There’s an $8.5 billion market for organization and productivity tools. Looks like we’re all willing to pay big bucks to get our sh*t in order.
That’s not necessary.
The key to getting organized is rather simple: Dump the crap from your life.
I’m serious. Clear the clutter and you’ll be up to five times more productive.*
Trim the fat from your to-do list.
When it comes to filling up my to-do list with an insane amount of stuff that I’ll never do, I’m the absolute worst. At one point, my daily list had 40 to-dos on it.
That’s a recipe for a deep dive into a bottle of despair.
You can really only get nine things done per day: one major thing, three middle things, and five small things.
Know what that means? Your delusions of productivity grandeur are lies.
You simply can’t get it all done. Instead:
Delegate: Hand off as much as people to other people. Whether it’s your team at work or your kids, dang it, let them do the dirty work.
Prioritize: To paraphrase Madonna, “If you want it right now, make sure you know how.”
Forget about it: Do you really need to sort your socks by color? No, no you…
