I have learned that's super important for me in the morning to wake up and to have some time

where I like have looked at my calendar and then I'm just walk through, you know, every meeting

and I kind of visualize how I want to feel in the meeting and like how I want to, you know,

come across. That allows me to kind of go into, you know, each part of my day with a little

bit more intentionality.

I'm Jocelyn K. Gly, and this is Hurry Slowly, a podcast about pacing yourself, where I explore

how you can be more productive, creative, and resilient through the simple act of slowing down.

Now, for me, there's an implicit connection between slowing down and finding more meaning in your daily work.

And the reason that one follows from the other has a lot to do with autonomy,

with having the agency to conduct your day

in the manner you choose, and most importantly, having the agency to use your time in the manner

you choose. This is important because autonomy is an essential ingredient in motivation.

In other words, it is very difficult to engage with your work, to find it fulfilling, to feel like it has meaning if you have no autonomy.

I should note that I'm drawing on the research in Daniel Pink's wonderful book, Drive here,

in which he argues that the three key ingredients in

motivation are autonomy, mastery, and purpose. And when we think about autonomy, and in particular,

the ability to control how you spend your time at work, there's one key development that comes

to mind for me. One tool that single-handedly

contributed to a massive erosion of our individual autonomy at work. And that's the shared

calendar, which is at the heart of today's show. My guest is Julie Zhu, the VP of product design at Facebook and someone who is uniquely

qualified to talk about this topic on two levels.

Number one, she has worked inside the speed-obsessed Facebook, a company whose motto is

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