Don’t Fall into the “T0-Do List” Trap

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2017

⏱️ 6 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We all do it: Make To-Do lists a mile long and then tell ourselves we’ve had a productive day if we’ve checked off a bunch of “stuff” before our head hits the pillow. But is that really the measure of a significant life? In today’s episode I argue that working hard doesn’t necessarily equal growing, and accomplishing tasks doesn’t necessarily equal real accomplishment. I offer a different way to look at your “to-dos” and suggest a series of questions you can ask yourself to ensure you’re getting the balance and sustainable success that brings true meaning to your day – and your life.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Love Life, I'm your host Matthew Hussie.
0:06.0	Now here's a secret about men that most women don't realise.
0:09.0	Men really want to feel manly around you.
0:13.0	If you know how to make him feel like a man, he'll want to be around you day and night.
0:17.0	So how do you do this?
0:19.0	I'm going to give you my five most powerful phrases for making him feel manly around you
0:25.0	right after we get into today's topic.
0:30.0	I wanted to give you a quick productivity tip today.
0:37.0	One of the things that I've found recently has been working for me is to see my day almost as a set of categories
0:45.0	where each category is like a thing that I have to fulfil.
0:51.0	So for example, there's the education box.
0:56.0	Each day I need to take off a box that says I've really learnt something today.
1:01.0	I've educated myself in some way today.
1:03.0	Another box might be creativity.
1:05.0	What did I create today?
1:07.0	Another box might be organisation.
1:10.0	How did I make my life more efficient today or less cluttered today?
1:15.0	Another one might be my relationships.
1:17.0	How did I connect with people that matter today?
1:21.0	Another one might be health.
1:22.0	How did I look after myself today?
1:25.0	The reason that I find this useful is it's quite possible to if you just follow to-do lists or if you don't follow to-do lists at all,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matthew Hussey, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Matthew Hussey and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.