You have probably seen this idea in sports documentaries: when the moment of performance arrives, champions do not overthink—they trust the plan they built with their coaches and execute. People who sustain high productivity tend to do the same. Rather than dwelling on why they must do a task

When we work, information pours in from every direction and new to-dos keep appearing. The more roles and collaborators we juggle, the easier it is for our heads to feel crowded. Trying to keep project updates, review meetings, and product ideas only in memory is risky and unstable. In a

Many of us once believed that gathering in one place was required for productive work. Since the 2020 pandemic, remote work has become a standard mode of working and we have seen that it can be productive. Afterward, many companies returned to the office or adopted a hybrid model that

For many people the following signs feel familiar. You often forget what you need to do. You struggle to stay focused. You have trouble finishing tasks. You get bored easily. You find it hard to do things in order. To avoid mistakes you lean into perfectionism. You find scheduling difficult.

As your projects and responsibilities grow, your old way of scheduling can start to break down. You may decide to study Time Blocking and try it on your calendar. Yet when you apply it to your own situation, your work environment and personal constraints can differ from what you read,

When you run projects, you often have to manage not only your own tasks but also the overall timeline and the work of teammates. If you spend too much time on management inside limited hours, you lose time for the work that actually needs your judgment and creativity. Now imagine

Time Blocking is a simple but powerful scheduling method you can run right from your calendar. An individual can apply it quickly, but bringing it into a company can face one big challenge: team culture. If your company does not respect Time Blocking, someone may see it as a strange

Since reading The One Thing, I have believed in single tasking, the practice of finishing work by focusing on one thing at a time. After starting a company, however, my scope grew across PM, marketing, operations, HR, and business. I slowly fell into the trap of thinking that founders work

Managing your schedule productively means classifying work by priority and then executing accordingly. In the previous two PM productivity posts, Time Blocking for PMs and Day Theming for PMs, I talked about strong execution with Time Blocking. The real starting point, however, is setting the right priorities. You do not

Day Theming is a time management method where you group similar tasks into categories and then process one category in a single day without interference from other categories. A well known example is Elon Musk, who runs both SpaceX and Tesla. He allocates his weekly time by day between the

A Product Manager (PM) oversees the entire product lifecycle—from ideation to launch and long-term vision. Because PMs collaborate with many stakeholders (engineering, design, marketing, business, customer support, and more), schedule management is one of the most critical parts of the job. In a single day, PMs cycle through meetings