Set Priorities
November 19 2007Erin’s Business Tip Of The Week
Set Priorities
Create a list of your tasks and projects instead of relying on your memory. Next to each task, write down the urgency of the need to complete it to keep the task or project moving forward and to meet deadlines. If you would have no consequences by moving the task to another day or week, move it to make room for the more immediate matters. Know the difference between immediate and important. Knowing the difference between the two will make prioritizing much easier and create clarity. Determine if postponing a task would negatively affect other projects you are working in an effort to avoid the domino effect. It is also imperative to make a realistic determination of how long a task will take to complete so subsequent tasks don’t start piling up. When tasks and projects are written down with their correlating urgency and timelines you will become more efficient and productive and encounter less stress and chaos which will allow you to move smoothly through your projects.
November 29th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
A simple, but highly effective tip. Some of the most effective leaders I now, including the female CEO of a $200 million business, swear by the importance of to-do lists and setting priorities. Stephen Covey also talks about knowing the difference between urgent and important.
Good advice!
Aneil Mishra