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Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold

Ep. 270 – The Top 5 List: Getting Things Done

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Management

4.9225 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Every entrepreneur has a to-do list, and for most of us, it’s quite long. However, as part of that list you probably have a top 5 list, the most important tasks to complete each day. If you’re like most of us, many of those vital tasks are ones that drain your energy. In today’s episode, […]

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0:00.0

So the system was this at the end of every day make a list of the top five things you have to do tomorrow just sit down and spend time and limit not 12 not 64 not 3 what are the top five things you have to do tomorrow,

0:12.8

then put them in order of impact,

0:14.4

from the highest impact to lowest impact.

0:16.9

Welcome to the second in Command Podcast, produced by the COO Alliance and brought to

0:27.8

you by its founder Cameron Herald. In the Second in Command Podcast we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies and

0:36.2

tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

0:39.7

And now here's your host, Cameron Harold.

0:46.6

You have a to-do list, right?

0:48.6

You have a top five list, though?

0:51.0

In this episode, I'm gonna share

0:52.4

one of the easiest to systems yet probably the most impactful that helped us build 1-800 got junk.

0:59.0

We're going to dive into how to finally start getting that stuff you suck at or that drains you of

1:04.2

energy off your plate and we're really going to dive into the core skills of how to

1:09.1

finally delegate projects and tasks so that they get done on time, on budget, and so that you get back the result

1:16.5

that you're hoping for when you delegate them. I can't wait to read your comments on this

1:20.5

episode. I learned about something called the top five.

1:27.0

So this is something I learned from the book, Napoleon Hill's,

1:29.8

it was Think and Grow Rich, and it's the story about Charles Schwab and Ivy Lee?

1:33.6

I think it was originally like six, a half dozen, right?

1:36.2

The basic story goes like this.

1:38.0

There was this management consultant to Ivy Lee, sorry, Charles Schwab,

1:41.3

and he went and cold-called the CEO of this steel company.

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