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I asked successful people What the secret of their success was. I (36) an early discussion with a vice president of a large oil company. "Oh, I just keep a To Do List," he said. I passed over that quickly, little (37) the importance of what be said.
I was in another city the next day and I had lunch with a businessman who (38) owned the town. He was chairman of the gas and light company, president of five (39) companies, and had his hand in a dozen other (40) I asked him how he (41) to get everything done. "Oh, that’s easy," he said. "I keep a To Do List." The first thing in the morning, he told me, he would come in and list what he wanted to (42) that day. He would (43) the items in priority.
During the day (44) . In the evening he would check to see how many of the items he had written clown still remained undone and then give himself a score. (45) .
Again and again in the years since, when I have talked to successful people, the To Do List has come up. I have found that one difference between people at the top of the ladder and people at the bottom is that (46) .