<aside> ⏰ Only here for a minute? Read these focus tips by @Richard Mabey:

Kill distractions

• Kill desktop notifications where you can

• Get Slack and email off your phone

• Read email twice per day, Slack three times

• Ask your manager to remove (or shorten) meetings

  Result = get 2 more hours of productive time per day from less context switching

Prioritize

• Write down your quarterly goals

• Build a kanban of tasks and tag them with your deliverables

• Move max 3 tasks to “in progress” in your kanban

• Set 3 weekly goals that you must achieve no matter what

  Result = double your focus by reducing cognitive load

Reduce multi-tasking

• Work on ONLY one task at once (if you can)

• Bunch your meetings to allow for focus time

• Audit your calendar and see how it matches to your mission

  Result = get 10x more done

Got more time? Watch Richard’s presentation on focus at work (starts 24:00).

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We all want our work to be **meaningful** – that is, we want to see the impact our work has on both our own and our company's growth. While we can't deliver great work every day, we should always know (1) what we're supposed to deliver, (2) why that makes Juro successful and (3) how we spend our time and energy to get there.

We can't deliver meaningful work if we don't work sustainably. If we don't pace ourselves, we get worn out from over-use and our work can lose its meaning. This leads to imbalance, disengagement, inconsistent (and poorer) performance and at worst, mental ill-health (burnout, depression, anxiety). Common symptoms of unsustainable work are:

1. Long work hours. You feel like you're not getting enough valuable work done during the day, e.g. because you're constantly interrupted by notifications/meetings of varying quality.
2. Difficulty prioritizing. You have trouble seeing what you're supposed to deliver each week, what to work on first or what you've achieved after an 8+ hour day.
3. No flexibility. Your work day feels more rigid because it already starts with catching up on backlog, giving updates in meeting and trying to keep up with your tasks.

At Juro, we want to enable you to deliver meaningful work sustainably – that is, work in a way that lets us consistently meet (and sometimes exceed) expectations. To do that, we need to set standards on a team and company level of what's expected good and we need to provide guidelines on an individual level for how you can do good work everyday better:

• Good work – i.e. meeting expectations. Tracking weekly/quarterly/annual outcomes is a good way to meet expectations.

Priorities (template)

Priorities (template) (1)

How to make better decisions

• Done everyday – i.e. consistent impact. Organising your digital workspace is a good way to get to an excellent level of making consistent impact.

How to organize your work better

• With others – i.e. communication. Having rules around how to collaborate efficiently are a good way to get to an excellent level of collaboration.

How to meet better

<aside> 💡 Deep Work Tuesdays

Tuesdays are designated days at Juro without internal meetings. This is to reduce the amount of meetings and to reserve more time for focused meaningful work. That means internal meetings, except if:

• All parties agree to have the meeting (e.g. something urgent), or
• It's an onboarding session, or
• It's an interview

Use this time flexibly to focus on deep work without interruption. Please keep Slack noise to a minimum too because it can be just as disruptive as a meeting.

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