The Red Carpet Technique of Getting Things Done

Avoid decision fatigue in the moment by literally setting the table for you to work. Take the tools of your trade, and get them set up for a work session the night before you plan to work. Remove all other options from view. Make doing the work the default option, and require an explicit decision not to work.

Greg McKeown, who wrote a phenomenal book on productivity called Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, boils this down to one key concept: Schedule two hours each day (i.e., put an event in your calendar) to work on your top goal only. And do this every single workday. Period.

• Step one was to write down a few goals they wanted to achieve throughout the day ahead.


• Step two was to write down any obstacles that might come up which could potentially derail their success.


• Step three was to describe what they’d do to overcome those obstacles if and when they came up. 

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