The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The to-do list is how shit gets done. It doesn't matter if you are starting your first business at 17 or make 30 million a year, you still need to wake up and get shit done.
My life makes NO progress unless I'm making lists and crossing it off each day. Period.
Here's how I make my list.
1. Buy one of these or something you prefer. A small notepad.
2. I take it up to bed each night, I sit in low light and dump everything that needs to be done onto the page. No order. I usually have 500 things to do so I only write out the emergencies and any I don't want to forget I put on the next page for the next day.
3. Here's the unique part. Many of these things can only be done during business hours. Some can only be done when I'm out running errands. Some can be done alone on the computer outside of business hours.
I group them by these restrictions. I label ones that need to be done in person with a letter that lets me know which city I'll be doing it in. I label the business hours ones "bh". And I give a star to ones that can be done any time.
Then, at the bottom of the page, I write down something like "3*-2BH-3P-2BH-3*"
This tells me I need to bang out 3 tasks that can be done any time, so I do it early in the morning.
Then, I have to do 2 tasks that can only be done during business hours.
Then, I go run my 3 in-person errands.
Then, I do 2 more business hours tasks.
Finally, I do 3 more any time tasks at night.
I can pick any of them but what matters is they are categorized by their limitations.
Don't do things during business hours if they can be done any time. Don't go do one in person thing and then have to do another later.
This helps me break up my day into bite sized chunks so I don't get messed up trying to do 50 things at once and not doing anything.
4. Finally, don't put dumb shit in there. Don't put trivial stupid easy things on your list. Put the big important things on there and do them.
The to-do list is how shit gets done. It doesn't matter if you are starting your first business at 17 or make 30 million a year, you still need to wake up and get shit done.
My life makes NO progress unless I'm making lists and crossing it off each day. Period.
Here's how I make my list.
1. Buy one of these or something you prefer. A small notepad.
2. I take it up to bed each night, I sit in low light and dump everything that needs to be done onto the page. No order. I usually have 500 things to do so I only write out the emergencies and any I don't want to forget I put on the next page for the next day.
3. Here's the unique part. Many of these things can only be done during business hours. Some can only be done when I'm out running errands. Some can be done alone on the computer outside of business hours.
I group them by these restrictions. I label ones that need to be done in person with a letter that lets me know which city I'll be doing it in. I label the business hours ones "bh". And I give a star to ones that can be done any time.
Then, at the bottom of the page, I write down something like "3*-2BH-3P-2BH-3*"
This tells me I need to bang out 3 tasks that can be done any time, so I do it early in the morning.
Then, I have to do 2 tasks that can only be done during business hours.
Then, I go run my 3 in-person errands.
Then, I do 2 more business hours tasks.
Finally, I do 3 more any time tasks at night.
I can pick any of them but what matters is they are categorized by their limitations.
Don't do things during business hours if they can be done any time. Don't go do one in person thing and then have to do another later.
This helps me break up my day into bite sized chunks so I don't get messed up trying to do 50 things at once and not doing anything.
4. Finally, don't put dumb shit in there. Don't put trivial stupid easy things on your list. Put the big important things on there and do them.
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