Think of your to-do list as a menu.”
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“Many people feel the weight of their to-do list as a crushing burden which they can never complete. Tasks get added to the list faster than they can do them, so they feel they are getting further and further behind. ”
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“Yet we can only do one thing at a time. Rather than focusing on the long list of other things we have committed to do, I invite you to focus on the next thing you will choose to work on.”
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“An analogy I offered to clients today was to think of the to-do list as a menu. When you go to a restaurant with a lot of options, you don’t feel the optionality as a burden, as you know you can’t eat everything in one meal. Instead, you pick what you want to eat right now for this meal in this present moment. ”
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“You can take the same attitude with the to-do list. Rather than stressing about how you can’t do everything, pick one thing to work on right now, and start making progress. What attracts your attention? Where do you feel #energy or excitement? Pick that off the menu, and get started. This present-focused approach will counterintuitively lead to making more progress on the to-do list, as you’ll spend more of your energy on executing rather than needlessly stressing.”
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“What will you choose from your menu today? ”
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