To Do List

“And so the problem with the to-do list is it doesn't necessarily respect the capacity that we have to get things done.”

“To-do lists have no constraints. You can always add more to a to-do list.”

“People who measure themselves the way I espouse of people who say, I'm just going to measure myself based on, did I do what I said I was going to do for as long as I said, I will without distraction, regardless of whether I finished the kicker here is they act…”

“The biggest thing to do is to get rid of your to-do list and put all of your action items on your calendar. Block off the amount of time that you think it's going to take. You have a to-do list. Everyone has a list of things that they want to do, and just tran…”

“What are the three things that you will have either, and could be started, advanced, or completed? We don't always complete things in a day. So what are the three key things that you will have done, the future perfect tense, today, so you can look back and say…”

“If you're gauging your mental and emotional conception of progress on, is my to-do list done yet? The answer to that day after day, week after week, year after year is no, it's not done yet. Therefore, it's hard to feel good about what it is that you've done i…”

“What I tell myself now is that my to-do list is a tool for accountability and treating my time as a precious resource, but my definition of success should be directional, not absolute. What that means is if I worked on the things I said I would work on, it was…”

“To-do lists turns out most people use, the way they use to-do lists is completely destroying their productivity.”

“What I'm saying specifically is don't run your life with a to-do list. Don't wake up in the morning and look at your to-do list as the first place you look. You should be looking at your calendar. Your calendar is your best to-do list.”