The four heights
The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.
Execute — do the immediate task
+This conversation is noisy — three people copied who aren’t relevant and it keeps pinging me. Mute…
Execute — do the immediate task
+This conversation is noisy — three people copied who aren’t relevant and it keeps pinging me. Mute the thread so I stop getting notifications, but keep it searchable in case I need to find the messages later.
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Improve — make it easier to accept
+Before muting, surface who will still see my replies and whether there are mentions of my name or…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Before muting, surface who will still see my replies and whether there are mentions of my name or tasks assigned to me. Warn if someone has '@' mentions that would be suppressed and suggest archiving instead if I might need to act.
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Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+A long team thread has blown up with irrelevant replies and I’m getting constant notifications. I’m…
Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+The thread is blowing up with replies that don’t concern me.
A long team thread has blown up with irrelevant replies and I’m getting constant notifications. I’m worried muting will hide a direct mention or decision I need to act on. Should I mute now, or skim and archive? Advise the likely risk and the best immediate action.
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Become — change the pattern
+I habitually mute group threads to stop notifications and later discover I missed a direct ask or…
Become — change the pattern
+I mute threads reflexively and miss important asks
I habitually mute group threads to stop notifications and later discover I missed a direct ask or decision. What single habit change will keep noise down but prevent missed responsibilities? Give a practical rule I can follow and how to check it each week.
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Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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