How a media boss turns their to-do list into a power move

How a media boss turns their to-do list into a power moveHow a media boss turns their to-do list into a power moveThe to-do list has turned into a small industry, with special notebooks (see the Weekly Action Pad) and experts and apps. People have a love-hate relationship with to-do lists theyre either enemies of productivity or old stalwarts for getting things done but Kate Lewis, the Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, takes a different, more freewheeling approach to her list.As she tells The Cut, she writes a detailed to-do list weekly, in eight-point font. Its a tremendously overwhelming thing.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreAnd then?Then I throw it out. I figure whatever I can remember from what Ive written down is what I really have to do, and everything else is kind of bullshit. Its so good. For so long I had notebooks and downloaded to-do list apps, and as soon as I wrote everything in there, I was mad. So I was like, okay, Im going to try a new approach, and this has been very effective for me. If you fall off the list, sorrySounds like the go-with-the-flow approach is a great way for fending off resentment for the pile of work thats waiting for you and its not like youre going to forget about that big meeting or lunch anyway. And who really needs another to-do app or to learn how to execute another new type of to-do listing anyway? Toss out your notebooks, everyone and dont be offended if youre the one that gets dropped off an agenda or two