into decisions and action items in 2 minutes.

Turn a 200-page PDF into a Q&A conversation with exact-quote answers.

Block 90 daily min for deep work with no phone, email, or colleagues — with a fixed startup ritual.

Rule: per email, one decision: reply in 2 min, delegate, defer, or delete. No "later".

Personal rule: no email longer than 3 sentences. Else = call or meet.

10am and 4pm only. Otherwise: closed. No one dies if your reply takes 2 hours.

First line of email: answer/request/decision. Context after. Cuts read time 70%.

Break a big task into 4-6 sequential steps, each a separate prompt + human verification.

Like text shortcuts, build a library of full templates (presentation, simple contract, weekly report) instead of starting from scratch every time.

When delegating a multi-step chained task to the model, define mandatory human-review checkpoints before continuing.