Productivity
How To-Do Lists Can Stop You From Getting Things Done
Three alternative (and creative) ways to stay productive
Life is complex today. We all want more control over our time. Is it too much to ask for? Tasks feel overwhelming when you face a gauntlet of hours and things to do. It’s been happening a lot this year, for obvious reasons.
There are other ways to do it. I learned the hard way.
Even though I gritted my teeth throughout, I’m grateful to have worked under a strict business owner in my early twenties. One day, I received a terse email to say I needed to go down to her large office on the ground floor. Don’t pass Go. After three months of working in her agency, she wanted to lay down the law.
I sat up straight like an orphan in the headmaster’s office while she explained how her business worked. She broke it down: The budgets and sales figures. She drew a red line to show how the clients fees (which were part of my job to pitch for) directly related to my hourly wage. It was an eye-opening experience for someone who had never managed a business.
Naive, yes, I know, but I did not have a firm grasp of how the money came into the business. Before this job, I had worked for wealthy investors who plowed in their own money…
