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This week:
๐ The 90-minute system that changed how I create
๐ AI Alley: NotebookLM got a new update
๐ Why introverts need containers, not motivation
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It was 11pm on a Tuesday. I was staring at a blank Notion page, a bowl of popcorn, trying to force one more piece of content out of my brain.
Can I be transparent? I had been at my desk for nine hours. Not productive hours. Scattered hours. Context-switching hours. The kind where you feel busy but create nothing.
That night I made a decision that changed everything.
Here's what I didn't want to admit: I was burning out from the way I was creating, not from creating too much.
I had convinced myself that longer hours meant more output. That discipline looked like marathon sessions. That real creators grind through the exhaustion.
But my body was telling me something different. The chest tightness before I opened my laptop. The scrolling instead of writing. The half-finished drafts piling up.
The truth? I was working past my creative window and calling it discipline. And it was killing my output.
If youโre reading this, youโre probably in the same place I was. Weโre all here because we want to create consistently without burning out... and most advice tells us to just push harder.
But hereโs what nobody talks about: your brain doesnโt work in marathons. It works in sprints.
You have peak creative windows: usually 60-90 minutes where youโre locked in and flowing. After that, quality drops. Decisions get harder. You start scrolling instead of creating.
The mechanism is simple: work with your creative window, not against it.
90 minutes. One task. Full focus. Then stop.
Not โstop when you feel like it.โ Stop at 90 minutes. Walk away. Move your body. Then come back for the next sprint.
Here's what I need you to try this week: one 90-minute sprint. Timer on. Phone off. One deliverable.
See what happens when you give yourself a container instead of an endless workday.
Because the system I'm about to share that I don't really share unless you are in Lions Behavior isn't about working more. It's about working aligned.
The Lock-In Framework
This is the 5-behavior cycle that makes sprint sessions actually work:
๐น MOVE - Start with your body. Even 10 minutes. Walk, stretch, whatever gets you out of your head. Creative work is physical. If your body is stagnant, your ideas will be too.
๐น BREATHE - Regulate your nervous system before you create. Two minutes of intentional stillness. This is the difference between creating from anxiety and creating from clarity.
๐น CREATE - The sprint. 90 minutes of focused creation. One deliverable per sprint. Not multitasking. Not switching between projects. One thing.
๐น LEARN - Consume intentionally between sprints. Not random scrolling. Directed learning that connects to what youโre building.
๐น CONNECT - Create with others when possible. Accountability changes everything. When someone else is sprinting next to you, you sprint harder.
These five behaviors arenโt steps. Theyโre a cycle. Move, breathe, create, learn, connect. Repeat.
The creators who win aren't the ones who work the longest. They're the ones who protect their creative windows and design for recovery.
Better windows, not more hours.
๐ AI Alley
One of the most underrated AI tools, NotebookLM, just did another upgrade that is literally making it easy for you to not only learn but to have content.
This month they drop cinematic video overviews. This is going to turn your documents, PDFs, web links, whatever you upload to it, into an immersive AI animated and narrated explainer video.
And honestly, it's really impressive. For those people who are thinking about creating faceless content, you may want to look into this.
To find it, all you have to do is click the pencil sign for video overview, and you should see this:
Let me know if you have this feature, and if you haven't checked out NotebookLM yet, go here.
I'll Be Speaking In Chicago April 16-18
April is a busy month for me, so the first event that I have is going to be in Chicago April 16 to the 18 for Eric Thomas 1% conference. and it's not just me. Sarah Jake Roberts is gonna be there, Inky Johnson, Wall Street Trapper, B. Simone, EYL, and more. Click here to get your tickets and I'll see you there.
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Nicky S
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