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How to Create the Perfect To Do List
The To Do List Backlash At a recent productivity workshop, I was telling everyone that the root of any good productivity system comes down to the simple To Do List. Based on the reaction from the audience, I almost felt like I had to run for cover. “To Do Lists don’t work for me!” “I’ve tried [...]
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The Checklist: If it’s good enough for Van Halen, it’s good enough for me
I love when lessons are wrapped up in good stories, like in the book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande.
One story described Van Halen’s concert contracts. These contracts clearly request a bowl of M&M’s “with all the brown candies removed, upon pain of forfeiture of the show, with full compensation to the band”. The story goes on to say that Van Halen actually followed through on this clause at least once.
My first reaction to this was: “Wow – another example of a ridiculous rock star request”. But my reaction changed as I read more …
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How to Leverage Your Assistant Effectively
Many moons ago, when I was learning how to drive, my driving instructor kept telling me to “look 12 seconds down the road.” As tedious as it seemed at the time, he had me cite a running commentary of everything that I saw approaching us: There is a street light up ahead; I am about [...]
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Writing Things Down
Urban legend often speaks of a Harvard Business School study where a mere 3% of students wrote down their goals. Interestingly, ten years later, these 3% were earning ten times as much as the other 97% of students put together. Wow! Turns out, despite how many times the above study is referenced, it appears to [...]
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Kids Write the Funniest To Do Lists