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The Restart Kit

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  1. Page 1. Cover: The Restart Kit. Your first day back after losing track, in 20 minutes.
  2. Page 2. Start here: You lost track. You don't have to start over. What's inside.
  3. Page 3. The 5-minute version: Three questions. On paper.
  4. Page 4. The 20-minute Restart: Seven steps to know what matters today.
  5. Page 5. Backlog triage: Sort the backlog. Don't clear it.
  6. Page 6. What to say to people who are waiting: Silence costs more than a late answer.
  7. Page 7. Your minimum day: A minimum day counts as a full day.
  8. Page 8. Three gears for one routine: Every routine needs a way back.
  9. Page 9. The 7-day re-entry: One week back, one small step a day.
  10. Page 10. The Return Note: A note for the next time.
  11. Page 11. Where to go from here: Want to see it done, not just described?

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A blank page is hardest on the day you have the least energy. The Extended edition shows six people coming back after a gap, worked through step by step: after flu, after a holiday, after a month on empty, an inbox of 400 emails, a missed deadline, and a home that fell apart. Plus six more ready-to-send messages and the five ways a restart goes wrong. 26 pages.

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The six people are invented composites, written to show the tools in use.

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