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Stop carrying it all in your head.

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ONE DOT = ONE OPEN THINGall of it, all at onceno order, no firstthe same fourteenin order, one of them firstONE DOT = ONE OPEN THINGall of it, all at once — no firstthe same fourteen, in order
ONE ARC = ONE THREAD YOU STARTED5 came back3 never didAn open loop costs nothing to make and everything to remember.ONE ARC = ONE THREAD5 came back3 never didOpen loops cost nothing to makeand everything to remember.

Open loops

Nothing closes itself. Something has to notice.

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DAYS SINCE YOU SENT ITyou sent it01234567FOLLOW UP HEREBefore the thread is cold and after they have had room.Nothing came back on its own. Nothing was going to.DAYS SINCE YOU SENT ITyou sent it01234567FOLLOW UP HEREBefore it goes cold.Nothing came back on its own.

The reply that never came

Silence is not an answer. It is just silence.

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EVERYTHING ON YOUR PLATE THIS MORNINGFIRSTGrey and many is the input. Bright and one is the answer.EVERYTHING ON YOUR PLATEFIRSTGrey and many is the input.Bright and one is the answer.

What comes first

Everything urgent means nothing is. One thing goes first.

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HOW MUCH JUDGMENT EACH DECISION GETSfirst call of the dayfortiethThe small ones spend the same budget as the big ones.JUDGMENT PER DECISIONfirst call of the dayfortiethThe small ones spend the samebudget as the big ones.

The cost of deciding

The fortieth call of the day is not the first.

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ONE LINE = ONE MESSAGE3 of 20 need a moveThe other 17 are not the problem, and never were.ONE LINE = ONE MESSAGE3 of 20 need a moveThe other 17 are not the problem, and never were.Volume was never the problem.

The inbox is not the work

Volume was never the problem. Attention was.

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SUMMARYTells you about the work.You still have to do it.FINISHEDready to approveHands you the thing itself.You decide whether it goes.SUMMARYTells you about the work.FINISHEDready to approveHands you the thing itself.

What an assistant should actually do

A summary tells you. A finished draft hands you it.

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