subject: Have More Success In Internet Marketing - Getting The To-do List To Help You [print this page] List Things You're Not Supposed to Do: A unique twist that you can put on creating and executing a to-do list is to list all those things that you're not supposed to do. But does that really help? It helps to focus your attention toward what you need to do and away from what you're not supposed to do. For example, let's say that you have this urge to check your email frequently, which acts as a distraction and a hurdle when you're finishing your to-do list. Try adding "check email twice a day" to your to-do list and then, if you stick to it, cross it off the list at the end of the day. The real truth is that it's easy to let your focus get distracted by other things which can eat up your productivity and you need to minimize this as much as possible.
Be Realistic: When you are composing your to-do list, don't be unrealistic and include a bunch of tasks that you do not have the time to finish because that can be a major de-motivating factor. The last thing you want is to leave your to-do list half finished and start to feel like your goals are unrealistic. This will get you off track and make it even harder to finish your to-do list. You should first analyze how much of the work you can actually get done in a day, have a realistic approach towards it and then add the tasks to your list. Then, because you will honestly be accomplishing your tasks, you'll have the clarity to continue moving forward with your projects.
Each and every task that you strike off your to-do list moves you close towards your main goal, and this itself will act as biggest motivator.
Have a Separate Section to Write Down Your Ideas: It's very common, while you work through the things on your to-do list, that you will get ideas for projects and tasks that will feel urgent enough that you'll be tempted to stop working on your list and work on them instead.
Of course, you shouldn't give in to the urges because that will get in the way of your "finish my to-do list" goals. Instead, you should make a separate section in which you can jot down the ideas you come up with and any notes that may accompany them. You can then easily take care of these other tasks later on when you've gotten done with your to-do list.
Finally, you need to have a complete and total understanding of what you want to accomplish so that you will know why you are putting in regular and consistent action and, at the end of each day, feel like you have actually accomplished something as you cross the items off of your to-do list.
