BLOCK TIME:

Hi.

If you've ever booked an appointment with me in the past, you may have seen your calendar invitation with the subject starting, "BLOCK TIME: [blah blah blah]"

When you subscribed to this LinkedIn Newsletter, I promised to give you one actionable tip each week to?increase your productivity by?doing less.

This one is gold. Really.

The Problem:?You Have NO Time to Do The Work

For this edition, let's pretend you and I are starting a conversation sitting in a public library somewhere together (hmmm... this was the same starting conversation from my last edition of this LinkedIn Newsletter just in a different place... I may be seeing a pattern to introduce the problem every week).

ME: "Hey, how are you?"

YOU: "I am SO busy?[with impressive sounding blah blah blah deleted here to stop you from eye-rolling me]."

You tell me about starting every day early and hopping on zoom calls one after the other.

All. Day. Long.

And then, you tell me you have to start early in the day or work while you are watching Netflix at night because, you say, "It's the only time I have to DO work instead of meeting people."

Wow.

There is a to unpack in that statement, and remember I promised to only give you ONE actionable tip per week.

The Actionable Tip:?BLOCK TIME - For YOU

Create a calendar entry with the subject:

BLOCK TIME: [ WHO / WHAT ]

This will be for you to schedule heads-down "real" work on things that need to get done.

You know, for the work that requires you to Focus. #deliver

Bonus point: Make sure you flag the time block as "Busy" so nobody can steal your time.

Bonus-er point: The "WHO" can be YOU and the "WHAT" can be YOUR TIME.

And now....

Think about the problem and my actionable tip.

In the comments below, share?ONE?actionable tip on how you can use the concept of "BLOCK TIME".

I sincerely appreciate it and look forward to learning more together with you.

Thank you.

Michael Vizdos