Imagine you buy a nice new wardrobe.

It’s made from solid wood, it’s got brass handles, and it has plenty of space for hangers for your nice shirts.

It has compartments for your pants, compartments for your socks, a dedicated space for your belts—the whole shebang.

So you put the wardrobe together and start filling it up.

You iron your shirts. You fold your sweaters and your pants. You roll up your belts. You neatly tuck them all away.

Satisfied, you admire the results of your work.

Before, your clothes were scattered throughout your home: draped over random chairs, in a pile on your bed, on the drying rack for days (and dry all the while).

Now that they’re all organized in the wardrobe, it’s so much better.

From now on, you can always find whatever clothing piece you’re looking for. You can quickly put together a fantastic outfit for the day.

Being organized feels great.

But what happens over time?

Will your wardrobe stay this organized if you just randomly throw newly-purchased clothes into it?

Will it still be easy to find a particular shirt if you develop the habit of rummaging through your drawers in a hurry without putting things back in their place afterwards?

Will your wardrobe stay tidy if you never throw out old clothes?

No. It becomes a mess, hardly any better than the situation was before, with your clothes strewn about the house.

This same thing is what happens to people who take the time once in a blue moon to organize their to-dos, but never set up a maintenance system.

They feel like they’ve sorted out their priorities—for about five minutes.

Within weeks, their to-do list is once again an absolutely mess. Half the to-dos are no longer relevant. Dozens of tasks are overdue. Project statuses are woefully out of date.

They might as well have no system at all.

I’ve been teaching people to organize their to-dos and projects since 2019. Thousands of people have enrolled in my programs and I’ve worked with over 100 people one-on-one.

What’s the common thread?

People who maintain their system see long-term success.

People who don’t… don’t.

Just like you need to tidy up your wardrobe periodically, you need to tidy up your task management system. (And your emails and your notes and your calendar.)

The way to do this is with a weekly review.

In fact, reviewing your to-dos, projects, and inboxes once a week is the #1 predictor of long-term productivity success.

It is the foundational productivity habit.

You need a personal productivity system and you need to maintain it.

That way, you don’t just sort out your to-dos once, but in a sustained way. You’ll be able to prioritize and stay focused for the long term.

And I have some good news for you.

I’ve distilled what I’ve learned from years of experimentation and from working with all of those people over the years into a simple system that you can set up in just 1 day.

We’ll set up the system and a review process to maintain it.

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