Proven since 1918
Six tasks a day.
Worked in order.
Nothing else.
Tune out the noise and pick six. Work the first until it's done, then the next. No endless lists, no second-guessing. Just the important stuff, finished.
Free forever plan · iPhone, Android and any web browser
Bethlehem Steel · 1918
$500,000*
What Charles Schwab paid Ivy Lee for fifteen minutes and one instruction: write down six things, and do them in order.
Lee asked for nothing up front. Three months later, Schwab mailed him a cheque and called it the most profitable lesson he and his executive team had ever learned.
*$25,000 in 1918, adjusted for inflation
Read the full story →Tomorrow,
- 1. Open hearth contract
- 2. Lackawanna visit
- 3. Board letter
- 4. Rail orders
- 5. Payroll review
- 6. Call Grace
C.M.S.
The method
Unchanged in a century. Because it works.
Most people have never heard of it. Once you try it, you won't go back to endless lists.
- 01
Write down six
At the end of each day, the six most important things for tomorrow. Not seven.
- 02
Rank them honestly
By true importance. Not urgency, not what's easiest to tick off.
- 03
Finish one before the next
Start at the top. Whatever's left rolls into tomorrow's six.
Planned Tasks
Everything else waits quietly.
Anything that isn't one of today's six waits in Planned Tasks, sorted by priority and due date. Pull one in with a single tap when a slot opens.
End-of-day review
Unfinished isn't failure. It's tomorrow's first task.
A short evening review carries what's left to the top of tomorrow, then asks for the rest. Reminders arrive by push, email, Slack or Google Chat.
Built for the way you work.
Find the right task in a tap.
Filter Planned Tasks by priority, tag and due date at once. One button opens the menu, so the list stays clean.
Tomorrow’s six, already drafted.
At your evening review, Smart Suggest proposes tasks from Planned Tasks based on priority, due dates and what keeps getting skipped. You make the final call.
Prep talking points for investor call
Due Wednesday · High priority
Sign off on Q4 budget draft
Waiting 6 days
Reference check for Sales candidate
Skipped twice this week
3 open slots after carry-over
Work, home, and the team.
Keep separate sixes for work and personal life, and switch with one tap. Share a workspace with your leadership team so everyone sees the same priorities.
Work
4 of 6 done
Personal
2 of 6 done
Leadership team
Shared · 5 members
See what actually got done.
A plain record of every day, plus trends that show your average tasks finished by weekday and which priorities keep slipping.
Average tasks done, this month
4.2 of 6 a day
Average by weekday, out of 6
Everywhere you work
Your six, on any screen.
Ivy Lee Tasks runs on iPhone, Android and in any web browser. Use whichever is in front of you. Everything stays in sync.
Free to start.
Pro when it sticks.
The method works on Free. Pro adds room for more of your life, and the people you work with.
Free
$0
forever
Start Free- ✓As many workspaces as you like
- ✓Up to 20 Planned Tasks
- ✓14 days of history
- ✓Evening “Pick tomorrow’s six” reminders by push and email
Pro
- Everything in Free, plus:
- ✓Share workspaces with other people
- ✓Unlimited Planned Tasks
- ✓Full history and Trends
- ✓Reminders in Slack and Google Chat, on top of push and email
- ✓Refer a friend: unlimited 3-month subscription giveaways**For new account activations only
Questions
Tonight, write down six things for tomorrow.
That's the whole method. Ivy Lee Tasks rebuilds it for the digital age, on every device you own.
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