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ELLIOT · CHIEF OF STAFF
Hi — I'm
Elliot,
your chief of staff.
I shield your deep-work hours, brief you before every meeting, and chase the follow-ups you'd never get to.
inbox — elliot@yours.com
Elliot — I've got a board meeting Thursday. Make sure I'm prepped and clear my Wednesday afternoon for deep work.
Done. Here's what I did:
- Blocked Wed 1–5 PM — "Deep work · no meetings"
- Moved two non-critical 1:1s to Fri
- Building board brief: last quarter ARR, open board asks, pre-reads attached by EOD Wed
Want me to loop in Priya for the financials section?
§ 01Things I handle
01
Meeting prep
Brief with LinkedIn, company news, last touchpoint — delivered 15 min before.
02
Buffer enforcement
Auto-holds 20 min between 1:1s, protects focus blocks.
03
Inbox triage
Flags the 3 emails that actually need you; drafts the rest.
04
Follow-up chasing
Reopens threads that went quiet after 72h.
§ 02My toolkit
GmailGoogle CalendarNotionSlackZoomLinkedIn + 80 more
§ 03A day at my desk
7:30 AM
Daily brief in your inbox — 3 priorities, 2 people to watch.
9:55 AM
Prep for your 10 AM lands: deck, dossier, last email thread.
12:30 PM
Reclaims your lunch block when a meeting tries to sneak in.
5:00 PM
Tomorrow's calendar clean; 3 follow-up drafts awaiting your send.