The best way to tame your overwhelming to-do list
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 16. 06. 2024
- If you can't do it all, you have to learn how to prioritize. Here's how.
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âYouâll watch an entire Netflix series even when the first episodes are slow just because someone told you that âit gets betterâ but what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?â
Where's that from?
Hello Ariana Grade đđ»
Bruh, that hit different!
ayy bro thanks for spitting out wise word.
@@nairocamilo some quote
this was so great - the any benefit vs net benefit thing is game-changing
Save the Uygur people. Byctt China! who is kllng them. Byctt France who banned religious freedom.
@@disciplinado2190 who is uyger?
Agreed! Hi Ali!
@@tabbywarrior I replied to you, but someone deleted my comment. So, I'll share a video instead.
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For the last year I have been paying my 15 year old daughter to enter my sales notes into my Notion CRM, detail my work car once a week, and organize the art bench. Best $50 I ever spent.
$50 per week ???
Notion has become the Instagram of productivity.
@Ryan Miller Thank you! Been looking for other note-taking apps to try out, and yes agreed, Notion does lack in certain areas but still my main productivity app... for now.
@@beowolf4572 Mostly because it isn't getting a public API until 2022 with a public beta this spring. Better late than never I guess.
@@infinite1875 Sweet, hopefully, it improves it more. and I really hope they give the option of no strikethrough with the checkbox.
I can't be bothered switching to a new system, though Evernote to Notion was pretty easy. I've also got my own system going with Notion and always making improvements to it.
@@beowolf4572 yeah, though it seems likes theres so much customization you can do in notion, it feels like there's so much more to be desired. For example you can't even remap hockeys without any third party applications (correct me if I'm wrong). Hopefully when the api comes out there can be more stuff like notion enhancer(it lets you open multiple tabs, autoscroll to current week in calendar, themes, etc)
what is obsidian?
âIf you spend too much time thinking about a thing, youâll never get it done.â - Bruce Lee
wow thx!
Matt DâAvella is proud of the biceps task. 2 mins might not be enough but definitely important + urgent
I find myself going through periods of Crunch and periods of nothing to do. It might be due to my past experiences in restaurants where you have luls between the rushes.
This is the only CZcams Channel that makes me want to sit right in my chair
Love the reverse decision making tree that starts with âdoes this need to be done?â
A lot of times I find myself starting with the assumption I need to do something and only once Iâm into doing or delegating it do I realize I should never have started it. It should have been deleted.
Great vidđ
Hey Thomas,
You got this clear explanation style and summary at the start which I like the most. Thank you for these videos. Keep them coming.
Perfection of the entire video is on another level proving how organized is Thomas Frank....
Did anyone else hit, "watch later," on this before getting a crippling dose of self awareness?
Yeah, similar feeling. Donât resist. Seek discomfort
Be careful when choosing to automate. The setup costs of automation are often greater than their benefit, especially if what you're automating away doesn't occur too often or doesn't take too long.
Absolutely, one easy one that many overlook is just auto pay. Most companies give you some kind of benefit for doing it and it frees up your mental real estate, but for everything else, I totally agree.
You have no idea how much I needed this man, I am literally 5 days behind schedule right now. Thank you so much
After watching this video I now really want that Thomas gets a 6-figure book deal.
@@amiri7392 haha đ yes, of course!
Even better. I want to get that 6 figure book deal!
Excellent video Thomas. Thank you.
I am slowly building my own productivity pattern while incorporating your ideas along with Matty. Thank you so much to you, guys. You're the best!
This definitely helped shift my mindset towards all the little tasks I add to my list that âwould somehow help my business make more moneyâ but fall into the âany benefitâ category. Never thought of applying Calâs approach to social media to tasks like that. Great video.
Too Much Great Stuff. Thomas' genius shows through. THAT is a compliment from someone who is like you.
I've adapted a variation on this for my own TTD list; it's not quite the same, but close. And it's already made a difference. Took me a week to start setting it up; after that, I've (re)started on three long-dormant tasks that I've had tucked away for a while - one of them for well over a year. Thanks!
Fantastic series of tips for how to manage productivity, presented in an engaging manner. Great video and even better advice!
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Save the Uygur people. Byctt China! who is kllng them. Byctt France who banned religious freedom.
Yes bc he uses non-common words and speaks fast, sometimes hard to catch what he mentioning (generally nerd stuff)
Hey Thomas! Iâve been following you for the last 5 years since you started. The audio with the videos filmed at your desk are very clear. Would you be able to do a video on what audio you use? Or I would be so happy to hear from either you or someone on your team. Thank you for the incredible work you do to share your knowledge. Cheers! đ
very nice production! Interesting and solves a problem(s) and concrete solutions that can be applied immediatley.
"6 fIgUrE bOoK dEaLs" I'll have that stucked in my head for the rest of the day đđđ
P.S. Also on the importance of automatisation, sir please do a video all dedicated to it. Your example on the editing template was so ingenious I don't doubt you have other automatised processes down your sleeve so if we could see more about it with examples it could be of so much help.
Great video! I really appreciate all of the extra resources you share in your videos, such as books youâve read and other methods like the Eisenhower Matrix. I also enjoyed the jokes and the Toy Story reference. đ
Man I love the humor of your videos and the little easter eggs.
Thanks, Thomas. Iâm headed off to set up my Inbox right now! Great idea!
This was so great - so many useful tips and techniques! Will apply this into my life...
It's not just me who waits till the very end of the video to hear "I am not your dad." right. Asking for a friend.
I was waiting for a dad joke. :D
No, youâre not. Who doesnât want to hear, Iâm not your dad?đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Great video as usual Thomas!
I think this is the best one in a while. Great one TF đ
I feel like these types of to-do lists are manageable for personal life. At work, where I manage products and have several projects going, I go through a whole different flow. I spend 30 min on Monday setting goals and tasks for the week to achieve my quarterly goals and ultimately yearly goals. I prioritize what must get done this week and then log any new action items from meetings/ requests. Every morning I look through and quickly reprioritize the day if something urgent came up the day before. This has been working for me for years.
Amazing video thank you!!
'because, as always, I am not your ddadd.'
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Anything that has more than one step is not an action, it's a project. And you can't 'do' a project, but if you're clear on the next action, then that's what you focus on. This is the factor that differentiates a good to-do list and a bad one. Have a great day!
Such a valuable framework. As someone with invisible disability and therefore less useable hours each day than someone able-bodied, this type of decision making and task management workflow, along with understanding the true value of my time, is SO IMPORTANT. Thanks for another great video. :)
Hey Thomas, great work!
Really liked the video! A non-joke commentary, for a change. One addition I would do to the flow chart, that is specifically important for code development, is the cost of automation. I know you already have repeatable tasks in mind, but I really think adding something like "Is this task recurrent enough to automate?" would be neat! Hope you get your 6-digit book deal!
Thank you SO MUCH!
Thank you Thomas!
Great tips, thank you
Awesome, thank you.
Love this guys. long time follower & also i have an appreciation for the corny puns and dad jokes. Don't sensor those!! As an adhder; they seriously impact my ability to actually finish the entire video without starting and stopping it 5times so in the end I just break up my attention so much that I never actually do things. It's a hilarious catch 22 and this video is worth watching to understand why!! Also would love to hear if there's any insight on how to take all these cool dreamy ideas and actually follow through with a brain like mine. I often try to implement these approaches and end up giving up because it doesn't work fast enough and i'm on to consuming another topic.
anyways watch this guy!
I love, love, love your DDADD jokes!!! Keep them coming!!!
Happened to stumble across this video while reading David Allen's Getting Things Done and to see the book mentioned. Now I'm anxious to complete it
It's a great book, isn't it? Have you finished it yet?
Thanks for the video, this help me
Would you consider doing a whole video on automation? Someone below suggested it, too. Idk if this makes sense, but I understand the surface level concept of automation based on what you said in this video, and I've learned about some specific stuff like templates and Notion integrations from your other videos. However, I'm having a hard time connecting my conceptual understanding of automation to my practical understanding of it. This is especially true when it comes to figuring out what to automate and if certain tasks actually aren't worth it due to the time and energy required. Plus, it seems like the 4 Ds you described in this video can apply to either one-time tasks or recurring tasks, while automation can only apply to recurring tasks. That made it a bit of a challenge, for me, to see how it fits into something like processing your to-do list on a weekly basis.
hey man jsut recently found your videos when reaserching stuff on note taking and apps like notion. love your content especially as a uni student, such great video production and videos look great. great channel keep it up
A lot of his older videos were for university students. So if you haven't checked out his older stuff, I highly recommend it!
Thank you, I just plugged the workflow into my ToDoist list. Going to start just with work todos for now, but I really hope this method sticks for me. After going through so many and failing, I'm optimistic, but also maybe a bit worried about my delay section getting infinitely long. We will see what happens!
Thomas you are an INSPIRATION!!! I lost my job right before the pandemic. Since then, Iâve started a CZcams Channel on Personal DevelopmentâŠand it is GROWING! Thanks for all of your great content, and to everyone elseâŠNEVER GIVE UP!!!
Productivity techniques :
1. Pomodoro
2. 80/20 rule
3. GTD
4. Focus time
5. Priority matrix
6. Ivy lee method
Try new thing and enjoy đ
I Hope you have a great day đ
STAY HEALTHY and HAPPY
Thanks. It's amazing
super helpful DDADD method works! Thank you!
Your videos are good. I have got a solution to deal with my resistance related to some tasks. A suggestion, please reduce the speed little bit for non native English viewers
Thomas: "I can't tell you what to do because, as always, I'm not your dad."
Me: "But you just gave me a DDADD acronym telling me what to do"
He's not your dad, but he is your ddadd.
I really like that question line, it makes much more sense to me than the eisenhower method it self.
thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Love the DDADD acronym. I hope you get your Six-Figure Book deal!
The video was pretty punchy and high energy.. dense but not overwhelming.. I like it..
Good job, friend.
Another super awesome video! Great job Thomas, your video production quality is through the roof.
Great content as always.
*"Pain of regret is so much worse than pain of discipline."*
you're literally on every video commenting completely unrelated quotes without even watching the video lol. Spam reported
Thanks for the video! Great, as always. And very close to my personal beliefs. My only concern, which is more about GTD itself rather than the video, is that if you follow GTD idea accurately, you end up being a person who does under-two-minute tasks the whole day. So the very first question I ask myself is 'Will it ever pop up again or has it already?'. If so, I delay for the sake of automation đ
Hello, Sir can you make a playlist of video defining how to go from zero to a good level, like from having bad habits, being unproductive, unhealthy, etc. to a healthy, productive person. Hope you will reply.
I paused a moment at '6 figure book deal' and lived the moment for 3 secs.
Thank you!
I found urgency/importance not great as a metric for planning. I use focus and discipline instead. Tasks that require a high level of focus or/and discipline take priority. For example, I may have 3-5 tasks with a comparable level of urgency, but I will work on them in an order that takes into account that my ability to focus (and exercise discipline) is limited.
Watching thomas' videos is like answering the problems u never encountered or thought of
@Thomas Frank bro really?do you think im that dumb
This video title is what I need right now!
I love all the fun stuff you added throughout the video! I feel like your videos were starting to lack that personality.
Bring back Llama transitions!
this video couldn't have come out at a better time
Now I'm even more overwhelmed
Even though I already know about this idea, you just give it new life and this is why Iâm subbed to you đ©
Also I love your edits!
Thanks
What's the app at the 2:24 mark, where you note how long you think this will take? Thanks all, and thanks Thomas for this video. Not sure how I discovered you, but after a couple videos, I'm in!
dont know how but this man exactly knows what i need
Game changer!
This is the funniest video so far. Good job, Thomas!
And to Derek... Could you send me the fanfic for research purposes...? Thanks
Dude, the jokes and humour in this vid were off the charts haha
I love your humour â€ïžđ
Can u recommend more self help books!. I read all your book recommendations.
Thanks Thomas!
This video just got when I was overwhelmed by tons of to do's right now.
YT, are you reading my mind? đ€
Edit: I love the Matt reference here 2:26 đ
whats that app though ?
Iâm really surprised that you didnât mention or add The Focus Funnel from Rory Vaden(?) in his Ted Talk. Great speech/tool and you can find the funnel image on search.
The thing I need to learn the most right now is to delete, thank you for the insights Tom! Great video!
this is a good video!
Ohhh thatâs what Iâm missing
The specific time to process my inbox
I should do that
Also i need to use templates more
Other learnings: think about things to do that have net benefit instead of just any small benefit
If it doesnât have enough benefit, think about alternatives you could be doing instead
Edit: I feel like sometimes we get stuck in thinking we could be doing something very important instead of a small errand but doing the small errand is necessary and better than doing nothing
You seem to have changed the atmosphere of your video. It's more friendly and interactive and humorous compared to the previous vids last year - too serious and too focused on making the vids more shiny that it forgot about the audiences.
Anyway, thank you for this DDADD Method. I would definitely try this one with my Overwhelming To Do list. Exactly what i need at the moment... Cheers Frank.
We just have to accept we are only going to complete a few of them, so they need to be the more important ones. When I was a music student I spent a lot of time in the music library (yes, real books and LP recordings, 1970). I would walk thru the aisles of books ("stacks"), entire sections of just the works of Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, and so on. They had no access to what we call technology. Just paper, pen, and a small keyboard instrument, or just their mind to imagine the sounds. They outperformed anyone living today, yet we have technology. Tchaikovsky is a good example of creativity. When he was a boy his governess (he was from aristocratic background) taught him the discipline of scheduling his day, and keeping to it without exception. So, as he grew up he would compose for a set number of hours each day, take lunch, dinner, and after dinner entertainment with friends. When he completed his Sleeping Beauty ballet he said: "My arms have raised a mountain", referring the months of work sitting at his piano and writing down the notes on its music stand. Without his commitment to discipline it would not have happened.
Hey, really cool concept. Is there anywhere I can get that chart from?
I just read a list of â100 Things To Do Before You Dieâ...
I was quite surprised that âYell for helpâ wasnât one of them.
Pls make a vedio on to do in notion
I want to say u inspire me and I want to buy any books đ u have written
"no bathroom breaks" *Don't SCARE me like that, Frank!*
I felt like this was the good old Tom that I started watching when I was kid( now I am18 i.e, adult). Hope this style continues he really doesn't need to copy Matt.
This video was hilarious! Hope the investing vid is coming soon too :D
Thanks! And yep - itâs coming as a series instead of one video. My first draft was an hour long so Iâm splitting it up instead of trying to cut out important details.
You can try Isenhower's priority matrix app.
can you make a video on what the best CZcams/Vimeo channels are to learn a foreign language ?
Automation definitely belongs there as a separate category, especially with so much technology available to help us work better.
Decision fatigue! Automate helped me get taxes done easily :)
gotta love those satisfactory references
loved the humor in this vid! great advice, as always! :)
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