Super Skill: Mastering your time
1. Why this matters today:
Let’s be clear: your problem is not time.
You get the same 24 hours as everyone else.
Yet your days sometimes feel rushed, scattered, and strangely empty at the same time.
You probably find yourself jumping between tasks, tabs, and messages.
This leaves you exhausted and unsatisfied by the evening.
Instead, you want to feel productive and spacious. Present in your work and your life.
That does not come from more hours. It comes from mastering where your attention goes.
2. Super skill:
Today’s super skill is the 3-step ‘Attention > Time’ protocol.
Step 1. Focus fully:
Pick one task for 20–30 minutes.
Close everything else.
Ask: “How can I make this more tolerable, maybe even enjoyable?”
Then give it full attention.
Step 2. Refocus on purpose.
Your mind will wander. Good. That means you are alive.
When you notice it, label it. “Planning.” “Worrying.” “Remembering.”
Then kindly bring your attention back to the action at hand. One email. one line. one slide.
Protect this with simple rules. phone on airplane mode, clear desk, no notifications.
Step 3. Wander skillfully.
Block 30–45 minutes a few times a week for intentional mind wandering.
Sit somewhere calm and ask: “What problem am I trying to solve?” or “What new and useful outcome could I create?”
Then let your mind roam around that question.
This works because you are training your attention like a muscle.
You build the flexibility to be focused when needed and spacious when helpful, which reduces stress and increases real output.
Use it in your next work sprint.
Use it when doing chores that usually drain you.
Use it when planning a new project or life decision.
3. Becoming Super
Becoming Super is not about squeezing more tasks into your calendar. It is about becoming the kind of person who directs attention with intention.
When you do that, time feels different.
You get more meaningful work done, you feel less rushed, and you show up more fully with the people you care about.
This is exactly what we train each week in the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy 8-Week Course I studied at Oxford. Modern attention training that is rooted in mindfulness and psychology, so you can live like the owner of your attention.
Have a Super Sunday! 💪
With much joy,
Hashim