Everything means 100% of things. Those things that you have to do soon and those that you have to do someday, the big ones and the small ones, those that have to do with your work and those that are part of your personal life, the significant ones, and the others as well.
Keep nothing on your head
“If you your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything” ~ Shunryu Suzuki
Decide, decide and decide
“Without a next action, there remains a potentially infinite gap between current reality and what you need to do” ~ David Allen
Everything that comes into your life can’t just stay there. You must discipline yourself to make decisions about all your stuff, none knows better than your own stuff. You must know clearly what your commitment to each thing is and decide what to do—or what not to do—about it, it’s all up to you.
Review your system regularly
“To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree.” ~ Peter F. Drucker
Your system must be up-to-date in order to be useful. You must reflect on the important things in your life and your work, your current projects, and your next actions, as often as you need to not have to think about it. Some reasons to do this.
Reviewing everything lets you know what things you are not doing.
Grow your willpower
Did you know that if you practice pushing yourself every day--even a little--your willpower strengthens? It's true. Try it. Push yourself each day to do something you keep putting off, even if you work at it for only a short time. Over time, your willpower muscles will strengthen, making you even more effective at getting things done.
Just do something
Even if you just type the first sentence or the first paragraph, just get started--small steps lead to big things. Once you get some momentum going, you'll find yourself moving toward your goal. And if you don't? Then put it aside for a little while and get back to it later.
Thank you!!