Enhance Your Productivity At Work With The 1 - 3 - 5 Rule

Making a to-do list is a basic secret to enhance your productivity. However, the truth is that some people don't know how to make a to-do list properly. A basic mistake when making a to-do list is that you list too small things. Every time you think of an extra task and put it in your list, the list is also broadened and not proper, this will make you use it ineffectively.


 
So is there any way to "upgrade" the effectiveness of a traditional to-do list? The answer is the 1 - 3 - 5 rule. Basically, each day, a to-do list should be included 9 things to do, as follows:
 
1 Main Task: “Big Win” Of The Day
Setting a priority will help you have a clear focus point, avoiding not knowing where to start, and finally you cannot do anything. Achieving this goal is equivalent to a “big win,” motivating you to move on to the next two groups. Start your working day by working on your main tasks for a perfect start of the day.
 
3 Medium Tasks: What You Need To Complete
 
As a general rule, you can treat a task as the main task if it takes about 3 - 4 hours to complete. The medium task can take around 1 - 2 hours to complete. And each small task can take less than 30 minutes to an hour to complete.
 
In addition, just consider your efforts invested for each task. Some tasks can take a long time to complete but they are actually quite simple and you do not have to take much time to think about it. In this case, you can consider it as a small task instead of a medium task because your efforts invested are not big. You can complete such tasks sooner if you schedule a dedicated, distraction-free time for it.
 
5 Small Tasks: What You Want To Complete
These can be 5 deadlines you have, or simply personal things like: Having dinner with your family, going to the cinema with a friend, or working on a personal project that has been delayed for a long time. This helps you reorganize your mind and determine what needs to be handled first, what can wait later.
 
If you organize your tasks following the 1 - 3 - 5 rule, then a to-do list should only be included 9 tasks for a day. Focusing on the 1 - 3 - 5 list means that tasks you need to complete will be the tasks you chose. With this rule, you can organize and balance all your tasks, no matter how much information pushes you.
  
*Source: themillennials.life