Donald Trump and Tim Allen’s Lists

Donald Trump mentions he heard Tim Allen speak about his method of organizing his “to dos” and goals. According to Trump, Allen simply keeps three lists:

1. Goals to complete in life.
2. Tasks to perform this year in order to meet those life goals.
3. Tasks to perform today in order to meet those life goals.

Sounds like a good system to me… like GTD, it focuses on breaking things down into manageable tasks. Rather than say “I want to have $1,000,000 for retirement”, using Allen’s three lists one would need to set a yearly savings goal, and then a concrete plan of what can be done each day to meet that goal.

Personally I keep trying assorted methods to keep track of things, and seem to always fall back on using Google Calendar to keep track of dates and dated to-dos, and my Gmail inbox for more general tasks.