If you need to organize and prioritize, sticky notes can help. Whether you use the coloured-paper variety or the tech-savvy digital sticky notes, these little scraps of data come in very handy to organize and prioritize your tasks. They’re great for remembering your dentist’s appointment or business meeting, or just jotting down a name and number while you’re on the phone. They work well when stuck to your monitor or on your fridge, or even tucked into your pocket.
And I’m not the only one who likes sticky notes. In this post, entrepreneur coach and mentor BackPocket COO, Cameron Herold shares his winning Post-it secret for organizing and productivity success.
Take a sticky note and write on it the five most important tasks you have to do tomorrow. Then, number them in order of their importance. The first thing the next morning, look at item one and start working on it. Look at the list every 15 minutes until you complete item one. Tackle the second item in the same way, then do task three. Repeat this process until quitting time.
Even if you finish only one item, you’ll be working on the critical jobs you need to accomplish. The others can wait. The point is that you’re making progress, maybe even completing all of your tasks on your list.
“That’s it, it’s pretty simple stuff,” Herold adds. “But it made Charles Schwab a $500 million fortune 90 years ago, and if it worked for him, it will work for everyone else.” Use this method to cut down your email to inbox zero.
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