Your to-do list isn’t honest.

It doesn’t show you what truly matters.
Instead, it lists what feels busy.

That’s the trap: focusing on tasks, not results.
You check off little boxes and feel relieved for a moment.
But the real goals stay untouched.

A to-do list can have 27 “important” items…
yet none of them make a real difference in your life.

Things like “write,” “research,” “plan,” or “follow up” aren’t actual results.
They distract you.

Real results are clear:

Your mind doesn’t like real results because they come with risks.
Tasks feel safe and make you feel busy.
They seem like effort.

Using a schedule-first approach solves this by forcing you to ask:
When will this happen?
How much time will it take?
What can you cut to make time?

Here’s what to do for the next week:

Every task must be turned into scheduled time - or it gets removed.
If you can’t put it on your schedule, you probably don’t really want to do it.
You just enjoy thinking about it.

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Most people won’t try this.
Because schedule-first shows the reality: your week is already packed.
So saying “yes” means taking time from something else.

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