Most people say they want high performance. Very few actually build the system for it.

Here's what the top 1% do differently: They don't just manage their tasks. They manage their leverage.
Let me show you what I mean.

It's 9:47am.

You've been working for two hours—but you haven't started THE thing yet.

You opened your laptop with focus. You handled a few emails. You checked Slack. You scrolled LinkedIn for a minute (research, obviously). Made another coffee.

And now you're looking at it: the strategy deck, the client proposal, the revenue model—whatever THE thing is that would actually move the needle today.

But something's off.

Not because you're avoiding it. Not because you lack discipline.

Because you haven't set the conditions for deep work yet.

You haven't clarified what matters most today. You haven't chosen your operating mode. You haven't protected the energy you need to do your best thinking.

So instead of traction, you're creating motion.

And motion feels productive—until you realize the day is half gone and THE thing is still untouched.

Here's what I've learned (both for myself and the clients I work with):

You're not spread thin because you lack discipline. You're spread thin because you're optimizing for the wrong thing.

Most planners are built for task management. But you're not managing tasks—you're managing leverage.

And here's the shift: when you optimize for leverage instead of completion, everything changes.

You stop wasting high-energy windows on low-value work. You start moving the needle on what actually matters. And you end the day knowing you made progress—not just motion.

Every morning, before I open my laptop, I answer six questions. That's it.
Six questions that set the conditions for deep work:

What's my ONE priority today?
Whats my operating state? (How do I want to show up for the big things happening)
What are my non-negotiables today? (The inputs that keep me sharp—movement, nutrition, rest, boundaries, etc.)
What are my high-leverage moves? (The things that actually move the needle.)
What tasks need to get done? (Execution.)
What did I learn today? What's my win? (Reflection that compounds.)

That's it. Six questions. Every day.

And it's the reason I can operate at full capacity while building The Bluesky Way, coaching clients, working with companies, and still have bandwidth left. And I've watched my clients do the same thing—reclaim hours, feel stronger and more confident in themselves, and end the day knowing they made progress.

I've been using this structure for so long that I finally made it into something you can hold.