How to Make Better To-Do Lists
Published July 23, 2023 · 1:00 · 139,707 views
About This Video
Sixty seconds. Our to-do lists contain the molecules of our achieved goals. Van distills his system for better lists from the full-length to-do list video into its most actionable insight. The clip format works because the advice is structural: a framework change, not a step-by-step process. Structural changes only need to be stated once clearly. That is the whole point of a list.
Transcript
our to-do lists contain the molecules of our achieved goals I fill a folded piece of cardstock with 15 or 20 Post-its
and each quadrant holds either tasks or ideas the quadrants subjects change and evolve but the lower right is almost always my
buy quadrant my shopping list sometimes I use other quadrants as daily to-do lists in some quadrants I write down ideas or
media someone has suggested books or movies Maybe music if I'm on a job or at an important meeting or party I
sometimes list everyone's name that I meet so I can call them by name while I'm there and it's also a good record
but besides the shopping list quadrant there's no real set format to these things they evolve and shape-shift from list to list
Products & Tools Mentioned
- Post-it Notes mentions — core component of his to-do list system
- cardstock mentions — folded cardstock as base for portable to-do system