The Built For Pressure Podcast

Most executives build their diary in the wrong order.

Work goes in first, and their physical capacity gets whatever is left over. Usually nothing.

In this episode I walk you through my actual diary for the week. Not a polished version built for the show, the real one, with calls, shoots, admin and check ins in it. 

I break down how I build boundaries into my week, how I anchor the pieces that do not move, and how I put my physical capacity in first so everything else has something stable to sit on.

Here is what we get into.

How I anchor the pieces that never move, training and recovery, breakfast and lunch at the same time every day, so the week has a spine.

Why the gaps between meetings matter as much as the meetings, and how your energy leaves residue every time you switch subject.

The three drivers I use to build a week: the intensity of your days, traffic lighting your diary, and the difference between focus days and buffer days.

Why most leaders run their performance like a roulette machine instead of a vending machine, and what that says about how much they are still micromanaging.

The standard underneath all of it is simple. My physical capacity is what makes me an asset to the people around me. If it is not in my diary, it does not happen.

Listen through, then go and look at your own week. Find the one physical block you can protect tomorrow and put it in before anything else.

If you want to go deeper, I have a full workshop on this called the Energy Audit, roughly ten minutes on how to structure your diary and protect your capacity.

Energy Audit workshop: https://youtu.be/y-NTk-nnAyg