In draft · PACE

The Attention Architect

Delegate distraction to AI so you focus on what only you can do

Every focus method assumes you can disconnect. Founders cannot.

A founder cannot quit Slack, ignore email, or vanish for four hours without consequence. Deep Work, Indistractable, and Digital Minimalism all assume you can disconnect. This is the first attention book for founders who cannot. The PACE framework treats distraction as an architecture problem solved by AI delegation, not a willpower problem solved by discipline. You delegate the noise to AI so you can focus on what only you can decide.

• PACE: a four-layer attention architecture (Pipeline, AI Triage, Curation, Execution)
• AI agents that classify, summarize, and route your inbound so noise never reaches you
• Channel and SLA design that decides how people reach you, before they do
• A curated daily queue surfacing only what needs your unique judgment
• Protected focus blocks built for founders who stay reachable, not willpower hacks