Over-indexing on efficiency might be the least productive and most destructive thing you can do.
Get out of ‘deep work’ and ‘focus mode’ from time to time and see what happens when you are a human being.
Take off your noise-cancelling headphones and walk to your coworker’s desk to ask a question or discuss something instead of sending a Slack.
Pick up the phone when someone calls.
Go meet up with someone in person.
Don’t use Calendly to find a 15-minute slot five months out.
Just go do it, now.
Stop optimizing and start being.
Don’t give up on humans.