# Shishir Mehrotra - Shishir's to-Do List Philosophy (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/27837298) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/diigo **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Shishir Mehrotra]] **Full Title**:: Shishir's to-Do List Philosophy **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [coda.io](https://coda.io/@shishir/to-do-list-philosophy) **Host**:: [[coda.io]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-05-17]] **Created**:: [[2023-07-01]] ## Highlights - You'll notice a Frog column that encourages you to pick a single 🐸🐸🐸 task each day. ^531140605 If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. - I usually "just know" whose plate the project is on by reading it - I just need to know if it's on my plate or someone else's. ^531140606 - I personally like buckets that are timeframe based - today, this weekend, this week, this month, someday. I keep Done as a Priority instead of a separate column. ^531140607 - ↩︎ ^531140608 - 0 General - 1 Tech: Product, Eng, Design, ... - 2 Business: Sales, Marketing, Support, ... - 3 G&A: Finance, Legal, Real Estate, ... - 4 People: Recruiting, HR, ... - 7 Advisorships: Companies or people I'm investing in, advising, or helping in other ways - 8 Personal: Everything personal - kids, trips, social, health, etc ∎ - As outlined in Intro⁠, I try not to assign out tasks to individuals and instead just keep two values for Me vs Not Me. ^531140609 - Summary for Today ^531140610 Frog, my next actions, and delegated tasks to check in. - Here's what you still have on deck ^531140611 Plot remaining tasks by categories and time frames