To-do Lists and Stress

The Time Academy Podcast with Tom O'Leary is a time management podcast that asks questions of our relationship with time.

The Episode at a Glance

* To-do lists are supposed to be helpful, right?

* Sure, given our complex lives, they can help calm our brains, which have a tendency to hang on to the undone and the unfinished.

* And yet, for many people they turn into millstones, nagging them about what remains to be done rather than congratulating them on what has been done.

* So, are your to-do lists more a source of stress or a source of satisfaction?

* This episode explores one potential way of using to-do lists but the key is finding a system that truly serves you.

Provocative thought from poet David Whyte:

* “The great tragedy of the to-do list is that it was put together by the person you were yesterday.”

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A full transcript is available here: https://www.tomoleary.ie/time-management-podcast/the-time-academy-podcast-episode-9-to-do-lists-and-stress/

Tom is an ecological coach. Tom helps leaders thrive while building thriving organisations that shape a brighter collective future.

A key part of this revolves around our relationship with time.

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