> We should be able to say say “I’m free for meetings from 2-5pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and if you want to talk to me then that’s when you can.” It's a nic

> We should be able to say say “I’m free for meetings from 2-5pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and if you want to talk to me then that’s when you can.” It's a nice idea, but the moment you have more than a very small handful of people who need to meet this becomes untenable and obnoxious. "Sorry, Mike says he'll only meet between 2 and 4 on Wednesdays, so I guess we'll have this meeting in 17 years when that works for everyone else. Or maybe Mike is just fired now? Either way, I suppose." > In most companies, doing that would make you an annoyance. Those companies don’t respect Deep Work. The other perspective, of course, is that you don't respect collaboration.