How you approach or create your to-do list can make a big difference. Experts weigh in on how to write — and tackle — a to-do list to make it best work for you. As we head into the new year, maybe you ...

No matter how many productivity hacks you’ve tried, the one thing that is hard to shake is the overwhelming to-do list. When faced with a daunting task (or many daunting tasks), the first steps are ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Ray Titus Whether you’re ...

Everybody loves a to-do list. It helps us feel organized and productive, right? But the truth is that if you write them the wrong way, they can actually be counter-productive. Have you ever gone to ...

Before I started my own company, I worked as a software developer for a New York media company. I had a colleague—let’s call him Neil—who was a brilliant designer. But he was also a perfectionist.

No matter what method you choose to make your to-do lists, there’s something you should be adding to them to make sure that they’re as effective as possible—and to keep you motivated and on-track so ...

This story was originally published on Jan. 4, 2023, and has been updated to include a rerun of the podcast episode. When I looked at my to-do list recently, I noticed that it was kind of all over the ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Making a to-do list is often cited by productivity experts as they key to getting more done in the day. Writing down tasks should, in ...

Technology has produced a variety of productivity tools, from task boards to to-do lists, from relational databases to outlines. Yet, rather than give users a sense of accomplishment, they can often ...