Energy-Driven Scheduling

Productivity is directly related to your energy level.

Find your most productive hours — the time of your peak energy — and schedule Deep Work for those periods. Do low-value and low-energy tasks (also known as shallow work), such as responding to emails or unimportant meetings, in b...

Managing energy is about aligning your most important work with your biological peaks. This approach recognizes several key principles:

• Energy naturally oscillates in roughly 90-minute cycles throughout the day
• Most people experience predictable energy peaks...

• Monastic: maximize Deep Work by minimizing or removing shallow obligations. Isolate yourself for long periods of time without distractions; no shallow work allowed
• Bimodal: divide your time into some clearly defined stretches to deep pursuits and leave the rest open to ...