No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list.
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Ryan Freitas shares 35 lessons of his 35 years.
Ryan Freitas shares 35 lessons of his 35 years.
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No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list.
Rodrigo Dellacqua
on 17 Aug 10Don’t agree. They don’t care if you can’t show on why its piling up. Measure to control.
Anonymous
on 17 Aug 10They should if they want to keep you as an employee.
Alex
on 17 Aug 10I thought this cartoon was apropos:
http://wondermark.com/479/
Alex
on 17 Aug 10Let me try linking to it.
Mark
on 17 Aug 10I only care about your “got done” list, and even that comes with the constraint of “lately”.
Mikey Leonard
on 18 Aug 10How we handle ambiguity and failure have a lot to do with our potential for success.
Two somewhat unrelated situations that somehow are linked too many times.
Nice work
nistor
on 18 Aug 10On the same list I found this one inspiring also. - Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.
Cormac
on 18 Aug 10... because, if you’re a grown-up, chances are your to-do list is infinite. Crossing something off it doesn’t make it any smaller
Soumyaranjan Dash
on 18 Aug 10Then again, with your hand in the cookie jar, you may give someone the runaround with your goddamn to-do list.
Gregor McKelvie
on 18 Aug 10If it’s not a priority get it off the list.
Too many people have lists they’ll never get through because they won’t take the things off it that have been on for too long i.e. the things that are not a priority (that’s why they’re still there).
So I agree, I don’t care.
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