Nir Eyal says to-do lists fail because they're endless and reward box-checking over real work. Instead, time-box your calendar and plan exactly when you'll do each task. The win isn't clearing a list, it's finishing what you planned without distraction.
Foreign There is almost no good research concluding that to do lists work, there's no constraints with a to do list. You just have more and more and more and more and more things you can add to do List. A to do list is bottomless only when you use a time box calendar, which uses the most well studied, most validated psychological principle around time management, which is setting an implementation intention, which is just a fancy way of saying planning out what you're going to do and when you're going to do it. A time box calendar is the only way you can say to your do I want more time at work? More time with my kids? More time on Project A or more time on Project B? A to do list uses this principle of measuring yourself your self worth based on how many stupid little boxes you checked off. Stop it. The new metric that you're going to use from today on is not how many cute little boxes I checked off, it's did I do what I said I was going to do for as long as I said I would without distraction.
Your Beliefs Are Sabotaging You (Here's Why) - Beyond Belief for Athletes with Nir Eyal
