"Do It tomorrow" by Mark Forster

This is a work-in-progress note rather than a completed blog post. Its content is not final and can be changed and updated over time.

I've recently been re-reading Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management by Mark Forster.

These are my notes:

Reactive brain (not intelligent) vs rational brain (intelligent).

Do it now or do it tomorrow.

What needs an immediate response?

What requires a same-day response?

What can be done tomorrow?

Open lists (to do lists) vs closed lists (checklists).

Do all the tasks every day.

If you do all the tasks, the order you do them in doesn't matter.

Resistance.

Do one thing at a time. Avoid context switching.

Work in short bursts to avoid procrastination.

What is the current initiative? What is the first thing you do every day?

Write a "Will do" list, not a "To do" list.

Take breaks, have a definitive finish time.

Continuous projects.