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Here’s
Barbara
Corcoran’s
One
Simple
Tip for
Mastering
Your To-Do
List
Corcoran
told Foundr
that she tries
to focus on
the tasks that
truly matter.
Each morning,
she glances
at her to-do
list and rates
each item
with an A, B,
or C. Then
she starts
immediately
with the As.
Competition is built into the show’s
premise, but according to Corcoran, it’s
a concept that stays afloat beyond the
tank. “If you’re not competitive, you’re
not going to succeed in building a
business,” she says.
That’s not the show’s only takeaway for
everyday entrepreneurs. To win the game of
business, you should play to your strengths.
When Corcoran partners with startups, she
dives right in to that. “The first thing I do is
I try to figure out what the individual
entrepreneur’s strengths and
weaknesses are,” she says. “What are
they good at? What are they bad at?”
Once you figure out what your own
strengths are, you need to compensate
for your weaknesses, which could
include hiring people to do tasks you
can’t do well yourself.
What makes
an A? Any
item that’s
likely to
bring a great
amount of
success. The
other stuff is
small, and it
can wait.
SUCCESS STORY