5-minute method for hyper-productive days
https://twitter.com/jspector/status/1541484082940366848
A lot of really solid recommendations, but my main takeaway is to start with the most impactful task (not the most urgent). Only after that is complete do you knock out the three most important items. I usually start with the most urgent, so this is a helpful reframe.
Yes! I'm going to start doing a Done list. The todo list app I use just gets rid of the items I complete, which is great clutter-wise... but I feel like seeing a bunch of checked boxes at the end of the day would feel really good!
Take this. Do that. Write this.
Do you see the problem with advice like this?
It tells you what to do. It doesn't tell you HOW TO start doing it.
A good book on the latter is Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg. In short, you want to take what you do and distill it to the smallest possible first step you can take.
"Write down your 3 most important tasks to do tomorrow" (this is from the article).
You could make this goal: Open your Notepad on your phone. Write 1-sentence (max 5-10 words) task.
See the difference?
Which one do you think are people more likely to do it?
Yup - one of my favorite techniques.
Most important deep work happens first.
Everything else follows.
I like that he includes doing something you love every day. So important. Burning out just isn't worth it.