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The 24-Hour Performance Map for Peak Energy and Focus
Timing your biology turns noise into signal. Here’s the daily map.
Over the past decade, I’ve learned one truth about performance - it’s not what you do, it’s when you do it.
Most founders optimize productivity like it’s a 24/7 market. But biology isn’t open all hours.
Your body runs on a trading schedule - peaks, troughs, and windows of compounding energy returns.
Once you align your biology with your calendar, everything compounds: focus, recovery, and clarity.
[The above clock image is for illustration purposes only. We aren’t asking you to wake up at 3 a.m. and be high performing before 6 a.m. 😂 for the actual windows look at the table below]
The Circadian OS
Think of your body as a 24-hour operating system - a synchronized network of biological processes that run in predictable cycles.
Every hormone, organ, and system has its own “bell curve” across the day: