The ultimate reason for not getting “stuff” done.
- The reason that to-do list is never completed and that never feel like getting enough done has far less to do with procrastination, than with the chronic habit of overcommitting to work, and then underestimating how long that work will take me.
- Once you understood that trying to do too much in too little time was the real problem, that dynamic shifted.
- Reframing your time-crunch will allow you to embrace a growth mindset, identify solutions.
240
3.89K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about career with this collection
Cultivating self-awareness and self-reflection
Prioritizing and setting boundaries for self-care
Practicing mindfulness and presence
Related collections
Similar ideas to The ultimate reason for not getting “stuff” done.
Not moving forward
Sometimes you will feel that you are too free or you wasted too much time on unnecessary activities and you are not moving forward at all.
This is the time when you need to think about your goals and what you need to get done. This is why you need a to-do list too.
How to get work done today
- Create checklists by imagining the best way to complete your task in detail.
- The 2-minute rule. Take enough 2-minute tasks to create momentum. Start with anything, but end with tasks related to your intended work.
- The hour non-nego...
Living In The World Of "Good Enough"
The reason that most people don’t possess extraordinary physical capabilities isn’t because they don’t have the capacity for them, but rather because they’re satisfied to live in the comfortable rut of homeostasis and never do the work that is required to get out of it.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates