Dave Meier
@davemeier.bsky.social
Running profitable businesses for 15+ years. Now helping founders focus like business athletes. Neuroscience-driven methods meet battle-tested business implementation. https://focusfuel.email
Your brain isn’t fully awake the second you open your eyes.
Yet, 52% of remote workers check emails within 30 minutes of waking. Studies show this leads to higher stress and lower productivity.
The good news? A strategic transition window can supercharge your focus.
Yet, 52% of remote workers check emails within 30 minutes of waking. Studies show this leads to higher stress and lower productivity.
The good news? A strategic transition window can supercharge your focus.
February 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Your brain isn’t fully awake the second you open your eyes.
Yet, 52% of remote workers check emails within 30 minutes of waking. Studies show this leads to higher stress and lower productivity.
The good news? A strategic transition window can supercharge your focus.
Yet, 52% of remote workers check emails within 30 minutes of waking. Studies show this leads to higher stress and lower productivity.
The good news? A strategic transition window can supercharge your focus.
Legacy isn't what you leave behind.
It's what others choose to carry forward.
It's what others choose to carry forward.
February 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Legacy isn't what you leave behind.
It's what others choose to carry forward.
It's what others choose to carry forward.
Every night, you promise yourself you'll wake up early.
Every morning, a different version of you hits snooze.
This isn't a willpower problem — it's called the Time Inconsistency Theory.
And it's destroying your day.
Here's how to fix it: 🧵
Every morning, a different version of you hits snooze.
This isn't a willpower problem — it's called the Time Inconsistency Theory.
And it's destroying your day.
Here's how to fix it: 🧵
February 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Every night, you promise yourself you'll wake up early.
Every morning, a different version of you hits snooze.
This isn't a willpower problem — it's called the Time Inconsistency Theory.
And it's destroying your day.
Here's how to fix it: 🧵
Every morning, a different version of you hits snooze.
This isn't a willpower problem — it's called the Time Inconsistency Theory.
And it's destroying your day.
Here's how to fix it: 🧵
This @NotionHQ session tracker transformed my daily focus.
Tasks automatically generate session times.
"💚Optimal" appears when I work in the 30-60 minute focus sweet spot.
Sometimes the smartest systems are the ones that do the thinking for you.
Tasks automatically generate session times.
"💚Optimal" appears when I work in the 30-60 minute focus sweet spot.
Sometimes the smartest systems are the ones that do the thinking for you.
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This @NotionHQ session tracker transformed my daily focus.
Tasks automatically generate session times.
"💚Optimal" appears when I work in the 30-60 minute focus sweet spot.
Sometimes the smartest systems are the ones that do the thinking for you.
Tasks automatically generate session times.
"💚Optimal" appears when I work in the 30-60 minute focus sweet spot.
Sometimes the smartest systems are the ones that do the thinking for you.
1. Open your phone.
2. Choose your top 4 apps.
3. Move everything else to page 2+.
When options vanish, focus appears.
Try it for 24 hours. Report back.
2. Choose your top 4 apps.
3. Move everything else to page 2+.
When options vanish, focus appears.
Try it for 24 hours. Report back.
February 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
1. Open your phone.
2. Choose your top 4 apps.
3. Move everything else to page 2+.
When options vanish, focus appears.
Try it for 24 hours. Report back.
2. Choose your top 4 apps.
3. Move everything else to page 2+.
When options vanish, focus appears.
Try it for 24 hours. Report back.
Six weeks. One focus. Zero excuses.
The Six-Week Sprint is my system for shipping products. No theory. No fluff. Just the exact system I use.
Usually members-only. Free this January.
focusfuel.email/p/the-six-w...
The Six-Week Sprint is my system for shipping products. No theory. No fluff. Just the exact system I use.
Usually members-only. Free this January.
focusfuel.email/p/the-six-w...
January 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Six weeks. One focus. Zero excuses.
The Six-Week Sprint is my system for shipping products. No theory. No fluff. Just the exact system I use.
Usually members-only. Free this January.
focusfuel.email/p/the-six-w...
The Six-Week Sprint is my system for shipping products. No theory. No fluff. Just the exact system I use.
Usually members-only. Free this January.
focusfuel.email/p/the-six-w...
You're not burning out because you're weak.
You're burning out because you're strong.
Strong enough to push through signals you should listen to.
You're burning out because you're strong.
Strong enough to push through signals you should listen to.
January 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You're not burning out because you're weak.
You're burning out because you're strong.
Strong enough to push through signals you should listen to.
You're burning out because you're strong.
Strong enough to push through signals you should listen to.
Users vs. Devotees:
• Users seek features
• Devotees seek rituals
• Users want efficiency
• Devotees want meaning
• Users compare options
• Devotees feel belonging
Design for connection, not just conversion.
• Users seek features
• Devotees seek rituals
• Users want efficiency
• Devotees want meaning
• Users compare options
• Devotees feel belonging
Design for connection, not just conversion.
January 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Users vs. Devotees:
• Users seek features
• Devotees seek rituals
• Users want efficiency
• Devotees want meaning
• Users compare options
• Devotees feel belonging
Design for connection, not just conversion.
• Users seek features
• Devotees seek rituals
• Users want efficiency
• Devotees want meaning
• Users compare options
• Devotees feel belonging
Design for connection, not just conversion.
Every "productivity hack" you chase is another excuse to avoid the work.
Deep focus isn't complex — it's uncomfortable. That's why you keep searching for shortcuts instead of sitting with the discomfort of creation.
Deep focus isn't complex — it's uncomfortable. That's why you keep searching for shortcuts instead of sitting with the discomfort of creation.
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Every "productivity hack" you chase is another excuse to avoid the work.
Deep focus isn't complex — it's uncomfortable. That's why you keep searching for shortcuts instead of sitting with the discomfort of creation.
Deep focus isn't complex — it's uncomfortable. That's why you keep searching for shortcuts instead of sitting with the discomfort of creation.
Mismatching deep work and deep learning is costing you genius moments.
Deep work = Harvest (use what you know)
Deep learning = Planting (grow new knowledge)
You can't harvest while planting.
Most try both and achieve neither.
Choose one per session.
Deep work = Harvest (use what you know)
Deep learning = Planting (grow new knowledge)
You can't harvest while planting.
Most try both and achieve neither.
Choose one per session.
January 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mismatching deep work and deep learning is costing you genius moments.
Deep work = Harvest (use what you know)
Deep learning = Planting (grow new knowledge)
You can't harvest while planting.
Most try both and achieve neither.
Choose one per session.
Deep work = Harvest (use what you know)
Deep learning = Planting (grow new knowledge)
You can't harvest while planting.
Most try both and achieve neither.
Choose one per session.
Your customer doesn't want your product.
They want the person they'll become after using it.
Build identity bridges:
Level 1: Who they are now
Level 2: Who they want to be
Level 3: How your product shortens the gap
Stop selling features. Start selling futures.
They want the person they'll become after using it.
Build identity bridges:
Level 1: Who they are now
Level 2: Who they want to be
Level 3: How your product shortens the gap
Stop selling features. Start selling futures.
January 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Your customer doesn't want your product.
They want the person they'll become after using it.
Build identity bridges:
Level 1: Who they are now
Level 2: Who they want to be
Level 3: How your product shortens the gap
Stop selling features. Start selling futures.
They want the person they'll become after using it.
Build identity bridges:
Level 1: Who they are now
Level 2: Who they want to be
Level 3: How your product shortens the gap
Stop selling features. Start selling futures.
Social media apps are the new cigarette breaks.
"I need to check 𝕏" hits the same brain circuits as "I need a smoke."
Both are just dopamine withdrawal in disguise.
"I need to check 𝕏" hits the same brain circuits as "I need a smoke."
Both are just dopamine withdrawal in disguise.
January 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Social media apps are the new cigarette breaks.
"I need to check 𝕏" hits the same brain circuits as "I need a smoke."
Both are just dopamine withdrawal in disguise.
"I need to check 𝕏" hits the same brain circuits as "I need a smoke."
Both are just dopamine withdrawal in disguise.
Imposter Syndrome punches on three fronts:
• Identity (who you are)
• Belonging (where you fit)
• Competence (what you can do)
This is why we often feel like fakes. We're sizing up while stepping up.
There's a universe between being broken vs breaking through.
• Identity (who you are)
• Belonging (where you fit)
• Competence (what you can do)
This is why we often feel like fakes. We're sizing up while stepping up.
There's a universe between being broken vs breaking through.
January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Imposter Syndrome punches on three fronts:
• Identity (who you are)
• Belonging (where you fit)
• Competence (what you can do)
This is why we often feel like fakes. We're sizing up while stepping up.
There's a universe between being broken vs breaking through.
• Identity (who you are)
• Belonging (where you fit)
• Competence (what you can do)
This is why we often feel like fakes. We're sizing up while stepping up.
There's a universe between being broken vs breaking through.
Your team struggles with focus, not time management, and you might be causing it.
• Each "quick question" costs 23 minutes of focus
• "Always-on" culture harms deep work
• Engagement is about output, not meeting attendance
When did you last ask your team what they finished without interruptions?
• Each "quick question" costs 23 minutes of focus
• "Always-on" culture harms deep work
• Engagement is about output, not meeting attendance
When did you last ask your team what they finished without interruptions?
January 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Your team struggles with focus, not time management, and you might be causing it.
• Each "quick question" costs 23 minutes of focus
• "Always-on" culture harms deep work
• Engagement is about output, not meeting attendance
When did you last ask your team what they finished without interruptions?
• Each "quick question" costs 23 minutes of focus
• "Always-on" culture harms deep work
• Engagement is about output, not meeting attendance
When did you last ask your team what they finished without interruptions?
Most productivity systems are built for perfect days.
But life isn't perfect. Kids get sick. Meetings run long. Energy crashes.
Your system shouldn't break when life happens.
It should flex with you.
But life isn't perfect. Kids get sick. Meetings run long. Energy crashes.
Your system shouldn't break when life happens.
It should flex with you.
January 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Most productivity systems are built for perfect days.
But life isn't perfect. Kids get sick. Meetings run long. Energy crashes.
Your system shouldn't break when life happens.
It should flex with you.
But life isn't perfect. Kids get sick. Meetings run long. Energy crashes.
Your system shouldn't break when life happens.
It should flex with you.
Ever reorganised your entire kitchen to avoid sending ONE email?
Tomorrow I'm sharing why high-performers struggle with simple tasks — and the neuroscience to break free.
Focus Fuel members get the full framework.
Join us 👇
Tomorrow I'm sharing why high-performers struggle with simple tasks — and the neuroscience to break free.
Focus Fuel members get the full framework.
Join us 👇
December 15, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Ever reorganised your entire kitchen to avoid sending ONE email?
Tomorrow I'm sharing why high-performers struggle with simple tasks — and the neuroscience to break free.
Focus Fuel members get the full framework.
Join us 👇
Tomorrow I'm sharing why high-performers struggle with simple tasks — and the neuroscience to break free.
Focus Fuel members get the full framework.
Join us 👇
ChatGPT without Projects:
“Hi again, here’s my whole life story to get us started…”
ChatGPT with new Projects:
“I’ve uploaded everything. Let’s work.”
AI respects my time a little more.
“Hi again, here’s my whole life story to get us started…”
ChatGPT with new Projects:
“I’ve uploaded everything. Let’s work.”
AI respects my time a little more.
December 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
ChatGPT without Projects:
“Hi again, here’s my whole life story to get us started…”
ChatGPT with new Projects:
“I’ve uploaded everything. Let’s work.”
AI respects my time a little more.
“Hi again, here’s my whole life story to get us started…”
ChatGPT with new Projects:
“I’ve uploaded everything. Let’s work.”
AI respects my time a little more.
Creator burnout isn't from creating too much. It's from carrying too much.
Each unfinished project, unused idea, and unpublished draft has weight.
Release to receive. Ship to breathe.
Each unfinished project, unused idea, and unpublished draft has weight.
Release to receive. Ship to breathe.
November 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Creator burnout isn't from creating too much. It's from carrying too much.
Each unfinished project, unused idea, and unpublished draft has weight.
Release to receive. Ship to breathe.
Each unfinished project, unused idea, and unpublished draft has weight.
Release to receive. Ship to breathe.
Client: "I need full control of everything."
Reality: They needed to hide two menu items.
Difference in cost: $9,800
Lesson: People are right about their problems. But wrong about their solutions.
Your job is to bridge that gap.
Reality: They needed to hide two menu items.
Difference in cost: $9,800
Lesson: People are right about their problems. But wrong about their solutions.
Your job is to bridge that gap.
November 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Client: "I need full control of everything."
Reality: They needed to hide two menu items.
Difference in cost: $9,800
Lesson: People are right about their problems. But wrong about their solutions.
Your job is to bridge that gap.
Reality: They needed to hide two menu items.
Difference in cost: $9,800
Lesson: People are right about their problems. But wrong about their solutions.
Your job is to bridge that gap.
"Time management" is dead.
Energy management killed it.
You don't have 8 productive hours. You have 4-5 high-energy cycles.
Plan your breaks first. Then fill the spaces between with focused work.
Energy management killed it.
You don't have 8 productive hours. You have 4-5 high-energy cycles.
Plan your breaks first. Then fill the spaces between with focused work.
November 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM
"Time management" is dead.
Energy management killed it.
You don't have 8 productive hours. You have 4-5 high-energy cycles.
Plan your breaks first. Then fill the spaces between with focused work.
Energy management killed it.
You don't have 8 productive hours. You have 4-5 high-energy cycles.
Plan your breaks first. Then fill the spaces between with focused work.
The best market research isn't asking people what they want. It's watching what they engage with.
The market speaks through behaviour, not words.
Watch what people do, not what they say.
The market speaks through behaviour, not words.
Watch what people do, not what they say.
November 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The best market research isn't asking people what they want. It's watching what they engage with.
The market speaks through behaviour, not words.
Watch what people do, not what they say.
The market speaks through behaviour, not words.
Watch what people do, not what they say.
You can't manage time — it flows regardless.
But you can manage energy and focus. That's the secret. Control the controllables.
Energy and focus are your leverage points. Time is just the arena.
But you can manage energy and focus. That's the secret. Control the controllables.
Energy and focus are your leverage points. Time is just the arena.
November 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
You can't manage time — it flows regardless.
But you can manage energy and focus. That's the secret. Control the controllables.
Energy and focus are your leverage points. Time is just the arena.
But you can manage energy and focus. That's the secret. Control the controllables.
Energy and focus are your leverage points. Time is just the arena.
Forgetting is a superpower.
• Forget fear.
• Forget bad days.
• Forget your doubts.
• Forget small setbacks.
• Forget toxic friendships.
• Forget seeking validation.
• Forget your comfort zone.
• Forget what others think of you…
Forget limits. Fuel tomorrow.
• Forget fear.
• Forget bad days.
• Forget your doubts.
• Forget small setbacks.
• Forget toxic friendships.
• Forget seeking validation.
• Forget your comfort zone.
• Forget what others think of you…
Forget limits. Fuel tomorrow.
November 25, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Forgetting is a superpower.
• Forget fear.
• Forget bad days.
• Forget your doubts.
• Forget small setbacks.
• Forget toxic friendships.
• Forget seeking validation.
• Forget your comfort zone.
• Forget what others think of you…
Forget limits. Fuel tomorrow.
• Forget fear.
• Forget bad days.
• Forget your doubts.
• Forget small setbacks.
• Forget toxic friendships.
• Forget seeking validation.
• Forget your comfort zone.
• Forget what others think of you…
Forget limits. Fuel tomorrow.
Your calendar is lying to you.
• 8 hours blocked isn't 8 hours worked
• Without energy, they're empty boxes
• Without focus, they're wasted space
Time is just potential. Energy and focus turn it into results.
https://focusfuel.email/p/mind-over-minutes?utm_source=publication-search
• 8 hours blocked isn't 8 hours worked
• Without energy, they're empty boxes
• Without focus, they're wasted space
Time is just potential. Energy and focus turn it into results.
https://focusfuel.email/p/mind-over-minutes?utm_source=publication-search
November 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Your calendar is lying to you.
• 8 hours blocked isn't 8 hours worked
• Without energy, they're empty boxes
• Without focus, they're wasted space
Time is just potential. Energy and focus turn it into results.
https://focusfuel.email/p/mind-over-minutes?utm_source=publication-search
• 8 hours blocked isn't 8 hours worked
• Without energy, they're empty boxes
• Without focus, they're wasted space
Time is just potential. Energy and focus turn it into results.
https://focusfuel.email/p/mind-over-minutes?utm_source=publication-search
Stepped away from a problem for 20 minutes.
When I returned? Solved it in 2 minutes.
That's not coincidence — it's your Default Network Mode activating. Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop trying to solve it.
When I returned? Solved it in 2 minutes.
That's not coincidence — it's your Default Network Mode activating. Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop trying to solve it.
November 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Stepped away from a problem for 20 minutes.
When I returned? Solved it in 2 minutes.
That's not coincidence — it's your Default Network Mode activating. Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop trying to solve it.
When I returned? Solved it in 2 minutes.
That's not coincidence — it's your Default Network Mode activating. Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop trying to solve it.