I was listening to a sermon today in which the preacher recounted one of the other parishoners talking about he remembered to do things.  The parishoner in question said that when he needed to do something, he wrote a note down on a piece of paper, folded it up, and put it in his left pocket with his change.  That way whenever he went to pay for something, he would have to first pull out the notes before getting to his money.  The sheer annoyance would of having to pull out those pieces of paper would mean that sooner rather than later, the gentleman in question would do whatever needed to be done.

I looked at this as a validation of the PAR System.  Instead of notes in my left pocket (which isn’t a bad idea except that I tend to pay for everything with a check card), I use my to do list which I recopy every morning.  This keeps what I need to do always top of mind and the sheer annoyance of not accomplishing things…well…it keeps me motivated.

So, how do you keep notes in your left pocket?