We go from laser-beam shenanigans and comic book hot takes to a practical, no-fluff playbook for managing time at work. A simple framework, clear constraints, and better negotiations turn chaos into momentum and make you look reliably in control.

• three-answer intake for new requests: yes now, yes later with a date, or no
• clarifying questions that set purpose, deadline, and success
• Parkinson’s Law and the cheap, good, fast trade-off
• stakeholder time negotiations and priority mediation
• manager alignment by sharing your active stack for reprioritization
• scope to time: match quality to constraints without guilt
• email triage, batch processing, and protecting deep work
• reputation benefits of reliability over busyness

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