Productivity-Killing Mistakes Nearly Everyone Makes: Laundry Lists vs. To Do Lists
What’s your typical day like? Do you feel like you’re stuck on a treadmill going slightly too fast?
Me too!
Always wishing there were more hours in the day?
Um yeah, I need like 40 hours in a day.
How about your priorities – do you feel like they’re getting tended to, or are you always putting out fires, one step behind?
As in reactive instead of proactive?
There are three common mistakes that people make every day that cause them to waste productivity.
Mistake #1:
Confusing a laundry list with a to-do list. There is a significant distinction between a laundry list and a to-do list. A laundry list is simply a running tab of all the things, important or not, that you would like to get done. A to-do list should only comprise those 4-5 tasks per day that are truly important.
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That makes sense! Then you don’t feel so overwhelmed by the amount of stuff on the list or that feeling of inadequacy when you don’t get to everything.
Smart, right? Makes perfect sense.