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Sam Parr says traditional to-do lists fail because they treat every task the same. Instead, pick one "big thing" each morning that would make the day a success, finish that first, then tackle everything else as bonus work.
Sam Parr says traditional to-do lists fail because they treat every task the same. Instead, pick one "big thing" each morning that would make the day a success, finish that first, then tackle everything else as bonus work.
Where are you keeping your to-dos or your ideas? I don't have a list. I have two things. I have the big thing. I call it my one big thing I'm doing today. And the question I ask myself in the morning is, what's the one outcome that I'm working on that if I just did that one thing, today would be a win? Whereas what most people do is, what are all the things I have to do today? That becomes this long checklist. All to-dos are not created equal. So I proactively try to figure out what's the one big thing. I set that out and then I do that thing. And then anything else I do that day is gravy.
