Matt Mullenax
*The single most important change you can make in your working habits is to switch to creative work first, reactive work second. This means blocking off a large chunk of time every day for creative work on your own priorities, with the phone and e-mail off.**–*Mark McGuinness, [Manage Your Day-to-Day](https://jamesclear.com/book/manage-your-day-to-day... See more
James Clear • Never Check Email Before Noon (And Other Thoughts on Doing Your Best Work)
I assign time slots and script my day in advance to the minute, then I bar all interruptions and distractions and do those things within the time allotted.
Dan Kennedy • No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits: No Holds Barred, Kick Butt, Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Really Getting Rich
One daily practice you can’t do without? Blocking the morning. I think most creatively in the a.m., so I never book meetings before 11 am, or noon if I can manage it. That’s when I get my writing done.
Ness Labs: Lead Like a Scientist ⚛️ (+watch my Talk at Google)
This is the same insight embodied in two venerable pieces of time management advice: to work on your most important project for the first hour of each day, and to protect your time by scheduling “meetings” with yourself, marking them in your calendar so that other commitments can’t intrude.