for the one who wakes up to fifty todos and needs to pick one before the day picks for them
Goal
Answer the Focusing Question on paper before any input arrives so today's single priority is locked in.
Source principle
The Focusing Question: ask which one action makes everything else easier or unnecessary, and write that one answer down. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.
The plan
- 🪑6:00-6:02 AMSit down with paper. Before any device. Before any input.
- ✍️6:02-6:05 AMWrite the Focusing Question verbatim: 'What's the ONE Thing I can do today such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?'
- 📖6:05-6:08 AMWrite the answer in one sentence. First answer that comes.
- 🤔6:08-6:10 AMRead it back. If it feels safe, ask 'what would be bolder?'
- ✏️6:10-6:12 AMWrite the bolder answer. Or keep the first. Pick one.
- ⭕6:12-6:14 AMCircle the single lead action. Just one. Not three.
- 🗒️6:14-6:16 AMCopy it onto a sticky note. One line.
- ☕6:16-6:18 AMPlace it on the desk. That's today's plan. Coffee now.
Reward
Coffee + the satisfaction of a one-line plan.