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Work 10 min DREAM
Why do my manager and I keep missing each other?
A one-page read on what your manager needs from you, three changes to try, and one question to ask them.
Moment 27 prompts 6 scenes
Monday morning.
The inbox is full and the day hasn’t started yet.
More for this moment.
26 more prompts, drawn from 6 scenes.
Know yourself 10 min Where could I get better without trying harder?
One place where changing your method, not adding effort, would pay off most.
2 versions
Know yourself 20 min Write the user manual for working with me.
A one-page guide to working with you that you could hand to a new manager or teammate.
2 versions
Work 5 min What do I need to walk out of this meeting with?
A half-page brief for a meeting that matters: your goal, your opening and the question you’re dreading.
Work 5 min What do I say when I can’t take on one more thing?
Three ways to turn down a request at work, from a clear no to a trade, in words you can use today.
Work 5 min I wrote this email angry. What should I send instead?
A calm version of the message you wrote angry, built to get the result you want from it.
Work 5 min Our one-on-ones have gone flat. What should we be talking about?
Six questions and a simple agenda for your next one-on-one, written for the person across the table.
Mind and body 5 min I barely slept. What’s the least I can do today and be okay?
Today cut down to what truly has to happen, placed where your energy is least bad.
Mind and body 10 min Build me a morning for the life I actually have.
A realistic morning in two versions, normal and running late, built around your real constraints.
Mind and body 10 min I’m not lazy, so why do I keep putting this off?
The most likely feeling behind one task you keep dodging, and a first ten minutes that gets around it.
Focus 2 min If I only finish three things today, which three?
Three things in order: one for progress, one for a person, one for peace of mind. The rest can wait.
Focus 5 min Everything is urgent. What’s actually on fire?
Every urgent item tested against what happens if it waits, plus a note for whoever has to wait.
Focus 5 min I’ve got 90 quiet minutes. How do I not waste them?
A setup for one protected block: a finish line, a first move, and a plan for the moment you stall.
Focus 10 min My week doesn’t fit in my week. What has to go?
The arithmetic of your week, how far over you are, and a verdict on what gets cut, shrunk or moved.
Focus 10 min What is next week for?
One sentence that says what the week is for, the few things that serve it, and what’s allowed to slide.
Focus 10 min Which of my meetings could I skip without anyone noticing?
A verdict on every meeting: keep, shorten, handle in writing or decline, and the hours you get back.
Focus 5 min Who’s doing what by when? Here are my messy notes.
Decisions, actions with owners and dates, open questions, and a follow-up message ready to send.
Focus 10 min My inbox is out of hand. What needs an answer today?
Every message sorted into four piles, with a two-line reply drafted for the ones that can’t wait.
Focus 5 min How long will this really take?
A range instead of a hope, built from the parts and from how long it took you last time.
Focus 5 min I’m going to miss this deadline. What can still be saved?
The smallest version that still does the job, a plan for the hours left, and a message if it won’t fit.
Learn 5 min I have to use a new tool at work. What do I learn first?
The few things to learn first in a new work tool, mapped from the one you’re leaving behind.
Write and create 5 min Make this sound like me on a good day, not like a chatbot.
Your draft rewritten in your own voice, learned from two things you actually wrote.
Write and create 5 min Before I send this, what will my reader actually hear?
A cold read of your message: what it seems to ask, where attention drifts, what could land wrong.
Write and create 5 min Cut this by a third without sanding off my voice.
A shorter version in your own words, with a list of what was cut and why.
Write and create 5 min Find every sentence here that someone would have to read twice.
Every sentence a reader would stumble on, with the reason and a plainer version beside it.
Write and create 5 min Same message, different reader. What has to change?
Your piece reworked for a different reader, with a list of what changed and why.
Write and create 10 min I’ve got three minutes and a microphone. What’s my one point?
Five note cards for a short speech: your one point, three beats and a closing line.
Other moments.
This is one of 16. These two sit on either side of it.