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Hi {{ first_name | club }},
I was wrapping up a call with a client last week. Good energy. We'd just agreed on next steps and I could tell they wanted to lock in a follow-up before the momentum faded.
Old me would have said "let me check my calendar and send you something."
Then I'd forget. Then they'd follow up. Then we'd do three messages back and forth to land on a time. By then, the momentum is gone.
Instead, I just told intervals: "Send them a warm link for Friday morning."
Done. While we were still on the call. They got it, picked a time, confirmed. No friction.
No delay. No lost deal energy.
That small moment is what I want to talk about this week.
The real problem isn't your calendar. It's the friction.
Most people don't lose time because they're in too many meetings. They lose time in the space around meetings. The checking. The coordinating. The back and forth.
The "let me find a time that works."
That stuff adds up quietly. Five minutes here. Ten minutes there. A whole afternoon gone to logistics.
Voice mode: just say it.
You just talk to intervals. Like you'd talk to an assistant sitting next to you.
"What's on my plate tomorrow?"
"Block Wednesday afternoon for deep work."
"Add a task: send the proposal to the client before Thursday."
"Send a warm link to the new lead from yesterday."
It remembers context. If you told it yesterday that Fridays are for deep work, it won't suggest Friday slots when someone asks for a call. If you added a task on Monday, it'll nudge you if you haven't done it by Wednesday.
No commands to memorize. No menus. Just say what you need.
First things first.
Stephen Covey has this famous jar of rocks demonstration.
You have a jar. You have big rocks, pebbles, and sand.
If you put the sand in first, the big rocks won't fit.
But if you put the big rocks in first, the pebbles and sand fill in around them.
Here's the thing: most calendars are full of sand.
→ "quick sync" that takes 45 minutes
→ "pick your brain" from someone you barely know
→ intro call that goes nowhere
→ meeting that could've been a message
None of it is bad. But it fills the jar before the big rocks get in.
And the big rocks? Deep work. Strategy. Building. The people who actually matter.
The problem: sand sends calendar invites. Rocks don't.
That's what intervals fixes. It filters the sand so your big rocks fit first. Voice mode just makes it faster.
💭 Wisdom this week
"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."
Your calendar should feel like a good assistant.
Quiet when things are handled. Available when you need it. And responsive to your voice, not just your keyboard.
We're getting closer to that every week.
-- Ruzgar
P.S. If you haven't tried intervals yet, connect your calendar and say hello to the assistant. It takes 2 minutes. intervals.so
P.P.S. What's the first thing you'd say to a calendar assistant? Hit reply. I read everything.