Not a to-do list

Many books tell you to start your day with a ‘to-do’ list. If your experience is anything like mine, your to-do list keeps growing and growing till it becomes so exasperating and de-motivating that you say “What is the point?” and throw it away.

Try this: Start your day with an ‘Outcome’ list. Making a list of outcomes will be more meaningful and take you closer to your goals than a to-do list. Here are some examples from to-do lists and outcome lists:

To-do List

• Call Peter
• Send Visit Report
• Read Seven Habits book

Outcome List

• Find if Peter is free for meeting on Friday afternoon; if not when?
• Report to Ann about actions from my visit
• Identify items, if any, from Seven Habits book that I can use.

All the best!