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<li>Create three columns on a board where you can use magnets or post-it notes. Label the columns: Options, Doing, and Done.</li>
<li>Write your individual tasks down on separate cards. Post all of these cards in the "Options" column.</li>
<li>From that column, choose no more than three to move into the middle "Doing" column. This is your work in progress.</li>
<li>When a task is complete, move it into the "Done" column, and choose a new option to pull into "Doing."</li>
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Setting Up

It's a system to save us from our endless to-do lists, which can turn any job into a lifeless chore. 
It works on two principles: 
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<li>Visualize your work.</li>
<li>Limit your total number of "works in progress."</li>
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The Personal Kanban

Starting but not completing too many projects puts people at risk of the Zeigarnik effect, which states that people are better at remembering unfinished tasks than completed ones.

The Zeigarnik effect

Multitasking is probably the single most overrated skill in modern life. It drains your brain of oxygenated glucose that could be put toward paying more focused attention, makes it difficult for a person to switch between tasks, and is generally an illusion anyway. Only 3% of the population are "supertaskers," according to a study from Ohio University.

The Zeigarnik effect

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