This takes about 2 minutes. Think about last week, not a hypothetical ideal week. Move each slider to match where your hours actually went.
Think about a typical 50-hour work week. Divide your time across these four buckets. When you adjust one slider, the others will rebalance automatically. Don't overthink it - your gut feel is usually right.
Thinking, planning, selling, business development, partnerships
Doing the work, managing the work, production, fulfillment, service delivery
Email, HR issues, invoicing, things that broke, meetings that could have been emails
The stuff that doesn't fit neatly anywhere - networking, learning, context switching
Bring these numbers to your walkthrough. This becomes one of the most useful parts of the conversation.
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