What replaces the list of millionaires Affairs and successful people

Millionaires, Olympic athletes, successful businessmen - these people do not make lists, they plan objectives. Why should you throw your to-do list, and how best to do this, see below.

Do you really think that Richard Branson (Richard Branson) and Bill Gates (Bill Gates) create lists and prioritize, marking them A1, A2, B1, B2?

The study, which surveyed 200 billionaires, Olympic athletes, successful students and entrepreneurs to identify other time management techniques. And none of the respondents did not mention in this bulleted list.

Here are three good reason to abandon the to-do list:

1. Do list is not tied to the time. If we have a long list of tasks, we often grab for those that can be done quickly, leaving the longer tasks for later. IDoneThis's research showed that 41% of the list of cases remains unfulfilled.
2. The list of cases do not differ urgent and important task. Here, the same principle applies. We try to first perform urgent tasks, ignoring important.
3. Lists of cases cause stress.
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   In psychology this is called Zeigarnik effect when the unfinished task forces always come back to it in his mind. It is not surprising that, having made a great to-do list and executing God forbid half the day we feel confused, and can not sleep at night.

Numerous surveys and studies have shown that successful and superproduktivnye people do not use to-do lists, they live and work on the calendar.

For example, Shannon Miller (Shannon Miller), an athlete, who won seven Olympic medals from 1992 to 1996 took place in the US team gymnasts, and today a successful entrepreneur and author. In an interview, she said:

I was distributing his time between family, work around the house, school, training, performances and other commitments using a specific timetable. I was forced to prioritize. And to this day I use a graph, where everything is painted by the minute.

Shannon Miller

Dave Kerpen (Dave Kerpen), co-founder of two successful startups and best selling author of the New York Times. When asked what the secret of his productivity, he said:

If something is not done there in my calendar. But if the case came to the calendar, it will be done. In my chart painted every 15 minutes of every day, to hold meetings, advertise materials, write or do something else. And despite the fact that I'm having a meeting with everyone who wants it, for this session, I will leave only an hour a week.

Dave Kerpen

Chris Ducker (Chris Ducker) successfully combines the role of entrepreneur, well-selling author and owner of a business podcast. What he talked about his secret of productivity?

I just add everything in my schedule. And yet. Everything that I do during the day, added to my schedule. A half-hour viewing social media are in the chart, the 45-minute analysis of the email - the schedule, sessions with a virtual team - in the schedule. If the case is not in the schedule, it will not be done, period.

Chris Ducker

If you choose to manage your life with the help of graphics, here are some key points.

Every event - for 15 minutes

Put the calendar duration of the event in 15 minutes by default. If you're using Google Calendar or Outlook calendar, the event is automatically created for half an hour or an hour, but it is much better to break up your day at shorter intervals.

Productive people are spending on the occupation as long as necessary. President and CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer (Marissa Mayer) is known for being spent on meeting with colleagues very little time - about five minutes.

If you are automatically assigned to 15 minutes to complete each task, you realize that one day you can do more.

First of all, define the time for the most important

Do not let yourself mindlessly fill the calendar of any cases that arise during the day. First prioritize and define the time period in which to comply with them. This segment does not decrease, and the case should not be canceled in any case, no matter what.

And do not forget to find time for such important activities, like sports, relationships and anything that gives you a full life.

Plan everything

Instead of checking email or social networks several times per day, plan your day and adjust the plan. Rather than write to-do list "called his sister", plan an event in your calendar or, better yet, determine the time at which each night will answer the phone.

And remember that what is planned, it should be done.

And you use the plans for the day?