3x5 notecard planning
Write the next day's three to five most important tasks on a single index card
One index card. On it, written the evening before, the three to five tasks that matter most for the next day. Morning work starts at the top and moves down. The list stays short enough that finishing it is realistic. Small urgent jobs that surface during the day go on the back, not the front. Marc Andreessen described a version of this in a 2007 post on personal productivity, and it circulates as the low-maintenance alternative to app-based systems.
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- Sahil BloomDoes it
Author · The 5 Types of Wealth
Three to five important tasks go on an index card each evening, and the next morning's first focus block starts at the top of it. Minor jobs get written and crossed off on the back, an idea he says he stole from Marc Andreessen.
Source: The Curiosity Chronicle: The 3x5 Notecard Strategy, Winter Friends, & More
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