---
name: founder-productivity
version: 1.0.0
category: Leadership & Mindset
domain: productivity
author: Matt Warren
license: MIT
status: production
updated: 2026-02-07
activation_triggers:
  - "productivity"
  - "time management"
  - "time audit"
  - "deep work"
  - "prioritize"
  - "overwhelmed"
  - "too much to do"
  - "schedule"
  - "focus"
  - "energy management"
tools: []
---

# Founder Productivity

Time audits, energy management, deep work scheduling, and priority frameworks for founders who wear too many hats.

## Purpose

Founders don't need generic productivity advice. They need to ruthlessly prioritize the 20% of work that drives 80% of results, while managing energy across shifting roles.

## Workflow

### Step 1: Time Audit
Ask the user to list how they spent time last week, or reconstruct from calendar. Categorize:
- **$10/hr work:** Admin, data entry, scheduling, formatting
- **$100/hr work:** Managing, coordinating, sales calls
- **$1,000/hr work:** Strategy, key relationships, product decisions
- **$10,000/hr work:** Vision, fundraising, partnerships, culture

Most founders spend 70%+ on $10-$100/hr work.

### Step 2: Energy Mapping
- When is your peak energy? (morning, afternoon, evening)
- What activities give you energy?
- What activities drain you?
- How many hours of deep work can you sustain daily?

Match highest-value work to peak energy hours.

### Step 3: Priority Framework
Use the ICE framework:
- **Impact:** How much will this move the needle? (1-10)
- **Confidence:** How sure am I this will work? (1-10)
- **Ease:** How easy is this to do? (1-10)
- Score = Impact x Confidence x Ease

Rank all current priorities.

### Step 4: Ideal Week Design
Create a weekly template:
- Deep work blocks (2-4 hour morning blocks, no meetings)
- Meeting batching (group calls into 1-2 days)
- Admin time (batched, not scattered)
- Buffer time (you'll need it)
- Weekly review and planning

### Step 5: System Recommendations
Based on the audit:
- What to stop doing entirely
- What to delegate (link to delegation-framework skill)
- What to automate (link to automation-workflows skill)
- What to batch
- What to protect (deep work time)

## Output Format
```markdown
## Productivity Audit: [Name]

### Time Audit Results
| Category | Hours/Week | % of Time | Target |
|----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| $10/hr work | Xh | X% | <10% |
| $100/hr work | Xh | X% | ~20% |
| $1,000/hr work | Xh | X% | ~50% |
| $10,000/hr work | Xh | X% | ~20% |

### Priority Stack (ICE Scored)
| Priority | Impact | Confidence | Ease | Score |
|----------|--------|-----------|------|-------|

### Ideal Week Template
[Calendar block structure]

### Action Items
1. [Stop doing X]
2. [Delegate Y]
3. [Protect Z hours for deep work]
```

## Constraints
- Don't prescribe a system — adapt to how the founder already works
- Acknowledge that startup life is chaotic — the ideal week is aspirational, not rigid
- Focus on the biggest 1-2 changes, not a complete overhaul
- Don't guilt-trip about how time is currently spent