Close the Day So Tomorrow Starts Clean
Commit to a short end-of-day closeout that reviews open loops and tomorrow's risks.
Run a 10-minute administrative closeout before shutdown. Review open loops, waiting-fors, calendar risks before noon tomorrow, and any expectation-setting messages owed today. At [time], I will review: 1. uncaptured asks, 2. waiting-for items, 3. tomorrow-before-noon risks, 4. one expectation-setting note to send before shutdown. In two days, check whether the closeout prevented at least one morning scramble. Before leaving after a day with more than five executive pings After preparing tomorrow's first visitor, interview, or vendor arrival When two or more approvals are still waiting on someone else At 5:40 p.m., I will run my closeout checklist and send any…
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