Before I upset the “I like to be organized” group of people. Let me explain.
Nearly everyone I know has some kind of TO DO list. The problem I have with this is, most people are just writing down the activities they do every day.
That’s good for scheduling and arranging your time for when you want to do stuff… BUT… most of those activates are designed to keep your business running.
They are not designed to move your business forward. Moving your business forward means thinking strategically and focusing on the ONE THING that will move the needle.
Everything else can be tackled after you have focused on that one thing that moves the needle.
I was once in a Mastermind group where there were at least two CEOs who ran billion dollar businesses when the topic of TO DO lists came up.
One of the Billion Dollar CEOs said, “This is what I think of TODO lists.” And with that, he dramatically crumpled up the piece of paper in front of him. He continued, “TO DO lists are for my managers. My job is to drive my business forward. I have one thing on my agenda every day. To drive the company toward our goal through strategic decisions and putting the right people in the right places to make that happen. I don’t need a list to do that.”
What do you think? Do you need a TO DO list?
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