Do this when your todo list gets too long
2025-09-08 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:50 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Answering questions · tags: His medical past
Asked whether he changes his priority list every time, Ali says to re-check it whenever new information comes in and, once it gets overwhelming, to rewrite it as a strict ranking with no two items equal, as a doctor leaves a patient upset about a late discharge to treat one who is dying.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Re-ranking the priority list; the dying patient before the late discharge
- ★★★ Ali says to re-check your priority list whenever new information comes in, and when it starts to get overwhelming, to make a new list ranked one, two, three, never letting two items share a priority, since a priority means one thing first. — 00:00:00
- ★★ Some things are more important than others, Ali says: a doctor called to a dying patient leaves the one complaining about a late discharge, who must live with the inconvenience, such as arranging childcare for an extra night. — 00:00:29
Threads in this video
- refine · How do you decide which work to prioritise? — Ali says to re-check your priority list whenever new information comes in, and when it starts to get overwhelming, to make a new list ranked one, two, three, never letting two items share a priority, since a priority means one thing first. (00:00:00)
Mentioned
Emergency medicine
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