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Morning brief

One page each morning on today’s calendar, what needs a reply, and what slipped.

You need this if…

  • You open your inbox at 9 and look up at 11.
  • You find out about a 10 o’clock call at 9:58.
  • Something you meant to answer on Monday is still sitting there on Thursday.
01What it reads
  • Email
  • Calendar
  • Notes
02What you get

One page before you start: today’s meetings, the few emails that need you, and anything that slipped since yesterday.

03What stays with you

It reads and reports. It doesn’t reply to anyone or move anything on your calendar.

04How you ask

“What do I need to know today?”

Try it today.

Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, then add your own material where it says so. Take out card numbers, passwords and anything private about other people first.

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When it runs on its own.

Runs at 6:30 every weekday and leaves one page in your notes before you’ve had coffee.

That’s what Second Nature is: this job and 9 to 11 more like it, set up on your own computer around how you work, with me.

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