Three-Hour Morning Focus

Shaan Puri shares his strategy of dedicating the first three hours of each day to his highest priority work (content creation), which has helped him focus and achieve better results.

Core Strategy

• Block first 3 hours of every day for highest priority work
• No exceptions or distractions allowed during this time
• Creates momentum that often extends beyond the 3-hour window
• Helps avoid getting pulled into other opportunities/deals early in the day

Why It Works

• Prevents spreading energy too thin across multiple projects
• Forces saying "no" to distracting opportunities
• Builds consistent daily progress on most important work
• Morning hours are typically highest quality work time
• Creates natural momentum to continue priority work beyond 3 hours

Implementation Process

• Identify single highest priority work area
• Protect first 3 hours religiously
• Start with 3 hours but aim to eventually expand to 8-10 hours
• Use as foundation to scale back other commitments
• Only consider new opportunities that are 10x better than current focus

Results

• More focused work on highest impact activities
• Better quality output on priority projects
• Reduced context switching and scattered attention
• Natural filter for saying no to distracting opportunities
• Creates clear boundary between priority work and other activities

Key Insight

The framework helps successful people stay focused by:

• Forcing choices about what matters most
• Creating protected time for deep work
• Building momentum through consistency
• Preventing dilution of effort across too many projects