To-Do Lists: You're Probably Doing Them Wrong?
Hailey Bird - June 8, 2016
What feels better than crossing off all those little 'quick-win' tasks at the top of your to-do list? But psychologists point to a better way which will get you much more productive and achieving those bigger goals.
"...what’s important is that when I get something accomplished, when I’m able to cross something off my to-do list I don’t experience that sense of relief that allows me to go spend half an hour or 90 minutes like on Facebook, right.
I don’t feel like I can take a break and I can go waste time wandering around. I’m ready to start on the next task because at the top of my page I’m constantly being reminded that although I’m making incremental progress this is in service to a bigger goal."
— Charles Duhigg, author of: Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
