11 Playbook 6: Personal Productivity

Tom S
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Run your day and week with a second brain. This is one of the 11 Playbook categories. Each play below is a single move you can run right now, tagged by effort. Filter to the quick ones if you are just getting started.

PLAYBOOK 6
Personal Productivity

Run your day and week with a second brain

 

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What is a play?

A play is a single move you can run in Smith right now: one prompt, one result. Each is tagged by effort so you can pick the quick wins first. Plays are grouped into 11 categories; this article is one of them. For multi-step workflows that combine several moves, see the Recipes.

The Plays

Each card is one play. The badge shows the effort: Quick is a single prompt, Few steps adds a little setup, and Setup is a build-once move that pays off repeatedly.

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End-of-day capture Quick

Do: Dump the day's loose notes: "summarize, list tomorrow's to-dos, flag follow-ups."

Get: A clean close-out and a head start on tomorrow

Conversations
Weekly review Quick

Do: "Here's my week, what did I accomplish, what slipped, what's the priority."

Get: A self-review in two minutes

Conversations
Prioritize a messy list Quick

Do: Paste your to-dos: "rank by impact and urgency, and tell me what to drop."

Get: Clarity on what actually matters today

Any model
Plan a project backward Few steps

Do: "I need X done by [date], work backward into a timeline with milestones."

Get: A real plan instead of a vague goal

Any model
Decision helper Quick

Do: "I'm choosing between A and B, walk me through it."

Get: A structured think-through, not a gut guess

Any model
Draft your status update Quick

Do: "Turn these notes into my weekly update for my manager."

Get: The update written before the Friday scramble

Personas
Brain-dump to structure Quick

Do: "Here's everything in my head, organize it into themes and next steps."

Get: Order out of chaos

Any model
Prep for a 1:1 Quick

Do: "Help me prep talking points for my 1:1 with [manager/report]."

Get: A productive conversation, planned

Any model

See It in Action

Here is one of these plays running, so you know what to expect before you try it yourself.

✅Personal productivity

Prioritize a messy list

Dump everything on your plate and let Smith sort it into what matters now.

Next Steps: Pick one Quick play and run it today. When single moves feel natural, the Recipes show how to chain them into repeatable workflows. Working through your first month? The First 30 Days plan tells you which plays to use each week.

Playbook 7: Analysis & Data

The next category of single-move plays.

Playbook 5: Writing & Editing

The previous category of plays.

Smith Recipes

Ready to combine plays into multi-step workflows?

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