“NUTs” or Nagging Unfinished Tasks, as Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD, professor of cardiac surgery, and author of YOU: On a Diet, calls them, are “often very simple to fix but if you never get around to them, NUTs create a subtle underlying angst that can undermine your health.”
Jack Canfield, in The Success Principles, calls them “Messes and Incompletes” and says they rob us of valuable “attention units”. Since we can only pay attention to so many things at once, each addition to that never-ending To-Do list leaves less time for completing our present projects. This creates that angst and stress that Dr. Oz mentions, affecting us both mentally and physically.
One way to tackle these Nuts or Messes is to apply a simple time management principle: Do it, Delegate it, Delay it, or Dump it. The moment you’ve got a task in mind or something in your hand, make the decision as to what needs to be done with it right then and there.
Another powerful way is to make a list of all incomplete tasks and projects in your life – professionally and personally – and review each one with the question “What will it take to actually get this task completed?” Make notes on what action steps need to take place and determine the time slot that works for you – 2 hours each afternoon, 1 whole Saturday per month, etc. and commit to it. Note it on your calendar and plan it into your life.
Get your “Nagging Unfinished Tasks” out of your way and make room for achieving the goals and dreams you want for yourself. Complete the tasks of the past so you can fully step into the present with open arms. Clear out the old and get ready for the new!
Post a comment and let me know how you get the NUTs out of your way!
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