Your Time, Your Way

How to Protect Your Focus Time When Everyone Wants You Now

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Sep 21, 2025
Discover how to manage your time in a fast-paced work environment. Learn the importance of saying no and using a triage mindset to prioritize tasks. Find out how to protect your focus by establishing routine work blocks. Carl shares practical tips to retrain colleagues' expectations while embracing the discomfort of change. Tune in for strategies that can enhance productivity and help you reclaim your time!
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INSIGHT

Chaos Can Be Managed

  • Dynamic, crisis-heavy work environments still allow focused work with the right approach.
  • The solution relies on saying no and using experience to judge true urgency.
ANECDOTE

Hotel Training Shaped Priority Sense

  • Carl recounts hotel management training that taught staff to distinguish true urgencies from routine requests.
  • They had clear processes so daily unknowns didn't derail operations.
ADVICE

Create Clear Priority Rules

  • Categorize incoming requests and set rules for handling each category immediately.
  • Prioritize finance and password issues for instant action and treat other queries with a 24-hour response window.
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