"Write down your six most important tasks for tomorrow. Work through them in order. Do not move on until the first is finished."
In 1918, consultant Ivy Lee shared this method with Charles Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel. Three months later, Schwab sent him a cheque for $25,000 — more than $500,000 in today's money — calling it the most profitable advice he'd ever received.
The key insight: decide the night before, when you're calm and honest with yourself. Not the morning, when you're already reactive.
"Write down your most important tasks. Work through them in order. Do not move on until the first is finished."
"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."
Decide. Focus. Done.
A simple daily rhythm used by the world's most effective people for over a century — now built into an app.
Decide.
At the end of your day, pick your six most important tasks for tomorrow. Not ten. Not twenty. Six. Do it while you're calm and honest with yourself.
Do.
Wake up already knowing what matters. Start with task one. Don't move on until it's done. No decision fatigue. No wasted time.
Done.
Each task you finish earns its dot. At the end of the day, reflect on what you achieved — and choose tomorrow's six.
Every task you finish
becomes a stone.
Walkers build cairns to mark the way. Finish today's six and you've built yours, on a still lake at first light.
Finish the day, and its cairn joins the trail.
Each finished day stands on a pebble bank by the river. A tall cairn for a big day, a small one for a quiet day.
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