Founder Productivity
How I run a business without it taking all my time.
I help founders get the day out of their heads and onto one plan, so the important work gets done and their routines survive busy days.
See how I workTuesday sample day
Scripted preview of Hourside, in developmentWhat changed?
- 09:00Deep work: client deck, 09:00 to 10:30, done
- 10:30Inbox and messages, 10:30 to 11:00, done
- 11:00Client call, 11:00 to 12:00
- 12:00Lunch and a walk, 12:00 to 12:30
- 12:30Edit the client’s reel, 12:30 to 14:00
- 14:00Team review, 14:00 to 15:00
- 15:30GymFixed, 15:30 to 16:30, fixed
- 16:30Proposal for a new lead, 16:30 to 18:00
- 18:00Admin and invoices, 18:00 to 18:30
Tomorrow
Nothing moved yet.
The problem
You didn’t do much today. So why are you exhausted?
Usually it isn’t the work. It’s the open loops: the reply you owe, the decision you parked, the task you started in three tabs. Each one keeps asking for a little of your attention, all day.
The approach
Plans break at 2pm, when the client call runs over. That’s the part I build for.
A lot of productivity advice assumes your time is your own: an early start, a perfect week in colour-coded blocks. If you run a business, your day belongs partly to your clients and your team.
So I don’t try to plan a perfect day. I work in three moves, and come back to them whenever the day changes.
- 01
Clear the loops.
Get everything out of your head and onto one list, then decide what happens to each item: do it, hand it off, schedule it or drop it.
- 02
Design the day.
Plan around what you won’t give up, like a routine and the time you stop, and put the hardest work in your best hours.
- 03
Protect your attention.
Cut the interruptions you can, work on one thing at a time, and keep a quick way back for when you drift.
The story behind Hourside
From a day that breaks to one plan you can finish.
It isn’t a system to learn. It’s three moves you can do in a few minutes, on paper or with an AI assistant, and the idea Hourside is built around.
- 01
The day breaks. A call ran over, people are waiting on answers, and everything collides at once.
Nine things colliding: Client feedback, round 3, Reply to 14 messages, Proposal draft, Gym, Team stand-up notes, Call a new lead, Review reel edits, Book the studio, Invoices.
- 02
A still moment. Let it all slow down, then get everything onto one list.
The same nine things, still, on one list.
- 03
Time on your side: one clean timeline, morning to dusk, around one routine and your hard stop.
The day, morning to dusk: 09:00 Deep work: client deck, 11:00 Client call, ran over, 14:00 Client feedback, round 3, 15:00 Review reel edits, 16:00 Gym, 17:00 Invoices, 17:30 Slack, 18:30 Hard stop.
Try it on your day
Try the Day Reset on your day right now.
Tick through the five steps. If they help, I’ll send you the full kit: the printable checklist, a template, an AI prompt and three ready-to-send messages.
Where to next
Three ways to go further.
- 01
Frameworks
Five small frameworks, each with the steps, why it works, and a template.
Read the frameworks - 02
Hourside
The planner I’m building. Tell it what you won’t give up, and it plans the work around it. In development.
Join the waitlist - 03
Work with me
The Founder Clarity Sprint: a calm, repeatable week in 14 days, set up with me.
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