The Six Most Important Things
(productivity primer)

Of all the advice relating to success I have ever heard, this is the most effective - "Be as productive as possible in every moment of your life!" You might think "Are you crazy? I want to be a winner, but I don't want to become a success maniac. I want to have fun. I like to spend time with friends. I like to go shopping and to the theater and I like to watch TV too..." Now, I wouldn't urge you to abandon all this. I believe that being successful also means having more time to spend with friends and more money to spend for shopping. Being "productive" doesn't mean working all the time.

Then what does being productive mean? Well, it depends. What are your goals? How are you doing with their realization? You know, lying in the sun can be very productive because i replenishes your energy. Spending time with friends or with a good book can be very productive too. It relaxes and inspires. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is to go to a movie holding hands with your loved one.

Choose the things you know you can accomplish tomorrow without causing yourself pain. But remember, missing Seinfeld doesn't count as pain - a much greater pain is missing what you're missing in the long run! And don't try to be to ambitious. Don't write nine things, or twelve, or even seven. Only six. The rest will have to wait until the next day. It is called discipline.

Now you need to categorize the tasks. Number them. Start from the most difficult thing to accomplish (that will be the first thing you will do tomorrow) and finish with the easiest. It is unfortunate that our natural tendency is to start with the easiest ("to warm up" we say). But when we start easy, the hardest thing looms ahead all day and overwhelms us constantly. Our fears and feelings of guilt mount.

It is a completely different story when you start with the most difficult thing to do. After you've done the first task, the sense of accomplishment almost carries you by itself toward the others. Even if you don't do every single task scheduled for that day, you will have done something that really counts, something that can build your self-esteem and your sense of self-expectancy.

Keep preparing this list of 6 Most Important Things To Do every single evening. It is the fastest road to high self-esteem and better time management. Perhaps the first day you will be able to do only three things from your list. That's not bad. You will put the other three on the top with the three new things. Your life will gradually become easier. You will experience less and less stress because fewer and fewer important things remain undone. You will realize your own abilities more often. And all of the sudden, you will find that you have much more free time than ever before. Time for things your never thought your could find time!

Imagine how much you will accomplish if you keep doing this every day. Six most important things to do every day means 180 most important things to do every month. Multiply that by twelve to see how much you can accomplish in one year! 

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