Move Faster

Day 7: Week 1 Recap: You Already Leveled Up

If you’ve been following along this week, here’s what you’ve done:

• Day 1: Added 10 Duplicate Zone items and 3 locations
• Day 2: Applied the One Home Rule: every item, one home
• Day 3: Learned the 2-minute readiness check
• Day 4: Started tracking material replacement costs
• Day 5: Wrote your first failure note
• Day 6: Named 5 locations in your shop

That’s it. No massive overhaul. No weekend-long reorganization. Just small, daily improvements that compound.

Day 6: Label Locations, Not Items

Labeling every item becomes homework. Nobody keeps up with it.

I’ve seen workshops where someone spent a weekend labeling every drawer, every bin, every shelf — and within a month it was all outdated. Items moved. New tools arrived. Labels peeled off. The system collapsed under its own weight.

Day 3: The Readiness Check To Avoid Stalls Before They Happen

Surprise store runs are the #1 project killer.

I’d say “Imagine this…” but I know that you’ve already done it. In fact, we all have. You know, you’re mid-cut, flowing, making progress, and then you realize you’re out of 120-grit. Or the right bit. Or finish. Or screws.

Day 2: The One Home Rule - Find It Fast

One Home Rule: every item has one home location. Flow dies when you search.

If a tool doesn’t have a home, it becomes a traveler. Travelers create mess and wasted time. You put the router on the assembly table “just for now” and three days later you’re tearing the shop apart looking for it. I’ve done this a hundred times!