How to Use To-Do Lists to Be More Productive with Charles Duhigg

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Join us as our host, George Kamel, talks to Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the bestselling author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit. Charles explains his process for writing a successful to-do list and how this method can help you focus on your priorities and accomplish your goals. Later in the episode, George sits down with Kassidy Slamer, the senior director of service operations at Ramsey Solutions, to talk about how to find efficiencies on your team to be more productive. You’ll also learn Kassidy’s tips for helping your team get quick wins. You’ll learn: A tip to get more done on your to-do list If your to-do list is killing your goals How to stop people from stealing your time How to boost your team’s efficiency Support our sponsors: BELAY: https://bit.ly/351P9AE Hite Digital: https://bit.ly/HiteDigital NetSuite: https://bit.ly/NetSuiteEntre Exodus 90: https://bit.ly/Exodus90Entre Kyro Digital: https://bit.ly/KyroDigital Links mentioned in this episode: The EntreLeadership Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheEntreLeadershipPodcast Charles Duhigg’s website: https://bit.ly/3CPczGF Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg: https://amzn.to/3hZCUYH The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg: https://amzn.to/3w7qJBg Zendesk: https://bit.ly/37q4oov Download the EntreLeadership Goal Tracker: https://bit.ly/3pYdmQb Share your feedback with Tim, our producer: https://bit.ly/3bJOSmi Learn more about EntreLeadership Events: EntreLeadership Summit: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipSummit EntreLeadership Master Series: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipMasterSeries Learn more about EntreLeadership Coaching: Elite: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipElite Advisory Groups: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipAdvisoryGroups Executive Coaching: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipExecutiveCoaching Workshops: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipWorkshops Weekly Report Tool: https://bit.ly/WeeklyReportTool Listen to all the Ramsey Network podcasts anytime, anywhere in our app. Download the Ramsey Network app: https://apple.co/3eN8jNq

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0:00.0	You know, some people say nothing is impossible, but I'll tell you, some people do nothing every day.
0:14.0	So I can tell you, with great assurance, it is possible.
0:18.0	But seriously, you can't get everything done on your to-do list.
0:21.0	And when you do try to get everything done, you tend to drop the ball on the things that matter most.
0:26.0	So the question is, is it even possible to get to the end of the day and know that you are effective and not just busy?
0:33.0	From the Ramsey Network, this is the Entrez Leadership Podcast, where we help business leaders grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.
0:40.0	I'm your host George Campbell, and today's episode is all about how to be more productive.
0:45.0	Our first guest is Charles DuHig.
0:47.0	He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of Smarter Faster Better about the science of productivity and the power of habit,
0:54.0	about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies, and societies.
0:58.0	Today I'm going to talk to Charles about how to build a better to-do list.
1:02.0	He's going to lay out his process for writing a successful to-do list, and show you why this method can help you focus on your priorities and help you accomplish those big goals.
1:11.0	In our second conversation, I talk with Ramsey Leader Cassidy Slammer.
1:15.0	She's going to share her process for working with teams to find efficiencies to become more productive.
1:21.0	At first, my conversation with Charles DuHig.
1:25.0	Charles, it's great to have you with us on the Entrez Leadership Podcast. How are you?
1:28.0	I'm great. Thanks so much for having me.
1:30.0	So this is a fun topic that I know you're passionate about, and it's something that I'm terrible at.
1:34.0	So this episode is mostly for you to help me, but I hope listeners out there are helped by it as well.
1:40.0	We're talking about the dreaded or exciting to-do list.
1:44.0	Yeah.
1:45.0	There's nothing like a to-do list to make me feel like I'm a productive human being.
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