Main Takeaway: Clear your mind and conserve your willpower by planning tomorrow's to-do list at the end of every workday.
Mark Twain famously said "Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." In other (less colorful) words: if you do your most difficult, important task of the day first, the rest of the day will be easy.
Do your future self a favor by using your end-of-the-work-day routine to make it as easy as possible to get started on tomorrow's Most Important Task (MIT) in the morning.
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Use your end-of-the-work-day routine to make it as easy as possible to get started on tomorrow’s Most Important Task (MIT) in the morning.
Or leave a quick-win to do first thing tomorrow to help build momentum.
Put your most important task first
- Identify your hardest, most important task for the day.
- Do your most important task first thing in the morning. Don't put it off for later.
This productivity system is known as Eat the Frog. Using this method will enable you to priori...
Schedule your 'frogs'
Schedule time on your calendar at the end of every workday for working on your frog the next morning, or create a recurring meeting for the first hours of every day to make sure you always have time blocked for goal tasks.
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