Jared Anderson - To Do List--How to Improve Time Management, Productivity, and Multi tasking

To Do List

How to Improve Time Management, Productivity, and Multi tasking

Jared Anderson

Table of Contents

1. Is Your To-Do List Really a To-Do List

2. Get Your To-Do List Under Control

3. Plans to Turn Your To-Do List into a Ta-Da!

4. Top 7 To-Do List Mistakes People Make

5. Time Management - Be Most Effective at Work by Managing Your Time

6. How To Improve Time Management

7. How to Improve Your Focus Everyday

8. Multi Tasking - The Good and the Bad

I ntroduction

Th t-d lit i n f th imlt tk mngmnt tm in u td. Yt it ntinu t frutrt millin f l. Yu m b n f thm.

Firt, it nt ur fult. Fw l riv frml trining n hw t rt fftiv t-d lit. It rrl tught in hl. And b th tim mt f u ntr th wrkl, wv dtd a r, infftiv rh t gtting thing dn.

Snd, withut lid trining, ur likl uing a tk mngmnt mthd tht btging ur bilit t mlt tk. I ll thi th rdutivit rdx, whih wll diu in dtil in a fw mmnt. Th rult r ttrhi.

Chapter I

I Yur T-d Lit Rll a T-d Lit?

I f u r a rn with a bu, mlx lif, u r likl uing m t f t-d lit. Smtim gtting dn n fl ll t diffiult. Yu lk vr ur lit, nd lking t m itm, think, "Yuk, I dn't wnt t dl with tht." Thr uld l b m itm n ur lit u ignr nitntl nd dn't wnt t have to deal with it.

S wht' th rblm hr? I it tht u r n individul wh rrtint r i lz? It' unlikl tht' th rl rblm. Mt l r a littl bit lz. If n t f bing lz i th tndn t wnt t gt thing dn ffiintl with th lt munt f ffrt, tht' rll nt uh a bd thing. Ok, wht i th tul rblm hr?

Did u knw tht ftn th biggt rblm i tht ur "t-d lit" i nt rll a t-d lit? Gt ur lit nd n it vr right nw. Ar u immditl wr f th nxt action you should take? If thi i nt rdil rnt t u, thn u rbbl do dndot hv a correct "t-d lit." Th rlit i, mt "t-d lit tht l mk r tull a mbintin f diffrnt itm, whih r:

T-d (tin t) - th r th itm whih u lk t nd undrtnd lrl jut wht it i u nd t d t mlih thm. Hr r m xml: "Cll Frnk nd diu hw t imrv th unting tm.", "brintrm 10 id but hw to inr rvnu ", "m n mil t m t lint t thnk thm fr thir buin nd llt", "mw th lwn".

Prjt - th r itm tht b nit nd multil ifi tin t t mlt nd th nd t b litd rt ditint tk. Smtim u will knw ll th t nr t finih th rjt but thr tim u dn't. An xml f a rjt wuld b, "hir a nw itnt". It' a rjt in mlting it invlv multil t, uh "l a wntd d in th r", "rviw rum" nd mr.

Othr tuff - thi i vrthing l n ur lit, thing u hv writtn dwn u might nd t d mthing but, but u jut dn't hv a lr undrtnding wht th tin i u huld tk.

It' a rll big rblm if thr r thing n ur lit tht rn't tull "t-d". Whn u lk t th lit nd u'r nt ur wht t d but m f th itm, u will tull trt t fr lking t it, bu u'll think it will b t hrd rting thrugh ll th iu. Or u might rd thrugh th lit nd jut ik ut th tuff t d, kiing vr th itm tht u'r nt uit ur but.

A thi hn, th ufuln f th lit will b rdud u trt viding itm tht r imrtnt. Yu d thi minl bu u hv nt dfind "firt tin t" t tk in rdr t mlih th l iml tk.

Nw, in thr, u uld figur ut th ifi f wht t d but h itm u gt t it. Hwvr thi i a dngru rh bu likl u will thn nd u rrtinting on wht t d fr h itm nd thi will ld t mr rrtintin in tking th tin itlf.

Thrfr, u hv t mk ur tht u nl ut itm n ur t-d lit tht u r rtl lr but and to know what tins are ruird in rdr t mlt the tasks. S, u hv t lk t vrthing n ur lit nd k th fllwing utin:

1. D I knw xtl wht I nd t d nxt with this itm withut hving t think but it?

2. D I knw wht th nd rult r utm i tht I wnt frm thi itm?

3. Will thi "t-d" tk m l thn ight hur (r a full d' wrk) t mlih it? If th tk will tk lngr thn ight hur, thn u huld nidr brking it dwn int mllr, mr mngbl rt. Th 8 hur figur i nt xt r ifi but mthing t nidr in rdr divring wht wrk fr u.

4. I thi t-d rll a ifi tin? A n xml, "ntt but th l rrt" i nt ifi ". It m m lik a mll thing, hwvr ing "tlhn" rthr thn "ntt" mn tht u'v thught but hw t ifill mlt th tk. Thn it will b hlgill muh ir whn it' tim t gt th tk dn. Al, fr utting th hn numbr in th t-d, whn it' tim t ll, it llw u t tk th tin ftr, lthugh thi m nt b nr if numbr i il ibl n ur ntt lit.

An dditinl xml but tin bing ifi i tht mtim th nxt tin i t think but n itm r brintrm but wht t d. S, intd f writing, "Think but wht d but uh nd uh...", u nd t writ dwn a ifi tin nthr rn uld brv t nfirm u hv mltd it. Fr xml, "Think but nd writ dwn 5 id but wht t d rgrding uh nd uh..." Nw thi i till ntill th m thing, but th ddd ifis i a wrful mtivtr in ur mind will now knw lrl whn th tk i dn. An tim u r bl, tr t mk a t-d mr ifi. Thi will mk it tht muh hrdr fr u t rit it.

5. I thi t-d th vr nxt thing I nd t d? Smtim u n't fllw thrugh n a rtin t-d itm bu thr i a rtiulr tin u nd t d firt. Wht u nd t d i nidr nd writ dwn th ifi firt thing tht huld b dn.

Nw thi m ll m iml nd in thr u uld figur ut n "firt tin t" fr h itm withut ifill nting r writing thm dwn. In rti thugh, it bm rll t rrtint rgrding ur tin itm if u d nt if th "firt tin t" t tk in rdr t tull hiv th gl.

6. Cn I brk th tk dwn int mllr mnnt? If th tk n ur t-d lit r t diffiult, thn u nd t think, "Wht i th vr firt tin tht I nd t d fr thi?" nd thn mrk tht dwn n ur lit.

Nw hr i th rblm: Evr tim u th itm n ur lit u wnt t ignr it nd nt tk n tin; u'r intimidtd b hw muh i invlvd in ding it. Thi rtiulr tk i tull a rjt nd in rdr t mlt it, will ruir multil, ditint, until t-d.

Yu hv t lk t th tk, brk it dwn nd nidr wht wuld b th vr "firt tin t" tht n b dn twrd th gl f mlting th vrll rjt.

In thi , it might b "brintrm a htr lit fr th bk" r rh, "g t th librr t rrh rfrn mtril ndd fr th bk." Whtvr it i, thi vr "firt tin t" nd t b mthing mll tht n b dn in l thn 8 hur, r vn bttr, l thn 30 minut.

7. I thi tk rll a t-d r i it mthing I m witing n? Anthr rn wh tk dn't m t g w frm ur t-d lit i tht u'r witing fr mthing u nd tht u dn't urrntl hv. Nw, it i nt a gd id t lv th t f itm n ur t-d lit. Wh? On gin, ur mind will frz u bu f a lit tht i mixd with t-d itm u n d nw nd th whih dn't hv n immdit tin tht n b tkn. Itm lik thi nd t b mvd t a diffrnt lit, whih w will tlk but mr blw.

8. D I rll wnt t d thi tk? On ur t-d lit, mtim thr m b n itm n it u jut nvr m t gt rund t ding r vn trting. Th rn fr thi uld iml b tht th tk i mthing u jut dn't rll wnt t d.

Yu might gt t it ltr, but it i nt a high nugh ririt t rrl tk r f t th rnt mmnt. Nw intd f jut lving it n ur t-d lit t bug u, th tk huld b mvd t n "n hld" r "t d ltr" lit, whih inlud itm tht u m d md but u rn't mmittd t ding t th rnt mmnt.

Yur t-d lit nd t nl hv thing tht u n d NOW, nt tk tht hv mnnt tht u r witing n in rdr t mlt thm r tk u m wnt t d in th futur. Yu nd t k a rt lit fr th rtiulr itm. K n lit fr thing f whih u r witing fr mthing. Put th thr t-d tht u r nt bl t d nw but m vntull wnt t gt t n a rt lit lld "T d ltr" r "On hld".

Finll, n u hv gn thrugh th r f dividing th itm n ur min t-d lit int thr lit dribd nd rdud it dwn t nl itm u n tull d nw, u'll thn b bl t dtrmin lr "firt tin t" nd u'll fl muh bttr! Yu will b muh l intimidtd b ur lit bu u n lk t h tk nd , ", I n d tht!" It jut wn't fl hrd nmr.