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Setting Priorities 101: Master the Art of Goal Setting - Toggl Blog
Use the Eisenhower Box
A highly effective framework for setting priorities.
Tasks are classified into one of four boxes.- You want to first focus on Important and Urgent tasks.
- Tasks that are Important but not Urgent should be scheduled in your calendar.
- Urgent but Not important duties should be delegated when possible.
- Assignments that are Neither Important or Urgent should be eliminated from your to-do list completely.
By prioritizing tasks this way, you’ll allow yourself to really focus on the important things without becoming distracted.
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Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
The Objective is qualitative, and the KR’s (most often three) are quantitative.
They are used to focus a group or individual around a bold goal. The objective sets a goal for a set per...
Objectives
Your objective defined in a single sentence should be:
- Qualitative and inspirational. The objective is designed to get people jumping out of bed in the morning with excitement.
- Time-bound. You want it to be a clear sprint toward a goal, doable in a month or a quarter.
- Actionable by the team independently. Your Objective has to be truly yours, and you can’t have the excuse of “marketing didn’t market it.”
Key Results
Key results take all that inspirational language and quantifies it.
You create them by asking a simple question “how would we know if we met our objective?”
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The "frog"
It is your biggest, most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don't do something about it.
It is also the one task that can have the greatest positiv...
Brian Tracy
"One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all".
The ABCDE prioritization approach
- A items : Things you must do, which will have a serious positive or negative consequence.
- B items : Things you should do, that have minor consequences.
- C items : Things that are nice to do but don’t have any real consequences when they’re done.
- D items : Things to delegate so you can free up more time to do A tasks.
- E items : Things to eliminate. Generally stuff you do out of habit.
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Your resolve
The secret to effectively setting and achieving your goals is to have a large vision and an achievable plan.
The pursuit matters
The pursuit matters just as much as the goal.
Consider why you're pursuing your goal and how the journey to achieve it will help you grow as a person.
The right scope
People often give up on their resolutions because they set unattainable goals.
Try to set a goal that you can reasonably achieve within one year. If it is challenging to complete it in your set timeframe, you might become overwhelmed and give up. If the goal will take more than one year, try and set a benchmark for what you'd like to accomplish in a year.