Posts Tagged ‘todo-list’

3 Secrets to Moving Personal Task Management to the Business Level

You've got managing your tasks down to a science. Your dry cleaning is always picked up on time, your 'honey-do' list at home has nothing left on it, and you've even gotten through all the assignments your supervisor has handed off to you. You are a to-do list rock star. But then something changes: maybe you've started your own business. Perhaps you've been bumped up into management. Suddenly you have to… Continue reading

February 17 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: Management, task, todo-list | 10 comments»

Why “Just Do It” Just Doesn’t Do It for You

“Just do it!” “Do Something!” “Act now!” “Ready, Fire, Aim!” We are surrounded, on a day-to-day basis, by the exhortation to act. Hustle, hustle, hustle, get a move on, get going. Whether its a friend giving us advice or a multi-million dollar ad campaign, everyone seems to be telling us – in the vaguest way possible – to get off our butts and go do something. Any-thing. New research out of the University of

September 15 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: action, brain, doing, mental, motivation, priming, todo-list | 15 comments»

Back to Basics: Reminders

No matter how well you set up your todo list and calendar, you aren't going to get things done unless you have a reliable way of reminding yourself to actually do them. Anyone who's spent an hour writing up the perfect grocery list, only to realize at the store that they forgot to bring the list, understands the importance of reminders. Reminders of some sort or another are what… Continue reading

August 22 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, calendar, gtd, memory, reminder, todo-list, trigger | 18 comments»