Lesson: How to Get Things Done!/ExerciseL1

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Listening Exercise

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Watch the video and complete the text according to what you can understand.

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.