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By Shreyas Doshi · shreyasdoshi.substack.com · @shreyas on X · LinkedIn
Shreyas Doshi, a product leader and writer known for his PM craft commentary, shares a deep dive into time management, drawing on advanced ideas he has seen work in practice. The conversation focuses on experimenting with methods to structure and protect one's time. The source text provided is only a related-post link, so the specifics below reflect the episode's stated framing rather than a verified transcript.
01Key learnings
- Treat time management as an ongoing experiment rather than a fixed system, testing methods and keeping what actually works for you.
- Advanced time management ideas go beyond to-do lists to focus on how you allocate attention across competing priorities.
- Protect blocks of deep, uninterrupted work time, since product work is often fragmented by meetings and reactive requests.
- Regularly audit where your hours actually go versus where you intended them to go, to surface hidden drains on your calendar.
- Distinguish between urgent and important work, and deliberately schedule the important work before it becomes urgent.
- Use your personal energy patterns to decide when to tackle high-judgment tasks versus lighter coordination work.
- Build review rituals to revisit and adjust your time system, so it keeps pace with changing responsibilities.
02From the post
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