Be Intentional With Your Time

Two posts in one this week – one theme, two angles that fit together well.
Part 1 – Cancel a Meeting
Part 2 – Have a Nap in Place of That Meeting

Part 1 – Less Is More

It’s OK to cancel.
I give you permission.
More importantly, you should give yourself permission.

But wait, what about the people you’re cancelling on?
Their expectations?
Your reputation?

Yada yada…
Here’s the better question:

Who gets the oxygen mask first?

(Spoiler: it's you.)

Look, maybe it’s an exaggeration—but it’s still true.
There are almost certainly 1–3 meetings on your calendar next week that are:

• Agenda-less

• Weakly justified

• Better as a Zoom than in-person

• Better as an email than a Zoom

• Or better as... nothing at all

Will you take charge of your time?
If you do not, someone else will.

Be intentional.
It’s your life, not theirs.

DW

Part 2 – Winners Rest

This one was sparked by a text to a good friend this morning. Great human. Hyper-competitive. (Mostly with themselves)

Here’s an amped-up, Broker-specific remix just for you:

If you think rest is optional, you’re leaving opportunity—and self-respect—on the table.

Rest is a weapon.
Don’t use it, you burn out.
Burnt-out Brokers don’t win.

The science is clear:
Micro-breaks = less fatigue, more clarity, sharper decision-making, better mood, stronger results.
Try it: take 5 minutes every hour. Stand up. Stretch. Stare at the ceiling. Whatever.
Just don’t scroll. That’s not rest—that’s trading energy for dopamine.

For the more serious stuff—injury, illness, or surgery—macro-rest matters even more.
A wise surgeon once told me: “One month of recovery for every hour on the operating table.”
That’s a 720:1 ratio.

Sorry gents, your 3-minute vasectomy? Only buys you 36 hours of sympathy.

Your Workday, Reworked

Here’s what you must do daily:

1. Schedule rest like you do meetings.
Think of it as setting a meeting with yourself, one that delays a meeting with your maker.
15, 30, or 45 minutes. Book it. Block it. Honour it. Honour thyself.
All meetings on the hour, not the half. That’s my personal rule.

2. Micro-breaks: Use them. Aggressively.
Every hour. 5–10 mins.
Clear your head. Stretch your body. Drop the phone.

3. Honour stop times.
Shutdown means shutdown.
Checking email after 8PM? The #1 way to wreck a good night’s sleep.

Saying “no” isn’t weakness. It’s wisdom.

Your clarity, energy, and judgment depend on it.

If you ignore rest:

• Your calls get sloppy.

• Your judgment degrades.

• You lose that edge.

Not all at once. Gradually.
And sometimes, irreversibly.

Am I being contrarian? Maybe.
You thought I was an 80hr/week guy?

Maybe I am.
Maybe I’m not.

But I’m never burnt out.
Rest isn’t balance—it’s strategy.
It’s how you win.

So be a winner.
Go take a nap.

And hey, you don’t have to tell anyone.
Make it your secret weapon.

Nobody will know...
Nobody. Will. Know.

DW

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