As the end of the week approaches, do you start feeling the panic rise as you review the remaining to-dos on your never-ending list?
You’ll sit there at your desk, staring at the list, and rack your brain for where you should start and how you should finish. Ten minutes later, you’ll probably still be there.
Instead of making yourself do the work later (when you’d rather maintain some workday momentum and just get started), write down a next step (i.e., an “action item”) for every project on your to-do list in advance. Every time.
Read the article at Fast Company.