To-Do List Formula: A Stress-Free Guide To Creating To-Do Lists That Work!

by Damon Zahariades

Contents Other Books By Damon Zahariades Your Free Gift Foreword What Are Your To-Do Lists Supposed To Accomplish? The Productivity Paradox: How Your To-Do Lists Are Hampering Your Success I. Why You're Not Finishing Your List Of To-Do Items Reason #1: You Misunderstand The Goal Of To-Do Lists Reason #2: You Neglect To Assign Deadlines Reason #3: Your Lists Are Too Long Reason #4: Your Lists Have Too Much Variability Reason #5: You Give Yourself Too Many Options Reason #6: You Neglect To Add Context For Each Task Reason #7: Your Tasks Are Defined Too Broadly Reason #8: Your Tasks Are Not Attached To Specific Goals Assessing Your To-Do List Mastery: A Self-Appraisal How Negative Emotions Impair Your Productivity II. 10 Most Popular To-Do List Systems #1 - The Massive, All-Inclusive List #2 - The “Task + Starting Date + Due Date” List #3 - The To-Do List Twosome: Master Task List + Daily Task List #4 - The "3+2" Strategy #5 - The 1-3-5 Rule #6 - The Project-Based System #7 - The 3-MIT Approach #8 - The Kanban Method #9 - The Matrix System #10 - Getting Things Done (GTD) Getting Things Done: Is It Effective? III. How To Create The Perfect To-Do List Step 1: Isolate Current Tasks From Future Tasks Step 2: Define Tasks By Desired Outcomes Step 3: Break Projects Down To Individual Tasks Step 4: Assign A Deadline To Each Task Step 5: Limit The Number Of Current Tasks To Seven Step 6: Organize Tasks By Project, Type, Or Location Step 7: Prune Your List Of Unnecessary Tasks Step 8:...