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Properly setting priorities is an essential skill for business success.
Take a long-term view when setting priorities and you’ll have a much greater chance of achieving your objectives.
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Start by taking a bird’s eye view of your life and slowly nail down more specific goals.
Identify your big goal. Then get more granular and identify specific goals along the way.
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Each goal you set should be S.M.A.R.T. — Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely.
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A highly effective framework for setting priorities.
Tasks are classified into one of four boxes.564
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“Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
Regardless of where this saying comes from, it’s a valuable concept. If you struggle with p...
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Start planning daily tasks.
These tasks can then be organized on your to-do list.
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Another way to prioritize tasks is by using the 80/20 rule. This rule states that 20% of your work will account for 80% of your results.
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First, write down every single task you need to accomplish. Then go through and mark each task with a letter ranging from A to E.
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In the end, setting priorities is an exercise in self-knowledge. You need to know what tasks you’ll treat as a pleasure and which ones like torture, what tasks lead to your objectives and which ones lead you astray.
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