What are your 3 most pressing questions to answer?
Write them down now.

What are your 3 most frustrating dilemmas?
Write them down now: “I’d really like to … but …”

When we clear away the clutter and get to the essence of what we need to move forward, the brain can really focus. And that ability to focus becomes your unfair advantage!

Writing down your focus points is extra helpful because it dissolves much of the emotional charge around them. When we keep these things only in mind (not on paper), we typically stay stuck in reactive problem mode. When we write them down, we get into creative solution mode.

This is a GREAT exercise.
And you can do it at the macro-thematic level.
And you can do it at the micro-tactical level.

Never underestimate the power of a simple thinking technique to reinvigorate you and your work. Focus is your superpower!