The Best Minute: Due dates, scheduling, and being smart

1 PRODUCTIVITY SOLUTION FROM ME

Put due dates on all your tasks.

Deadlines bring clarity to what needs to be done when and helps us focus on what we need to be working on. Simply adding things to your to-do list without specifying when it needs to be addressed makes it a lot easier for things to pile up because you haven’t been clear on your deadlines.

Anytime you add something to your to-do list, but a due date on it. If you don’t get it done on the assigned day, change it that day to another day; but don’t let it exist without a due date. This will help you keep tasks from falling through the cracks because now you know exactly when everything will get done.

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2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Annie Dillard on the importance of a schedule:

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days.”

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II. Albert Einstein on how to be smart:

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

1 INTERESTING FACT

Pumpkins are technically fruits.

More specifically, they are a winter squash in the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes cucumbers and melons. Maybe you've wondered "is pumpkin a fruit?" Since they're savory, many people (even foodies) just call them vegetables anyway.

Source: Good housekeeping