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  • Do you start your day by doing the easiest task on your list or the hardest?

    Ezgi Aydın
    25 replies
    I always do a slow start and do my easiest task first. What is your opinion on this?

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    Garland Coulson (Captain Time)
    "Worst first" always. Then I reward myself with my easy tasks late in the day. [I am a time management coach]
    Svitlana Palamarchuk
    easiest. Always start my day by checking on my stats dashboards :)
    Boris Rieunier
    For sure we all have différent levels of energy throughout the day. Most likely you will not be right away in it first half hour or After lunch. Personally hours in the morning are my most productive one. Dépends on how you are organized and if you work alone. For example I like to start my day early so that I Can Do deepwork before slack lights up like a christmas three 😁 Also I think its important not to make the mistake of having too much for a day in your todo. If you move task from one day to the next constantly might bé that you have too much not that you need to better organize. Can get you demotivated real fast!
    Anna Starodub
    It depends on my mood. Sometimes I just need some time to procrastinate. But usually I do the hardest. Once I've read about Eat the Frog, I've stared to practice this and it's really productive practice. If you are not yet familiar with Eat the Frog method, just google it, it is really worthy.
    Indu Thangamuthu
    The priority one...based on submission time.
    I first tackle the hardest tasks. As the day progresses I lose energy and motivation so I like to start out strong and finish gently 😊
    Nim Bar-Levin
    Great one! I always recommend to start with a couple of less-than-2-minutes kind of tasks - for "warm-up" 😉 and then straight to the 1-2 big ones of today...
    Subin Babu
    It depends on the task at hand. Sometimes it's necessary to start with the easiest tasks to build momentum. It's all about finding the right approach for each situation.
    Lubna Amber
    Hard tasks first as there is more energy at that moment.
    Sakshi Gahlawat
    Tackling with the easiest tasks on the list first. This helps gain a sense of accomplishment and build momentum for the more challenging tasks ahead.
    Divya
    Easiest task first so that I get the feeling of things getting done.
    Sean P.
    Good point on the slow start, sometime we need that. For me normally I start with top 3 tasks which crossed between must-have and urgently due (e.g today)
    Ekrem Çetinkaya
    Depends on the day. If I have the entire day free ahead of me, I pick the hardest task so that I can finish it that day. If I think I don't have enough time to complete a difficult task, then I pick easier ones. This way I at least manage to finish them :)
    amanah alfian
    Hardest, need some extra energy more to be solved. lol
    MARIZSA
    Easy then hard! It gives a sense of accomplishment which encourages me to continue on.
    Igor Lysenko
    I'm most likely the type of person that starts right away with difficult tasks.
    Depends on my energy and focus level of that particular day. On general days, I usually start by hard tasks at first, because as the day comes to an end, my focus and interest becomes a little shaky!😅
    Aizhan Asanbaeva
    easy then hard 😅
    Adith Mathialagan
    Couldn't agree with you more. Crossing of an item in my list gives me a satisfaction of being productive and to me it's the biggest self-motivator, especially, when it happens earlier in the day.