Peak Hours
You do not have a productivity problem. You have an allocation problem. Peak Hours is a working system for finding your best hours of the day and building everything else in service of them.
Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- 1. Not All Hours Are EqualWhat a Peak Hour Actually Is · The Three Clocks Underneath · The Capacity Curve · The Arithmetic of One Hour
- 2. Find Your Peak HoursThe Three Signals · The Ten-Day Audit · Reading Your Map · The Work Inventory
- 3. Defend ThemThe Three Walls · What to Actually Say · The Notification Audit
- 4. Build the Day Around ThemThe Approach · The Twenty Minutes Before
- 5. Refuel ThemSleep Sets the Ceiling · Movement, and the Twelve-Minute Rule · Caffeine, Timed Properly · The Refuel Loop
- 6. Keep the System AliveThe Weekly Reset · The Four Numbers to Track · Your First Thirty Days
- 7. Peak Hours With Other PeopleThe Team Curve Problem · If You Manage People · At Home
- 8. The Long HorizonThe Week Has a Shape Too · Deadlines, and What Pressure Actually Does
- Appendices: The WorkbookThe Ten-Day Audit Log · The Work Inventory · The Script Library · The Weekly Reset · Glossary · Sources and Further Reading
L.M. Medway
L.M. Medway writes for the Valor & Ventures imprint on attention, energy and leadership under pressure.
1. About This Book
2. Introduction
3. Not All Hours Are Equal
What a Peak Hour Actually Is · The Three Clocks Underneath · The Capacity Curve · The Arithmetic of One Hour
4. Find Your Peak Hours
The Three Signals · The Ten-Day Audit · Reading Your Map · The Work Inventory
5. Defend Them
The Three Walls · What to Actually Say · The Notification Audit
6. Build the Day Around Them
The Approach · The Twenty Minutes Before
7. Refuel Them
Sleep Sets the Ceiling · Movement, and the Twelve-Minute Rule · Caffeine, Timed Properly · The Refuel Loop
8. Keep the System Alive
The Weekly Reset · The Four Numbers to Track · Your First Thirty Days
9. Peak Hours With Other People
The Team Curve Problem · If You Manage People · At Home
10. The Long Horizon
The Week Has a Shape Too · Deadlines, and What Pressure Actually Does
11. Appendices: The Workbook
The Ten-Day Audit Log · The Work Inventory · The Script Library · The Weekly Reset · Glossary · Sources and Further Reading