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Hey, Jordan Harbinger here, and welcome to Minisoad Monday.
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Happy to be here with you, kicking off the week with something quick and actionable that you can implement right away that ll make you more magnetic and effective.
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Today, Charles Duhigg is back with us, talking about the right way to create a to-do list.
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Charles, thanks for being with us.
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I gotta admit, creating a to-do list, it sounds really easy.
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What s going on here?
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So when most of us write a to-do list, we literally use it as an external memory aid.
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We just write down a bunch of the stuff that we want to get done so that you don t have to keep it in your head.
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You can just jot a bunch of notes.
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It turns out that
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That s actually the wrong way to write a to-do list, because what our brain does is our brain will automatically start looking for the easiest thing to do in order to give us a sense of completion, what s known as a cognitive need for closure.
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In fact, what we know is that about 15% of people, when they re writing a to-do list,
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they actually write at the top of the list something they have already done.
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Because it feels so good to like sit down at your desk and cross that off right away, right?
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It feels like you re like... But the problem is if you re doing that, you re using a to-do list for what s known as mood repair, not for productivity.
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You re using your to-do list to make yourself feel better.
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So what s the right way to write a to-do list?
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Well, according to all the research, the right way to write a to-do list is at the top of your to-do list,
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To write your most important goal what s known as a stretch goal now it might be the most important thing for today might be the most important thing for this week it might be the most important thing for this year but what you re trying to do is you re trying to use that to do list to not service just a memory aid but rather to force you to think about your priorities so that when you re sitting at your desk and you re getting something done and you look at your to do list you re reminding yourself.
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If I m spending all my time emailing and my biggest goal for today is to write this memo, then I should turn off my email and I should start working on that memo.
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But then the next question becomes, okay, so if I write my stretch goal at the top of my list, what do I do next to actually not make it feel overwhelming, right?
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Because if my stretch goal is write that really hard memo or run a marathon, that s almost too big.
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What the research says is the right way to take that stretch goal and break it into a plan
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Is to just use some method and one of my favorite methods is this thing called smart goals where you take what you want to get done and you just make yourself really quickly jot down.
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Okay, specifically what do I wanna do?
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That s the S. How am I gonna measure whether it s done or not?
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Is it achievable?
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Do I have all the resources around me?
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Is it realistic?
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Do I need to shut the door or turn off my email so I don t get distracted?
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The T is for timing.
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How long should I set aside in order to get this done?
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It takes like 45 seconds to take a big goal and to find its smart components, S-M-A-R-T.
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But if you do that within a minute you have your top priority at the top of your to do list and underneath you essentially have a plan of how to get started right away.
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That is the right way to write a to do list because you ve identified the most important thing and you ve told yourself.
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how to start.
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And once you have that, it ll happen.
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Charles, thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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