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He does have his own routines, which is, you might think, well, wait a second, doesn't he do everything at the same time?

So isn't he managing his time?

But I think it's all based on his energy.

It's based on when he knows himself well enough to know, okay, in the mornings I feel this way, in the afternoons I feel that way, and it's a pattern.

And I'm sure if there are exceptions to that where he's like, you know what, today I feel different.

I don't feel energetic in the morning or I do feel energetic in the afternoon.

Then you can easily adapt and adjust and get different things done.

And he's talked also about

how like sometimes it's just a crappy day and you know then he might actually tackle the tasks that are really crappy because he's like well let's just bunch them all up and get them all done today because it's not going to get better today so let's you know if i need to fire somebody or if i need to have a difficult conversation then when he's in a bad mood he kind of takes advantage of that and that's another example of taking advantage of his energy

And I think I've certainly noticed that there's certain times a day where I have a lot more energy to do certain things.

And it helps if I can structure my day around those types of things and those activities and do the things that I have energy for.

it is a challenge sometimes.

I mean, I work for a company.

I have a boss a lot of the time and they might tell me to do a certain thing at a certain time.

But I have found that I do have a lot of control over that as well, where I can schedule meetings at a certain time or even block out my calendar at a certain time if I want to make sure I'm not going to have a meeting at that time because it's just not going to work out well.

And being able to set aside time for certain creative activities or doing deep work

and that seems to work really well and i think most people are happier when you can deliver better results to them and so i think for the most part it works out better for everybody when people do manage to their energy so i'd certainly encourage you to try it if you're not already doing it um and just you know kind of watch yourself you know have that sense of how is my energy today um and also you know part of this i think indirectly he talks about it as like managing your environment too

That if you have a bunch of clutter around, it might drain energy from you.

Whereas if you had a neat environment, you clean your room, like Jordan Peterson says, you might just feel better and feel more energetic.

And sometimes you just might need to get out of your room that you're typically in working and go somewhere else.