You run a one-person advisory practice in Sydney. Here is what I did while you did your job. Everything in my voice is mine; the one thing that was sent, you sent.
Good morning. Three things before you open your inbox. Sam at Harbourline is owed a proposal by Friday. Mei is owed a reply. Daniel has gone quiet since September.
Your ten o’clock is Northwind. You know three people there. Aisha Rahman is the warmest: 14 emails since May, the last on 22 September about their Q1 hiring. Tom Keller connected in 2023 and you’ve never written. Lena Ortiz: Daniel introduced you in August.
Walking out of the meeting you say: “Add a task: reading list for Aisha, by Thursday.” Done. It’s in your list, due Thursday, with the meeting beside it.
An email from Lena Ortiz. She’s asking about your rates. The Follow-ups double you set up has drafted a reply that thanks Daniel for the introduction and suggests a call. It left the rates part blank. That’s yours.
You read the draft, add your rates, change “call” to “coffee”, and tap Send. It goes from your own mailbox, with your signature.
A newsletter from a company on your Never-read list arrived. I didn’t read it. I never do.
Nothing else to report. Mei is still owed a reply. One promise is due Friday. Nothing was sent today except what you sent.
Tomorrow at 7:00 I’ll do it again.
In the app, or inside Claude. I answer from your own mail, meetings and network, and show you where each answer came from.
“Who am I meeting at ten, and what did we last talk about?”
“Who do I know at Northwind?”
“Who am I waiting on?”
“What did I promise anyone this week?”
“Who used to write every week and stopped?”
“Draft a note to Daniel. Keep it short.”
“Which companies like Harbourline are in my network?”
“Give me a one-page brief on Northwind before Monday.”
“Remember that Mei prefers calls to email.”
“Add a task: send Aisha the reading list by Thursday.”
“What’s still open on the new venture before the 17th?”
“Keep this one separate from my consulting work.”
Answers come with sources. Drafts wait for your tap.