Brian Tracy credits his productivity to writing every task on paper the night before. He points to an Inc. Magazine study of 50 fast-growing company presidents: 49 used a yellow pad. A visible list you can tick off and carry forward works better than any app.
Sometimes people ask me, why am I so productive? How is it that I can write four books a year, give 100 talks, run free businesses and do so much stuff of volunteer nature, traveling all over the world? Well, the answer is my organization system. And it's interesting. They interviewed 50 presidents of fast growing companies in Inc. Magazine and they asked them, what time management system do you use? And you know, 49 out of the 50 used a yellow pad where they write down everything before they start. They say, what about a BlackBerry? What about a time management system? And what about. No, they just take a sheet of paper and they write down everything they have to do the night before and they work from their list all day long. And you know, that's what I've been doing all my life. It's the most powerful time management tool of all. It's clear, it's visible, it's right there. You add new things onto it, you tick them off as you accomplish them, you roll forward the things you didn't complete to the next day. Most amazing time management system of all is a pad of paper, a pen, and you every single day.
