7 Create Your Daily “To-Do” List
“To-Do” List
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PERHAPS THE MOSTpowerful time management tool is a
daily list of activities that you create to serve as a blueprint
for your day.
All successful time managers think on paper and work
from a daily list of activities. Just as a pilot uses a checklist
before every takeoff, effective executives take a few minutes
to create a “to-do” list before they begin each day.
The best time to make a list is the night before, so your
subconscious mind can work on your list while you sleep.
When you wake up in the morning, you will often have ideas
and insights to help you achieve some of the most important
goals on your list.
At the end of each day, the last thing you do should be to
plan out the next day. In a study of more than fifty highly