You will spend about 100,000 hours at work in your lifetime. Let that sink in.
Imagine these hours being filled with smiles, energy, and contentment.
Instead, many of us spend these hours:
👎🏻 Stressing over never-ending to-do lists
👎🏻 Scrambling to finish tasks before deadlines
👎🏻 Struggling to avoid distractions and stay focused
Work shouldn’t be this painful. Your 100,000 hours don’t have to be filled with stress.
You CAN have fun at work AND raise the bar! Let me show you how.
😌 First, let’s break down your workday into three common aspects:
- To-do tasks: Projects with deadlines
- Maintenance tasks: Emails, messages, meetings
- Growth tasks: Creative experimentation and learning beyond your current responsibilities
Now, here’s a cool suggestion:
Budget Your Time
- Maintenance tasks: 10% of your time
- Growth tasks: 20% of your time
- To-do tasks: 60% of your time
Did you do the math? Where does the remaining 10% go?
Breaks. Yes, I’m not asking you to work yourself to death.
Ready to transform your 100,000 hours at work?
Step 1️⃣ : Block Off Your Peak Productive Hours
Identify when you are least distracted and most energized.
For some, it’s early mornings; for others, it’s late afternoons.
If it’s 8–10 am for you, block off this time for deep work.
Shut off all notifications. Don’t check your email first thing in the morning.
Keep your body and mind fresh to tackle your to-do list.
Step 2️⃣ : Schedule Maintenance Tasks
Negotiate when to handle emails, messages, and meetings.
Choose times when your focus wanes but urgency can re-energize you.
Some companies have a no-morning-meetings rule.
Create your own rules—like no meetings, emails, or messages in the early mornings and on Wednesdays.
Step 3️⃣ : Make Space for Growth Tasks
Whether it’s creatively expanding the scope of an existing task or learning a new skill, decide on a frequency that works for you. It could be daily, weekly, or a few days a month.
💡Example ‘Peak Performance’ Schedule
Here’s a sample schedule for an employee whose peak productive hours are in the morning and who prefers to focus on growth tasks every Friday (Bonus: You can also use this as a guide):
🔗 PDF LINK
✅ Craft Your Own ‘Peak Performance’ Schedule
Grab the essence from the example and create daily, weekly, or even monthly/quarterly schedules that work for you. Tailor it to your peak productivity times and personal growth goals.
Go find your flow, then don’t let go!
