Lesson: How to Get Things Done!/ExerciseL1

Listening Exercise

All the things that you need to get done are

all over. In your email inbox, on

pieces of paper or in your

. You often forget to do things. You get

by big tasks and overall your mind feels

. If you want to be a ninja at

things done, you need a system. Here are some

first

everything you have to do in one place, this is a big brain

where you can write down any

that comes to mind. Whenever you think of something you have to do, don't store it in your prefrontal

, write it down. We call this your inbox. Next, put

from your inbox into a place you know you'll look at, at the right time. This might be your calendar, a shopping list or in a

folder. Speaking of projects, if a task can't be done without a series of

, then, you need to turn that task into a project by

every individual step

to complete that project. Start

these simple things and you'll find that your mind is

and you're

tasks one at a time.