Zen-Driven Development - Protect Your Sanity
summary
Practical claims and clear tactics: use the calendar as a priority tool (block deep work, reserve ~20% of your calendar), treat time as a budget, and start meetings 5 minutes late — that change alone stacks to about 60 hours/year saved for three meetings a day and immediately reduces invite noise. Protect focus by putting phones in airplane mode, closing apps, and using a kitchen timer for Pomodoro 25/5. Backing evidence: HBR shows multitasking drops productivity ~40% and cuts IQ ~10%, Microsoft EEG finds 5‑minute breaks keep stress low. Try GTD inbox workflow; it’s effective but hard to set up.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Panic attack to Zen discovery
- 3:43No one protects your time
- 6:14Calendar as time budget
- 11:1020% free time for others
- 14:26Plan two weeks ahead
- 15:51Protect focus from distractions
- 19:21Multitasking destroys productivity
- 21:53Focus on one thing
- 23:43Close PC to focus
- 26:15Focus longer without burnout
- 28:03Daily nap like Marty
- 30:33Shorter meetings reduce stress
- 33:45Meetings start five minutes late
- 35:11Pomodoro for deep work
- 37:40GTD method tip
- 44:28Protect time, focus and sanity
- 47:15Q&A: Urgent interruptions
- 49:01Q&A: Junior colleague questions
- 50:52Q&A: Micromanagers and core hours
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