#028: How to Start and Stop Your Workday

Published: March 9, 2020, 8:06 a.m.

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You love your work, and you can\\u2019t wait to get started! But somehow, the day never goes as planned. You get derailed by low-leverage tasks, and half the time you don\\u2019t start your big project until after lunch. By the end of the day, you realize you\\u2019ll have to finish up at home. By Friday, you\\u2019re totally exhausted\\u2014and still not done! Nobody knows rollover like we know rollover. After more Saturdays at the office than we care to remember, we\\u2019ve found a way to end the rollover problem once and for all.

You can do that by bookending your day with workday startup and shutdown rituals. When you do, you\\u2019ll finally quit leaving the office with a laptop full of take-home work. You\\u2019ll get your margin back and be more productive than ever before.

In this episode you will\\u2014

  • Find out why you never seem to \\u201cget finished\\u201d for the day. 
  • Learn the best way to stop rolling tasks over to the next day. 
  • Understand how the never-ending to-do list is undermining your productivity.
  • Identify the simple fallacy that causes us to take on too much work. 
  • Gain the simple trick that will help you start and stop work in a controlled way. 
  • Start to feel a sense of completion at the end of the day.

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