How does she do it? With a lot of help.
Happy Monday! We hope this email finds you well after a restful and enjoyable weekend - a weekend so good you might have already forgotten that the Nice Work theme for this month is working smarter, not harder.
First, we love that for you.
Second, to help reorient you in what we’re sure is a busy inbox, this theme is all about helping you work at work, freeing you to NOT think about work when not at work. No toxic hustle culture here.
And, excitingly, next week is our Nice Work advice column!
So leave a comment, DM us on Instagram, or reply to this email with any questions you want answered on all things productivity, workflows, and how to shut your laptop on Friday and feel good about it. And our lovely paid subscribers get even more Q&A access ✨
Let’s get started on finding ways to slam that laptop shut!
A good system for working smarter, not harder, will be unique to you. It should be tailored to how you work, your job/role, your tasks, and what’s possible in your workplace/with your human-in-charge.
Generally speaking, though, a system for working smarter has three parts:
A determined mindset to work this way [vs. tickbox exercises or run out the clock approaches, all of which is covered here!]
Elements of ‘best practices’ in productivity structure - last week, Jade shared some of these. There’s many to choose from, but a combination of the below works for most people. Namely, to:
Check email at certain times, not all times
Work on “like” work together
Assign time to work on specific client work/topics together
Stack calls and meetings
Work from new places + leave your distractions behind
Plenty of help
These are the tools and apps (and processses) that save you time, automate some of your work, and give people the answers they need without you. Making your time spent at work much smarter (and that much nicer).
If you’re new to Nice Work, take a read through our past editions for our recommendations on processes, tools and settings for:
Managing your time well (complete with a free journaling exercise)
How to keep information available at work - key: keep files accessible, converse in open channels, communicate clear next steps.
