CAVEDAY INTRODUCTION

Welcome To The World’s
Most Focused Community

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What To Expect

We lead group focus sessions ON zoom every day.
Here’s what you need to know before working “in the cave.”

Caveday’s Commitment To Community

Our best work is only possible when we feel safe. We are committed to building a community where everyone feels like they belong. To us, that means inviting diverse voices in, including BIPOC in our experience design and team of facilitators, creating equitable resources and opportunities.

We are committed to the ongoing work of being an anti-racist organization.
We exist to help people get closer to their potential – feeling focused and safe.

Intentions and agreements

Working In The Cave

ONE

Important Over Urgent

We rarely have the bandwidth to make progress on our most important work. When planning our sprints, Cavedwellers prioritize important work.

Otherwise, we end up spending our days (and ultimately our careers) just sending emails and Slack and doing defensive, urgent tasks. We’ll feel better about our work if we can make progress on the important stuff.

TWO

Start With The Hard Thing First

Cavedwellers do the most challenging task early in The Cave while we still have our best focus and energy, .

We often fall into the trap of building momentum with easy tasks, but suddenly, it’s 3pm and you don’t have the mental capacity to do your hard work.

THREE

Monotask

Multitasking promotes limited attention spans. That’s why Cavedwellers Monotask in The Cave.

Multitasking is the only thing that the more we do it, the worse we get Splitting our attention across different tasks is not only counter-productive but also reduces our cognitive abilities.

FOUR

Do Not Disturb Mode

Starting with our phones, Cavedwellers leave all distractions out of The Cave.

Close tabs, quit programs, mute notifications, hide that phone.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Improving Our Relationship To Work

Work is not everything.

It’s easy to get caught in the trap of productivity and the myth of hard work– to hustle harder, work 24/7, sleep when you’re dead. But the truth is, if we all worked smarter, and if we had better boundaries with our work, our whole lives would be more fulfilling.

When our relationship to work is healthy (when it’s not asking for all of our time and draining us of our energy), our other relationships can thrive. We help you feel more accomplished every day and in control of your time.

We believe that by improving the quality of our work, we can improve the quality of our lives.

Get Oriented and Set Up

Music vs White Noise

Working Better From Home

Managing Distractions

Protecting Your Time

Tools To Block Distractions

The Bats (Co-Founders)

Jake Kahana - South Orange, NJ

Jake is a creative director who spent the first decade of his career making ad campaigns you probably remember. He is a founding US Faculty member with The School of Life and creator of The Email Refrigerator. Recent projects include: BettVR with Age, 45Villians, and You’re Better Than Brunch. He lives in South Orange with his wife and two kids. He's proud to have his work in the permanent collection at both MoMA and his parents' fridge since 1988.

Jeremy Redleaf - Brooklyn, NY

Jeremy is an Emmy Award winning artist. Through juggling projects and collecting hyphens, he's learned how to get stuff done when nobody's watching. He tells stories and creates experiences that induce connection and challenge people to embrace their weirdness. Recent projects include: the feature film 3rd Street Blackout, the job portal Odd Job Nation, The Talk Shop and The Mystery Dinner.

Molly Sonsteng - Minneapolis, MN

Molly's work is focused on play. Her company, Madcap Factory, has created games and experiences for hundreds of people and companies to play more in order to bring more meaning into their everyday lives. She is a seasoned event producer, having spent years building and growing a morning dance party event series and freelances as a producer all over the world.