Tag: Tasks

Having a to-do list is Productivity 101. It is the sacred cow of all-time management strategies. Everyone has one. Everyone thinks they need one. It is an assumption that is never challenged. Until now. So let me enter the fire and say it. The to-do list causes so many problems. How n...

In the 90s, a Ph.D candidate conducted the now famous “cookie bowl” experiment: In a room with a two-way mirror, a group of undergraduates faced two bowls. One bowl contained cookies, the other had radishes. The researchers lied to the subjects, telling them that the test was sup...