Each workday comes with chores.
Reply to emails. Update trackers. Sit in routine meetings. Review documents. I’m sure you have your own set of never-ending mundane tasks.
If you’re good at the chores, you’ll be handed more of them. And of course, you can always find more to add.
The trap is waiting until all of them are done before you take initiative. By then, there’s no time or energy left for the work that matters — the new idea, the bold proposal, the tough conversation, the change that actually shifts outcomes.
So don’t let workplace chores consume the best of your day. Make space first for the initiatives that create real impact.
Let the chores fill the margins, not define the page.