The most productive thing you can do today?
Clear your desk.
Reply to those emails.
File the papers.
Empty the bins.
Sounds ridiculous, right?
You've got proposals to write, clients to chase, systems to build.
But here's what I've learned from a decade doing this work: every open loop drains you.
That text you haven't answered.
That decision you're avoiding.
The apology you owe.
They run in the background like apps you forgot to close, eating your battery all day.
Not because it makes you organised.
Because it makes your brain available for work that matters.
When I'm stuck on a big project, I don't force it.
I clear the small things.
And then, without fail, the big thing becomes obvious.
Try it.
One hour.
Close every loop.
Watch what happens to your energy.