| It never quite works the way you planned it, does it? | | | | Finish those, and then check the rest of your list, and |
| You've a to-do list that is chock-full of items, and you | | | | see if the next three most important tasks can be |
| make a detailed plan for the entire day, thinking you'll | | | | done – and so on. |
| finish a full one third before lunch, another third before | | | | The advantages are many: you have a simpler task in |
| tea and the rest before an early dinner. | | | | front of you, one that does not seem so daunting. |
| Only, as it turns out, you end up finishing less than ten | | | | Your to-do list over the next two hours is wonderfully |
| percent in the entire day, leaving you with a mountain | | | | short, and best of all your horizon stretches out over |
| to climb on the morrow, and a depressed mood for | | | | only two hours or so. Simplifying both your tasks and |
| the rest of the day. | | | | the number of tasks can give a wondrous boost to |
| Manage Your Time Effectively | | | | your enthusiasm, leaving you with less to do – and |
| There is a simpler solution, however, and all it involves | | | | that is always more manageable. |
| is making a decision to keep things simple. Ignore the | | | | Of course, it could sometimes happen that a single |
| volume of work that needs to be done over the next | | | | task alone can take more than an entire day, but there |
| three sessions in the day, and only focus on your top | | | | is a workaround for that as well, which involves |
| three tasks in terms of importance. | | | | breaking up that one single, mammoth task into smaller, |
| Prioritize-One Small List | | | | bit-sized chunks. |
| Prioritize those three tasks above all else, and focus | | | | And once you have these bit sized chunks, you can |
| only on the most important one. | | | | slide back into the top-three-done!-top-three-done! |
| Once that is done, move on to the second, and then | | | | routine. Give it a shot the next time you have a |
| the third. | | | | daunting day ahead of you; you'll find it a lot easier to |
| Your Second List | | | | power through your tasks for the day. |