Esther Brown wakes up at 4 AM to swim. She runs a diagnostic lab, gets her MBA, takes upholstery class with her mom every Tuesday, and is building a wellness brand on the side. She's had COVID five times. She's experienced burnout. And she told her friends she wants to start "dating" them because monthly is all she has time for.

Now she treats her life like her lab: constant risk mitigation. Every morning starts with an energy check. Her entire to-do list adjusts based on that number.

What You'll Learn:

Why she bases her entire to-do list on her energy level each morning (low, medium, or high)

The magnet method: how she redesigned a million-dollar lab using Staples poster board and cutouts

Why thinking is harder than doing (and how she protects time for deep work)

How she spent her first three months as VP at the bench, not in her office

The "Do Not Do" list: protecting energy by writing down what you won't touch today

Dating your friends: making a monthly pact when that's all you have capacity for

Her Sunday ritual with jazz music: planning what must be true by Friday

About Esther: Esther Brown is VP of Operations at Nexus Medical Labs. She's getting her MBA, building a wellness brand for working women, and applying risk mitigation thinking to everything from lab workflows to burnout prevention.

Links:

Discover your To-Do List personality: thetodoshow.com/quizMore episodes: thetodoshow.com