
The Power of Deleting 99% of Your To-Do List

So you’ve categorized your to-do list. Avoided things that don’t fit in with your plan for the year. And made sure that everything on the list reflects where you’ve strategically chosen to spend your time. Excellent. Then you’ve taken your calendar for the day and made hard choices about what you can fit in your limited time. You’ve decided to do t
... See morePeter Bregman • 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
“How to 80/20 your work:
(1) Make a list of the 10 things you spend the most time on.
(2) Circle the two that truly drive your results. Do more of those.
(3) Look at the others. Eliminate ruthlessly. Automate or outsource what you can. Press pause on the rest.
(4) Repeat.”
(1) Make a list of the 10 things you spend the most time on.
(2) Circle the two that truly drive your results. Do more of those.
(3) Look at the others. Eliminate ruthlessly. Automate or outsource what you can. Press pause on the rest.
(4) Repeat.”