Vasanth Vaidyanathan's Blog

The importance of having "todo" lists is a much discussed topic in personal organization literature. You always know you need to do certain things. But without these lists, you tend to focus on urgent issues rather than important issues. Some urgent issues may not be important. It is not wise to devote your time to work on issues that come your way, if they are not important. You need to plan your work better and execute it. That way, you will accomplish a lot more.

So, get a "todo" list done for you and it should be put up in a prominent place on the wall where you keep looking. Afer some time, you can't do without looking at the wall once in a while. When work (as in "todo" lists) keeps staring at you, you can't forget things you should accomplish.