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Ask Flex / Overwhelmed, doing the job of three

Ask Flex

How can you be productive at work?

"How do I be productive at work? I'm busy all day and nothing gets finished."You asked Google. Flex answered.
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Flex's short answer

Do fewer things at once, by picking the one task that matters most and giving it your first hour. Jumping between small tasks all day keeps you busy without getting the important thing done.

✱ Flex's tips

Do one thing at a time.

1

Give it the first hour

Before email. The one task that matters.

2

Batch the small stuff

Replies twice a day, not all day.

3

Write tomorrow's one thing

Before you leave today.

4

Let AI draft

First versions of emails and reports. You fix and send.

Try this in your own Claude or ChatGPT

Here's what I did at work today, hour by hour: [walk through it]. Show me where the time went, which parts were switching between small things, and one change that would get my most important task done first tomorrow.

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✱ What people ask
How can I be more productive at work?

Finish one thing before you start the next. Less switching gets more done.

How do I manage a high volume of work?

Shrink what each task takes, and hand back what isn't yours. Flex has a page on it.

How do I work smarter, not harder?

Stop doing by hand what can be drafted for you. Save your effort for the parts that need your judgment.

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From Nikki's blogFlex tells you how. Nikki tells you what it felt like. Read it on Clawd and Me. Read it →

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