Coaching practices for Not to Do List Tim Ferriss
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- I keep telling myself I’ll cut back on the things that drain me, but every single time the moment comes I cave and say yes again
- By late afternoon my brain is fried from a thousand tiny calls
- I feel slammed all day yet at night I can’t point to where the hours actually went
- I can’t go ten minutes without glancing at my inbox or replying to a message, and every time I do I lose my place in the real work
- I’m stretched across too many projects and roles to do any of them well, and I half-know that a couple of them produce almost everything that actually matters
Practices that may help
- The Not-To-Do List
The not-to-do list is a set of behaviors, tasks, and commitments you commit to stopping or refusing — permanently. Tim Ferriss argues that elimination is more valuable than optimization because low-leverage activities consume time that no amount of efficiency can recover. The approach is largely practitioner advice backed by mechanistic reasoning about opportunity cost and attention. - Write and commit to a standing not-to-do list
Turn elimination candidates into an explicit, reviewed list of permanent refusals.
The Not-To-Do List - Eliminate recurring micro-decisions with standing rules
Convert repeated low-stakes decisions into rules so willpower isn’t spent on them daily.
The Not-To-Do List - Audit a week of time to surface elimination candidates
Track how you actually spend time for 5–7 days before deciding what to stop.
The Not-To-Do List - Batch all reactive tasks into defined windows
Reply to email, messages, and minor requests only in scheduled windows — not continuously.
The Not-To-Do List - Apply the 80/20 principle to ongoing commitments
Identify the 20% of your commitments producing 80% of your results and protect them; cut or delegate the rest.
The Not-To-Do List - Work from a closed daily list
Write today’s task list before the day begins, then refuse to add new items to it.
Do It Tomorrow, Made Practical - Schedule metric checks instead of monitoring continuously
Check dashboards, stats, and analytics on a fixed schedule — not whenever anxiety spikes.
The Not-To-Do List - Separate "will-do" from "to-do" lists
Keep a master to-do list distinct from the closed daily "will-do" list that you actually commit to.
Do It Tomorrow, Made Practical - Decline meetings that lack a clear outcome and agenda
Make a standing policy to decline any meeting invitation that doesn’t specify outcomes and an agenda.
The Not-To-Do List
Related concerns
- The Not To Do List At Work
The not-to-do list is a set of behaviors, tasks, and commitments you commit to stopping or refusing — permanently. Tim Ferriss argues that elimination is more valuable than optimization because low-leverage activities consume time that no amount of efficiency can recover. The approach is largely practitioner advice backed by mechanistic reasoning about opportunity cost and attention.
- The Not To Do List In A New Job
The not-to-do list is a set of behaviors, tasks, and commitments you commit to stopping or refusing — permanently. Tim Ferriss argues that elimination is more valuable than optimization because low-leverage activities consume time that no amount of efficiency can recover. The approach is largely practitioner advice backed by mechanistic reasoning about opportunity cost and attention.
- The Not To Do List Under Stress
The not-to-do list is a set of behaviors, tasks, and commitments you commit to stopping or refusing — permanently. Tim Ferriss argues that elimination is more valuable than optimization because low-leverage activities consume time that no amount of efficiency can recover. The approach is largely practitioner advice backed by mechanistic reasoning about opportunity cost and attention.
- The Not To Do List When Burned Out
The not-to-do list is a set of behaviors, tasks, and commitments you commit to stopping or refusing — permanently. Tim Ferriss argues that elimination is more valuable than optimization because low-leverage activities consume time that no amount of efficiency can recover. The approach is largely practitioner advice backed by mechanistic reasoning about opportunity cost and attention.
- The Not To Do List With My Team
The not-to-do list is a set of behaviors, tasks, and commitments you commit to stopping or refusing — permanently. Tim Ferriss argues that elimination is more valuable than optimization because low-leverage activities consume time that no amount of efficiency can recover. The approach is largely practitioner advice backed by mechanistic reasoning about opportunity cost and attention.
- What To Stop Doing Productivity
Systematically reduce or hand off activities in the bottom 80% of your impact distribution.
Actively cut or delegate the trivial 80%
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