033: Why To Do Lists Don't Work: The Priority List
The Intentional Advantage
Tanya Dalton
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2017
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Learn why the traditional to-do list is working against you. I'm showing you how to use a new system - the Priority List. This will allow to actually work toward the important items on your list, like your personal goals, instead of getting bogged down by Insignificant tasks. After this episode, you'll be inspired and ready to start tomorrow morning off with your new and personalized list that propels you forward toward goals and big projects.
What's In This Episode:
• Why to-do lists don't really work in today's society and workplaces.
• Understand and combat that feeling that tasks are always eating away at you.
• How to work more effectively by using the three priority levels that keep your tasks organized.
• Everyday examples of how you can respond to Insignificant tasks so that you can focus on the Important ones.
• Tips on how to begin using this new system in any area of your life.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inquell Press, a podcast focused on finding true fulfillment and happiness through the power of productivity. |
| 0:09.2 | To get your free checklist, five minutes to peak productivity, simply sign up at Inquilpress.com slash podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton. |
| 0:19.3 | Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 0:20.9 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton. Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. |
| 0:22.9 | I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, and this is episode 33. |
| 0:27.7 | Today, we are talking about why to-do lists don't work. |
| 0:32.4 | If you're one of those people who's been making to-do lists for a long time, |
| 0:36.6 | and you find that somehow at the end of |
| 0:39.6 | the day you're still feeling unsuccessful or that you haven't accomplished enough. It's not you. |
| 0:45.4 | It's the to-do list. That's the problem. All right. So before we get there and talk about that, |
| 0:51.6 | let's just take a second to have a quick word from our sponsor |
| 0:54.5 | and then we'll start diving in. Today's episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. If you are |
| 1:01.5 | a freelancer or entrepreneur, FreshBooks is the simplest way to be more productive, get organized, |
| 1:08.7 | and most importantly, get paid. |
| 1:14.5 | I'll share a little bit more about fresh books later on in today's episode. |
| 1:19.4 | But let's go ahead and get started talking about why to-do lists don't work. |
| 1:24.8 | Let's back up for a second and understand where did the to-do list even come from. |
| 1:28.9 | What was the origin of this productivity trick? Well, in 1918, Charles Schwab was the president of the largest shipbuilder and the second largest steel |
| 1:34.4 | producer in America at the time, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and he was looking for a way to |
| 1:40.0 | increase the efficiency of his team. So he arranged a meeting with productivity consultant Ivy Lee. |
| 1:46.6 | Mr. Lee asked to meet with each of Schwab's executives for about 15 minutes to come up with a solution. |
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