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7 Common habits that everyone should avoid| The Not to-do list


  

    A not-to-do list is basically a list of habits that you can avoid doing. The reason is very simple, knowing what not to do determines what you can do.
   
   Below are the seven common habits that everyone can avoid for being more productive with their to-do list:


1. Trying to do everything
                
       Prioritize the most important tasks from your to-do list and work on it sequentially. Say, your to-do list has 10 tasks for the day. But upon careful consideration, only 2 out of 10 tasks are really important and will contribute to your day.  Now, just focus completely on finishing the 2 tasks. In the book Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, the author Brain Tracy talks about the 80/20 rule. That is, 20% of the tasks in your to-do list account for 80% of the value. So don’t try to do everything that is on your to-do list. Just concentrate on the most important ones.

2. Not having clear goals

       Before starting out any important task put out a mind map to the end result you want. Just don’t have a big goal in your mind and try to follow it. When you do so, you will feel exhausted and you will lose your motivation very soon. You have to break down your huge goal into smaller outcomes. Break it into chunks and then follow it. You will reach your ideal goal with ease and without the loss of motivation.

3. Trying to please everyone

       Stop being a good guy to everyone. We all wanted to look like a good person to the world. Because of that, we tend to do things that we do not agree with. For example, Your manager is suggesting you an idea to increase the sales funnel which you think is really dumb. You have multiple ideas that would really work better than what your manager is suggesting. But, to be a good guy you accept what your manager is saying without even asking a question. This behavior of trying to please everyone/ seeming to be a good person will take you nowhere.

4. Spending excessive time on social media

      Have a limitation on how much time you spend on social media. Social media can be addictive and keeps you scrolling for hours. Set a time and have control over how you are spending time on social media. Sometimes, it can be immensely useful but most of the times social media platforms are time suckers. Keep reminders and cut down wasting your time in those platforms to half. Do not spend your valuable time on entertainment.

5. Saying 'Yes" to everything

     The one important skill that everyone needs to learn is the art of saying 'NO'. Most of us are so good or act as if we are so good that we hesitate to say no. As a result, we tend to say 'yes' to things that are not meant to us or the things that can overburden us. For example, you are having an important presentation to be completed and your colleague interrupts and asks for your help in his work. You being the most generous-hearted person say yes and leave your presentation half done to help your colleague. Don’t get me wrong, it is absolutely fine to help others. The point I am trying to put forward is that never say 'yes' to everything when you are already occupied with your own work.

6.  Multitasking

     There is a myth that multitasking people can handle so many things together and get things done effectively and soon. But, the fact is that when you multitask your attention is scattered. Divided attention always results in more errors. As a result of this, you have to do a particular task more than once to get it done properly. So, it is better to give your complete attention to one task at a time to divide your attention among various tasks which result erroneous.

7. Spending time on things that you cannot control

    Can you do something about it? If the answer is “no”, don’t even worry about it. If it is outside of your control, spending time thinking and worrying about it won’t change the facts. Accept it, make peace with it, move on.


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