{"id":45494,"date":"2023-10-20T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/why-richard-branson-believes-every-entrepreneur-should-use-to-do-lists-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:43:57","slug":"why-richard-branson-believes-every-entrepreneur-should-use-to-do-lists-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/why-richard-branson-believes-every-entrepreneur-should-use-to-do-lists-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Richard Branson believes every entrepreneur should use to-do lists &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/richardbranson-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"richardbranson\"><\/div>\n<p>Virgin is the business it is today thanks to a culture of notes and \u201cthoughtful to-do lists\u201d, according to billionaire founder Richard Branson.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for Virgin\u2019s blog, the 65-year-old entrepreneur says to-do lists are often seen as a waste of time.<\/p>\n<p>This is because people write detailed notes but don\u2019t follow them up.<\/p>\n<p>However, Branson revealed he is a big fan of to-do lists, arguing they help people clarify what is worth doing and what is worth leaving by the wayside.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t for a moment think Branson calls his to-do list something grandiose like an \u201cEisenhower Decision Matrix\u201d \u2013 he still calls it a to-do list and uses old-fashioned pen and paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe act of writing your tasks and thoughts down is useful in and of itself, as it helps to organise your thoughts and give you focus,\u201d Branson writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, if you then ignore your own advice and don\u2019t follow up, the lists will lose most of their power. Quite often you will only do 50 percent of things on to-do lists because, on reflection, only 50 percent are worth doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Branson says without to-do lists, he would use his time much less effectively and have a lot less fun.<\/p>\n<p>Are you feeling overwhelmed at work and like you don\u2019t have any time for extracurricular activities?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time to start jotting down your daily tasks in order to prioritise them, according to Branson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople wonder how I fit in kitesurfing and tennis every day alongside business meetings,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is good planning and to-do lists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy habit has also rubbed off on many of our team, who are also avid note-takers and to-do list makers. I am constantly amazed when I go into meetings and am the only person taking notes, and then converting these actions on to-do lists,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>This piece was originally published on SmartCompany.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow StartupSmart on<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>Facebook,<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>Twitter,<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>LinkedIn<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>and<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>Soundcloud.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin is the business it is today thanks to a culture of notes and \u201cthoughtful to-do lists\u201d, according to billionaire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}