The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine Experts Recommend for Peak Productivity
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- Author: James Clear
- Full Title: The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine Experts Recommend for Peak Productivity
- URL: https://jamesclear.com/ivy-lee
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The Ivy Lee Method During his 15 minutes with each executive, Ivy Lee explained his simple daily routine for achieving peak productivity: 1. At the end of each work day, write down the six most important things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks. Plan tomorrow tonight 2. Prioritize those six items in order of their true importance. Prioritization 3. When you arrive tomorrow, concentrate only on the first task. Work until the first task is finished before moving on to the second task. Daily Highlight 4. Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day. Inboxes only work if you trust how they’re drained 5. Repeat this process every working day. (View Highlight)
The biggest hurdle to finishing most tasks is starting them. (Getting off the couch can be tough, but once you actually start running it is much easier to finish your workout.) Lee’s method forces you to decide on your first task the night before you go to work. This strategy has been incredibly useful for me: as a writer, I can waste three or four hours debating what I should write about on a given day. If I decide the night before, however, I can wake up and start writing immediately. (View Highlight) Note: I’ve tried this a number of times, but it hasn’t stuck yet. I worry that doing this the night before will affect my sleep.
The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine Experts Recommend for Peak Productivity
Metadata
- Author: James Clear
- Full Title: The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine Experts Recommend for Peak Productivity
- URL: https://jamesclear.com/ivy-lee
Highlights
The Ivy Lee Method During his 15 minutes with each executive, Ivy Lee explained his simple daily routine for achieving peak productivity: 1. At the end of each work day, write down the six most important things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks. 2. Prioritize those six items in order of their true importance. 3. When you arrive tomorrow, concentrate only on the first task. Work until the first task is finished before moving on to the second task. 4. Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day. 5. Repeat this process every working day. (View Highlight)review
The biggest hurdle to finishing most tasks is starting them. (Getting off the couch can be tough, but once you actually start running it is much easier to finish your workout.) Lee’s method forces you to decide on your first task the night before you go to work. This strategy has been incredibly useful for me: as a writer, I can waste three or four hours debating what I should write about on a given day. If I decide the night before, however, I can wake up and start writing immediately. (View Highlight)review