The First Question to Ask Yourself When You Sit Down to Work

What would you get done if you only had until 10:30 a.m. to work today? Do that first.

Laura Vanderkam
Forge
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4 min readJan 11, 2021

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A few weeks ago I stumbled upon an incredibly useful thought exercise I’m calling “the 10:30 a.m. question.” It occurred to me when my part of Pennsylvania got hit with a heavy winter storm one Wednesday. The forecast…

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Laura Vanderkam
Forge
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Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books including Off the Clock and 168 Hours. She blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.