Comments on: Inner Trust And Why You Shouldn’t Lie On Your To-Do List

By: Marina Martin

Marina Martin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:03:59 +0000

Speaking of trust and your to-do list, I meet many people who check things off that they “know” they’re going to do but haven’t done yet. Doing this causes you to question every single checked item on your list, because you can’t trust which items have really been done or not.

Sometimes I find myself tempted to check an item that I’m going to do right that minute, but I fight the urge. Anything could happen in the next few seconds — I could get an idea I have to write down, or a phone call, or the cat could puke and I’d be distracted and neglect to do whatever it was I was oh-so-positive that I was going to do right then.

By: Daryl Furuyama

Daryl Furuyama — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:40:56 +0000

There’s always that balance of what you expect to happen and what you hope to happen.

That actually gives me an idea. What if we wrote out our ideal day and what we expect to do in the day. At the end of the day, you would have a pretty nifty scale to find out how well you did. Then again, having two lists seems like a lot of work. Do you have any ideas on how to balance the two?

By: Matt Soreco

Matt Soreco — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:21:05 +0000

For me sometimes, where to put the item isn’t clear right away. I’m disciplined enough though, to move items off the to-do list and onto a someday/maybe list if the item keeps staring me in the face and I’ve had the time to realize its rightful place. I don’t like agonizing too early on, I’d rather have it flow into a review process.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:10:56 +0000

I’m a big believer in training yourself to honor your personal commitments. Keeping your own appointments creates a sense of trust that allows you to feel secure in your workflow.