## Metadata * URL: [https://erik.wiffin.com/posts/limiting-work-in-progress-as-a-manager/?utm_campaign=Level%20Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter](https://erik.wiffin.com/posts/limiting-work-in-progress-as-a-manager/?utm_campaign=Level%20Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter) * Published Date: 2022-06-19 * Author: [[erik-wiffin|Erik Wiffin]] ## Highlights * The very first thing I learned as a new manager was that if I didn’t put a block on my calendar at lunchtime, there was no guarantee that I would eat lunch that day. * What I realized at the end of that week was that I had been more productive, despite being available for fewer hours.