Appropriately enough, Branson shared a list of tips for making the most out of your own personal to-do lists, with the goal of maximizing your productivity and getting everything you need (and want) to get done, done. That list includes keeping a notebook (or smartphone, I presume) on your person at all times, so you can write down any and all ideas that occur to you. By using these ideas to populate your to-do list, which also include “small, manageable tasks” you can do every day, you might find yourself living a life that’s a little bit more Branson-like. Here’s his list of listmaking tips in full, just to get you started: The concept of making and maintaining to-do lists is a commonplace one in the worlds of self-help and motivation, but maybe finding out that Richard Branson is a habitual list-maker will encourage a few would-be superstars to get in on the action.
