[ Schedule Accordingly ]

“Your work matters. Build your schedule accordingly”. 

That’s yet another clever comment by one of my favourite productivity experts, Cal Newport.

In other words, schedule time to do your knowledge work.  You have a job based on the using of your knowledge, skills and experience.  Set aside time to use those competencies.

And yet, we spend so much time writing emails and ‘trying to keep up’, and responding reactively to all the emails coming in.

It does require some selfishness.  It means proactively scheduling blocks of time to do one thing at a time.  That’s how good work gets done.