You probably write out a little to-do list or you keep a mental note but just how effective are these methods.

i know for a lot of people and essay that could

for a lot of people and essay that could

have been finished in four hours becomes

a four-day ordeal homework that could

have easily been done in 45 minutes ends

up taking all night so how do we get

things done as efficiently and as fast

as possible to answer lies in the way

you make your list i'll give you an

example when it comes to making videos

for this channel it takes me anywhere

from six to ten hours of work to produce

one video even though it takes this many

hours I am frequently able to do all of

this work in just one day

how do i do it what I do is I planned

out all of the things I have to do the

day before I use a whiteboard like this

one

I like to put velcro on the back of

these white boards and put them on the

wall across from my bed so when I wake

up in the morning the first thing I see

is my to-do list

I immediately know that these are the

goals for today what do you write on the

boards well let's say for example my

goal is to make a video today

now on this whiteboard what I'll do is

I'll break down the exact steps i need

to take in order to get this done i

categorize each component of the video

making process the first component is

the script what I need to get done first

is the title which only takes about 10

minutes tops

once i get the title done i cross it out

and I immediately contact my dumb nail

guy tell him what I want this takes like

another 10 minutes i consider this to be

another component in itself now do a

rough draft which takes about 45 minutes

i'll proofread it and edit which takes

about another 30 minutes and that's it

the script component is done now for

every major component what I like to do

is I like to put a little box next to it

and once I complete a component I check

it when I complete a task I cross that

out every time I'm done with the major

component I'll give myself a little

break i'll cook lunch or I'll browse

reddit for 10 minutes then it's back to

work and on to the next component next

is the animation i usually break this

down into two sessions each taking about

an hour but if the video is extremely

long i'll make it into three sessions

and that's another component done then

it's audio first record the raw do i do

a couple of takes it takes about an hour

then I edit the audio then I

add the background music that's another

30 minutes and that's another component

done checkmark little break then I think

the animation with the audio this takes

about 30 minutes to an hour and that's

another component done the final

component is the launch and for the

launch I have a big empty box because

it's the last step for the whole process

I write the prescription I put the tag

schedule the video make the captions

make the end screen all of that stuff

takes me about 30 minutes and then i'm

done with the whole project the reason

why we have such a hard time getting

things done is because when we use a

plain old to-do list all of the tasks

look ginormous your brain goes oh my god

this is going to take me eight hours to

complete and natural you just start

procrastinating your reasoning being oh

you know I'll just enjoy myself a little

bit more before I shut myself away from

the world 48 hours but when you break it

down to extremely simple steps you start

taking advantage of what's called

implementation intention

it's a psychological effect that is the

core of many methods out there regarding

studying and work habits when you break

the test down and be as specific as

possible it becomes easier for you to

get things done

this includes specifying the where the

when and the exact steps so instead of

thing

oh I need to study this week you need to

be saying okay when i'm done with this

class I'm going to go to the library i'm

going to read pages a to be and I'm

going to do questions y to z by changing

the way you write your to-do list you

become more effective in getting things

done and that's how these people out

there who get massive loads of work done

every single day they're not superhuman

they just know how to write a proper

to-do list