productivity culture is an invention of the early 20st century, a remnant of a time where wages increased with productivity - the reward matched the effort, but then the reward function changed.

but here we are, still chasing endless lists of tasks, tracking everything, ticking all the boxes, jumping through all the hoops. and going where?

but as the song goes, the times they are a-changin'

kill todos, not your dreams

there isn't a problem with working hard to achieve your goals. we should be putting massive amounts of effort into the things that matter to us the most.

the problem is the system we use to achieve our goals - the problem is our todos and our obsession with tracking everything.

if roughly 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts or tasks - then you need to kill 80% of your todos.

how to kill your todos

killing your todos starts with taking a step back and deciding what truly matters to you. not what others think should matter. if everything is a priority, nothing is. and there's not enough time to prioritize everything.

cognitive psychologist George Miller said in his 1956 study that we can hold 7 ±2 items in our short-term memory at any time. as for priorities you could assume about the same.

so once you have narrowed down what matters to you, you're off to the races.

after that the only way to do more is to cut 100% down to 20% - focusing only on what's going to have the greatest impact.

without all the busy work, you can focus on real progress. that's how you get 80% of the results by doing 20% of the work.

and then?

instead of doing everything, you start by doing one small thing every day.

dosted is built on the principle that you can achieve your goals by doing one small thing every day. as long as it's one of the most impactful things you could do, as long as it's a part of the 20%.

we use ai to get to know you and your goals, building a personalized roadmap that takes into account everything that makes you and your journey unique. and then surface just one thing that will help you move the needle forward.

so you can focus your energy on the things that matter, the 20% that will drive 80% of your results. no more busy work, no more todos.

get dosted, and get doing.