Protect your calendar or the calendar will protect itself
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Brett on calendar blocking. He blocks 7–7:30am as 'deep work.' He blocks 12–12:30 as 'strategic lunch.' He blocks 4:45–5pm as 'reflection time.' His actual calendar has sixteen standing meetings. The deep work block has been moved to next week every day for three months. He closes with 'protect your energy or the calendar will take it from you.'
Pillar 1, hero_text. Calendar-blocking is adjacent to but distinct from inbox management. The specificity (7–7:30, sixteen meetings, three months) makes the self-unawareness land.
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Look, I want to talk about something a lot of people are getting wrong. Calendar hygiene.
I block 7–7:00 to 7:30 every morning for deep work. No exceptions. I block 12 to 12:30 as strategic lunch — that is protected thinking time, not a meal. And 4:45 to 5:00 is reflection. Non-negotiable. I learned this from a framework I built after reading Deep Work and cross-referencing it with my Whoop recovery score. The point is intentionality. Most people let the calendar happen to them. I happen to the calendar.
Now, have some of those blocks shifted? Candidly, yes. The deep work block has moved to the following Monday a few times. Maybe more than a few times. That is not the point. The point is the intention is there. The partner and I are aligned on the importance of protected focus time — he actually mentioned it at our last touchpoint. Sixteen standing meetings does not mean you have no autonomy. It means you have to be more strategic about the autonomy you do have.
Protect your energy or the calendar will take it from you. That is not advice. That is a warning.
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your calendar is either a strategy or a crime scene. choose intentionally. #productivity #leadership #corporatelife #consulting
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