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I don't keep todo lists. Todo lists are for assistants and entry level engineers grinding away at bugs. (not to be disrespectful to those people, just trying

I don't keep todo lists. Todo lists are for assistants and entry level engineers grinding away at bugs. (not to be disrespectful to those people, just trying to get my point across). Senior staff focuses on vision and long term goals of the company, which are mostly emotional and in your head anyways. And things like „fix broken bike bell“ - if it‘s important enough, it will come up often enough to bug me and I will get it fixed. Just make sure not to outsource reminders in other people, ie don‘t rely on people having to remind you several times before you actually do something. Delegate the task away right away, or reject it, or become passionate enough about it to not need a todo list.

jiggunjer 5y ago
So how do you become passionate about doing your taxes. I see those deadlines come and go and feel nothing. At least the todo list won't let me push it out of my mind for days/weeks/months. Maybe I'll have a good day and look at the list and plough through some items.
serverlessmom 5y ago
Do you not have any hobbies or other skills that you are working on that would benefit by being broken up into smaller tasks? I have about ten to do lists that cover a wide arrange of different subjects that help keep me on task and help me validate and track my progress.