Calibration:

Scott Young’s post offers advice on how to calibrate your to-do list. Too often we sabotage our own efforts by not knowing when to stop.

“Calibrating your schedule has two parts:

1. Picking the right size of workload so you don’t feel overwhelmed.
2. Developing trust in your system so soft deadlines replace hard deadlines.”

Jason Fried’s post reminds us that we really work in bursts and that is how we should structure our to-do’s.

“Bottom line: Shatter big projects into little pieces. Finish and launch one piece at a time. Introduce value now. Over time you can recombine these pieces into the one big feature you had planned. Working on, finishing, and launching one little piece at a time will help you stay motivated because you’re always working on something new. Your best work is in the bursts, not in the tails.”