Amber McCueFounder, ambermccue.com · Business Consultant Empowering Modern CEOs to Multiply Results

On paper, it looked like productivity. In reality? It felt like a never-ending scramble. #business

Name: On paper, it looked like productivity. In reality? It felt like a never-ending scramble. #business
Uploaded: 2025-03-03T21:47:40Z
Channel: Amber McCue
Description: A critique of rigid time blocking and a look at a more flexible approach to managing your day. The speaker argues that what looks productive on paper…

3 Mar 2025

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A critique of rigid time blocking and a look at a more flexible approach to managing your day. The speaker argues that what looks productive on paper often feels like constant scrambling in practice, and offers an alternative method built on adaptation rather than strict schedules.

When I look at my calendar and it is blocked to the max, this does not feel spacious to me. I don't feel like I have space to be creative or to pause and walk away, or to move things around when those unexpected things come up and I inevitably have to adjust. You see, I find that traditional time blocking can really box you in. Well, what we really need is a system that's flexible and adapts to the the realities of our lives and our businesses. So with my time blocking method that I've adapted over the years, this is where flexibility meets focus and intention. Here's how it's different, and I'm going to break this down for you step by step.