Ditch Your To-Do List and Do This Instead | Sam Corcos | The Tim Ferriss Show
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Individuals should transfer tasks to the calendar with estimated completion dates, creating slack in daily schedules to accommodate unexpected events and refine time estimation skills, ultimately improving efficiency and reducing stress. Task list items can be directly translated from emails to the calendar, allowing for effective task management and communication of deadlines to others.
Insights
- Individuals face the challenge of limited time when transferring tasks from to-do lists to calendars, showcasing the contrast between time constraints and the endless capacity of digital lists.
- Creating a 50% open time in daily schedules is recommended to accommodate unexpected events and tasks, allowing individuals to refine their time estimation skills over time and enhance efficiency by directly scheduling tasks from emails into calendars.
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Recent questions
How can I effectively manage my tasks?
By transferring tasks to a calendar with estimated completion dates.
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Effective Time Management Through Calendar Scheduling
- Task involves transferring items from a to-do list to a calendar with estimated completion dates for each task, followed by a review in the subsequent week.
- Challenge arises when individuals realize there isn't enough time in their week to accommodate all tasks, highlighting the finite nature of time versus the infinite capacity of digital to-do lists.
- Emphasis is placed on creating slack in daily schedules, with a suggested target of 50% open time to allow for unexpected events or tasks.
- Over time, individuals can refine their time estimation skills, reducing the required slack to operate effectively.
- The process involves skipping the to-do list step entirely and directly translating tasks from emails into the calendar, allocating specific time blocks for each task.
- By scheduling tasks directly into the calendar, individuals can alleviate stress, ensure nothing is overlooked, and effectively communicate deadlines to others by closing the loop on task completion updates.
