Ben Morton argues you should stop managing time and start managing energy. Map your daily and weekly energy peaks, then schedule high-impact work and critical conversations during those windows. Put draining tasks when your energy is lower.
So, if you want to lead and perform at your very best, there are two things to think about. And the first is this: When are your natural energy peaks and troughs across the day and across the week? When do you tend to feel at your best, and when do you feel more drained or fatigued? The second question is: What energizes you and what drains you? What parts of your current role truly play to your strengths? And on the flip side, what parts of your current role take more out of you? And once you're clear on those two things, you can start to plan your days and use your time much more effectively. You can align your most important pieces of work and your most critical conversations around the times when you know you have the most energy. And those tasks and activities that you are inevitably gonna find more draining, well, again, you can pick the best possible time to do them so you can come at them with your most energy. So, it's not about desperately trying to keep everything in the air. It's more about being really intentional and deliberate about where we put our energy and focus.
