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b'The Nitty Gritty\\n\\n* From the ideal diet to meditation to work style, learn how Michelle embraces her Ayurvedic dosha type\\n* How Michelle\\u2019s rebel brain held her back in traditional work environments \\u2014 and how she unleashed it so she could do her best work\\n* Why Michelle embraces three-day sprints for deep diving into client work and balancing that with three-day sprints for working on CEO type tasks\\n\\nAs a startup cofounder and high achiever, Michelle Warner eventually hit a wall. She completely wore out her adrenals from working countless hours every day. But, instead of pushing through it and carrying on, Michelle\\u2019s body forced her to stop. That\\u2019s when she decided to get curious: how could she live and work in a way that aligned with her natural strengths instead of constantly pushing against them?\\nAs she began to understand both how her mind and body work optimally, Michelle appreciated what once caused her so much frustration: time management. Today, Michelle designs her business to fit her life instead of modifying who she is for the work.\\nWe release new episodes of What Works every week. Subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode.\\nDiscovering and working with the rebel brain within\\n\\u201cI could not be told to sit in an office at a specific time. I would lose my mind. A piece of that is my entrepreneurial self. I\\u2019m just not meant to be an employee. But a piece of that was also trying to structure my day in that way and digging in on something that inherently didn\\u2019t work for me.\\u201d \\u2014 Michelle Warner\\nHave you ever struggled with working a traditional 9-5 schedule? You\\u2019re not alone! Michelle did, too. In fact, she struggled so much that she would surf the internet, send emails, or run errands throughout the entire day\\u2026 anything so she didn\\u2019t have to feel like she had to work during those hours.\\n\\u2026 But then she\\u2019d spend the rest of her evening working from home. \\xa0As you can imagine, working this way wasn\\u2019t the healthiest: Michelle spent most of her waking hours working.\\nEventually, Michelle understood and starting working with the rebel within. In other words, she needed the freedom and flexibility to work on what made sense for her and her schedule rather than being dictated by a color-coded calendar.\\nAnd while the typical Pomodoro timer didn\\u2019t work for Michelle, now she blocks off time and makes a list of projects to do within that time. It works marvelously. \\u201cI have to roll with the flow of the day,\\u201d she says, \\u201cand make sure that I\\u2019m at the point I want to be by the end of that day. I need to leave that flexibility for the rebel brain in me.\\u201d\\nMichelle\\u2019s 3-Day Intensives\\n\\u201cI can have the 3 day routines and know what needs to happen but I can\\u2019t necessarily know which project. I can\\u2019t look at my quarter and say: these 3 days for this project and these 3 days are the next project. I will freak out and not do it. If I have a list of 10 to choose from, then one, I\\u2019m much more calm about it and two, I make the right choice in term of prioritizing what needs to get done.\\u201d \\u2014 Michelle Warner\\nFor some, slow and steady wins the race. And for others, like Michelle, it\\u2019s more of a sprint. Because she embraces how she naturally works best and she understands the rebel inside, Michelle sets aside three full days deep dive into client work, according to what needs to be done each day and according to her bigger business goals.\\n\\u201cI allow myself to completely go down the rabbit hole of their business,\\u201d Michelle says. \\u201cI create everything they need and get completely engrossed in that world. I don\\u2019t worry about anything else.\\u201d Now, this is her go-to style for client work \\u2014 and she\\u2019s proven that there isn\\u2019t just one single way that you can do th...'