You feel productive. You're ticking boxes. You're "in flow."
Then the dopamine wears off... and you realise you've just spent three hours designing a new icon set for your email footer.
Motion isn't momentum. And soloists don't get paid for busy.
What's Inside:
One mistake keeping your solo biz stuck
One fix to get your time back
One story that proves you're not drowning alone
🔗 Stuff Worth Your Time
🛠 Tool: Scrintal — Mind-mapping meets Notion. Perfect when your ideas flood in and evaporate like smoke.
🧠 Quick Hit: Your workflow doesn't need to be simple—your systems do. Complexity in your head is fine. Complexity in your process is death by a thousand cuts.
💡 Reality Check: Those 47 open browser tabs aren't research. They're procrastination with academic pretensions. Close them. The internet will still be there tomorrow.
💸 Quick Word from the Sponsors
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You know what does? Systems, automations, and building a solo biz that doesn't need your blood every day.
That's what this newsletter is for.
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📓 Strategy Drop: Burn Your Task List
Let me guess your setup:
A "Today" list that's actually a guilt museum
A "Someday" board that's now a digital graveyard
You rearrange tasks when anxious instead of fixing the workflow
Not your fault. You were trained to "work harder," not smarter.
Here's the cure:
1. Stop Writing Tasks. Start Writing Triggers.
Instead of: "Send client follow-up" Write: "When Stripe payment hits → send follow-up template #3"
This turns your list into a system. One that runs without your constant babysitting.
2. Delete Your Dead Dreams.
If you've carried a task for three weeks without touching it, it's not a task—it's an emotional sponge.
Right-click. Delete. Move on.
3. Use Your Calendar Like a Lawyer.
Tasks are intentions. Calendar blocks are decisions.
Protect your time like it bills at $400/hour. Because it should.
Your to-do list isn't a tool. It's a trap. Build workflows instead.
🎯 One-Minute Win
Open your task list right now. Find one recurring task you do weekly.
Instead of writing "Do X," write "When Y happens, do X."
Example: Instead of "Post on LinkedIn," write "Every Tuesday 9am, post content from bank."
Boom. You just created a trigger, not a guilt trip.
Lone Wolf Law: "Every checkbox is just a scar from another unscalable process."
👋 That's It For This Week
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