Jul 16
What to Do With the Time AI Frees Up
The efficiency question answers itself. The harder question is what the freed hours are for, and your calendar will answer it for you if you don't.
7 min read
Energy & Alignment
Time management assumes all hours are equal. They're not. Energy management asks a different question: what renews you versus what depletes you? These posts challenge conventional productivity wisdom and offer an alternative—designing your work around your natural rhythms, auditing commitments by energy cost, and building a life that doesn't require your depletion to function. Efficiency isn't doing more. It's doing what matters while staying whole.
Jul 15
Why Your Raise Doesn't Keep Up With Inflation
The 3 percent raise comes from a 1948 union contract that later dropped its inflation tether. A below-inflation raise is a quiet pay cut.
5 min read
Jul 09
How to Use AI to Save Time as a Founder
AI reliably buys back founder hours in five places. The freed time only becomes a shorter week if you eliminate before you automate.
7 min read
Jul 08
Why Do We Work 40 Hours a Week?
The 40-hour week is a 1938 payroll line that reached 40 only in 1940. It never measured good work. Here is how to get paid for results.
6 min read
Jul 03
Why Is the Weekend Only Two Days?
The two-day weekend is barely 150 years old and was built to sell cars. A medieval peasant likely rested more than you. Here is how to take it back.
5 min read
May 22
Why Better Scheduling Won't Fix Your Calendar (Time Sovereignty)
Open your calendar tomorrow morning. Notice what your body does before you read a single line. That's the diagnostic.
5 min read
May 04
I Built a 3.5-Day Workweek. Here's the Math.
Over three years of data. Here's what a 3.5-day workweek actually looks like when you show the receipts.
5 min read
Apr 20
Energy Management for Entrepreneurs: The Capacity Framework That Replaces Time Blocking
You have been managing the wrong resource. Time is finite. Energy is renewable.
6 min read
Apr 13
The 3.5-Day Workweek: How It Actually Works
The 3.5-day workweek I've run since March 16, 2023: what got eliminated, what AI carries, and the boundaries that make the math hold.
7 min read
Mar 30
When AI Increases Your Workload Instead of Reducing It
Most AI advice promises less work. The real pattern? Faster decisions, more output, and a nervous system that never downshifts. Here's what your body already knows.
4 min read
Mar 27
The Recovery Gap: What LeBron's $1.5M Routine Reveals About Your Performance
Elite performers treat recovery as a discipline, not a reward. The science of deliberate rest and what it means for your leadership longevity.
5 min read
Mar 16
Your Schedule Is Fighting Your Biology. Your Biology Is Winning.
Only 25% of people are true morning chronotypes. Social jet lag affects 87% of workers. Here's how to design your schedule around your biology.
6 min read