On days you are overwhelmed or there is too much manager’s schedule, too little of a maker’s schedule, how to cope?
One useful strategy I have come to understand is do one small thing to move the needle forward.
Could not be 4 hours of deep work that day, but could we do 4 minutes of deep work that day?
One of my favourite lines from James Clear is “every action you do is a vote for the person you wish to become.”
So when you do those 4 negligible minutes of work on super busy days, you are telling yourself that you do meaningful work each day.
And you never go against your self-image.
