A case for scheduling 3-5 things per day

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Things a Day
3 - 5
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• "Every two days now, we create as much
  information
• as we did from the dawn of civilization up until
  2003.
• - Eric Schmidt

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• And so the best thing that you can
• do is simplify, just simplify.

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• 1 HACK
• Break down your tasks into three
• to five action items per day

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• Every night go through and figure out the
• three to five things you wanna get
• done the next day, and then just
• Sonly make yourself do those things.

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• So if you have a list of 100 things that
• you need to do or even 20 things, it's human
  nature.
• You're gonna wanna get quick wins.

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• You're gonna wanna
• be able to feel like you've done some things. So
  you're gonna
• go and you're gonna pick the quick tasks that
  don't really
• mean anything, but they give you a cross off the
  checklist.

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• BREAK DOWN

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• But when you're just picking three to five things
• per day, you're gonna look for the things that
  are
• gonna make the most difference to your
• bottom line, to whatever you're trying to do.

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• So if you have a big project and it feels really
• overwhelming, then just break it down
• into manageable action steps.

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• You can break it down into hour long things,
• 30 minute things, 10 minute, whatever is not
• gonna overwhelm you. But if anything's
• overwhelming you, it's just because it hasn't
• been broken down enough.

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Breaking it down to hours, minutes seconds
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• Everything's gonna get easier
• and easier, and you're gonna
• be so proud of yourself for
• knocking that out first.

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