Three Little Things

John Forde in Early To Rise proposes an interesting strategy: just do three things. Of course, pick three things that count; not like checking your email or the thousand little everyday things you do. But pick three things you would like to accomplish in the next 1,000 minutes. Those are the things you need to focus on for the rest of the day.

There are always things that you think of that need to be done every day. Throughout the day you think of even more. Have you ever gotten to the end of the day and realized that there was something you were meaning to do all day, and it just slipped your mind? It goes long with focus; you can really only focus on three things anyway.

The word decide comes from the Latin décīdere, to cut off. So when you decide on what you are going to do, you are cutting away all of the other stuff that wants to get in your way.

So, leaving out all of the calls and emails and hallway conversations and diversions, what three things are you going to get done today?