• Don't let your to-do list be vague, undefined, and unclear. Any action on your to-do list must have a particular outcome.
• Consider how important each task is and what time frame you have to complete those tasks.
• Group similar tasks together.
• ...

We like to put the easy tasks on top of the to-do list because it feels good to finish a task. 

When you do that, you have less time for hard things. However, it is the hard stuff that serves your priorities.

Look over your to-do list and assign every task a value, such as a dollar-per-hour amount that you might have to pay someone else to do it. Score tasks from $10 per hour for administrative tasks up to $10,000 per hour for high-level strategy and sales-related tasks.

By giving dollar...

Break down a master to-do list into four sections:

• Urgent and important: These tasks should be done today.
• Not urgent but important: Schedule these tasks for later.
• Urgent and not important: These tasks should be delegated.
• Not impor...

• Most people are unaware of their priorities. Our priorities are the things that are most important to us right now. Not serving them is non-negotiable.

• People are capable of having two or three priorities. More priorities leave them scattered and unfulfilled, filling the...