This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you.

I'm Jason Pfeiffer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine.

And I'm money expert Nicole Lapin.

On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help callers solve their work problems.

And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

And it starts now.

You have too much to do. I mean, you probably don't need me telling you this, but let me just say it.

You have too many tasks. You have too many deadlines. You have too many things to track.

Every day feels like a scramble and a failure.

All right, maybe I'm talking about me here.

But I bet I'm also talking about you.

I bet we have the same exact problem.

And today, I'm going to share a simple solution that helped me.

It's called a list funnel. and it's something that I learned

from Google's in-house productivity expert. The list funnel helps you get things done and

reduces your stress. Today, I'll share how it works. But first, let's talk about why our

current solutions don't work. So, why do our lists fail us? You know,

everyone has a to-do list and those things suck. Maybe you can relate. My list, for example,

is a total mess. Some items require a lot of work, some a little, some must be done now,

some next week. As a result, I am constantly adding little

things to this giant list, which then distract me from the major things, which I don't see

among all the little things. And then I feel anxious because my list keeps growing. And

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