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Archana Punnoose's avatar

I couldn’t agree more! Too often, 15-minute stand-ups turn into hour-long deep discussions.

Setting aside focus time on my calendar has helped improve time management, and having a dedicated no-meeting day has made a difference.

As a mom of a young child, I find it especially challenging for women to get deep work done after everyone else logs off. Such an insightful article!

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Vivek Singh's avatar

The timing of this could not be any better. Have been trying consciously for the past few months to do deep work sessions as a Product Lead to drive some important projects/priorities that always get sidetracked due to some critical issue.

The points regarding doing these during peak energy is significant too. I've noticed I'm at my peak when I start work OR at night - have blocked 2 hours daily at the start to focus on deep work (still finding it challenging to not look at emails before that and jump at any thing that needs even some attention)

But a great piece and an important one in today's age filled with distractions.

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